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23.Nov.2001
DVD


DVD Press Release on "Black List" Start
The German Vereinigung für Datanschutz e.V (consortium for data protection), short DVD, together with many experts from the fields of IT security and data protection found out that users of websites often got forced to use cookies, JavaScript or ActiveX, because there's no alternative version available.

That's why from now on the DVD publishes a black list as an official directory of such addresses.

"Offerors who cannot tolerate that users want to decide about their security settings on their machines indepentently, should ask themself if they realy are set up for the Internet future. Who thinks to have to punish users for their conscience of security by withholding his pages from those, did not understand what e-commerce and online services actually are about", said Karin Schuler, member of the DVD steering committee. (ps) (Translation: mj)

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21.Nov.2001
Thomas Dellert (ANF)


Pegasos-Boards will be produced on DCE SMD-line
Under the title link you can find some pictures of DCE which show how PEGASOS-boards are being placed on the SMD-line of DCE. (ps) (Translation: dr)

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21.Nov.2001
CCC-ML


Chaos Computer Club: Censorship is being done
A provider from Nordrhein-Westfalen (German county) starts to block Internet sites.

In some sort of hurrying obedience at least one Internet provider in Düsseldorf (Germany), the ISIS company, has constricted access to several Internet sites by changing the DNS entry on the ISIS name server. Yesterday, the Chaos Computer Club got aware of this censorship effort.

On a hearing of the county government of Düsseldorf with diverse Internet providers it was discussed by what means providers would be able to block access to diverse outlandish websites, [1].

This was in main about sites spreading radical right-wing content, but also rotten.com, specialized to collect more or less tastily picture material from the Internet, was condsidered to be dignified to be censored. Rotten.com quote thier extreme photo collection, among other of of casualties, as serious dealing with the manor of freedom of speech.

Philipp Schulte of CCC Düsseldorf in view of this faint-hearted censorship effort said: "It is to assume that the still very short list of objectionable websites will increase very much in the future and other providers will follow the example of censorship outrider ISIS".

To use a different name server appears to be a work-around for customers. eg. 194.246.96.49 (dns2.denic.de), 194.246.96.25 (dns3.denic.de), 194.25.2.131 (dns02.btx.dtag.de).

The Chaos Computer Club's considered opinion is that censorship by technical means is not a suitable way to handle content supposed to be problematic. "The massive restriction of the citizens in exercising their freedom of opinion is beyond the pale", added Jens Ohlig, CCC speaker.

Though the hearing of the county government in Düsseldorf on November 13 ended 'result open', according to numerous particitpants, customers of those providers, who are in hurrying obedience complyed with the governments suggestions, on access to several sites instead of the original notes receive an 'informer form' [2] to announce Internet sites thought to be problematic to the county government NRW.

The county government's approach to filter the Internet offers and by this to attempt to establish censorship is a critical step into the wrong direction in the opinion of the Chaos Computer Club .

"Instead of establishing technical filters, which reconcilableness with the constitutional law at least is questionable and which technical implementation is easy to avoid anyway, the government authorities rather should focus their efforts to sponsor the loom of media competences. More important than technical methods would it be to emerge a social immunity for content thought to be problematic", added Andy Müller-Maguhn, club speaker, to the club's statement. [3]

To what extent other companies in NRW followed the suggestions of the county government, without being legally bound to, is being reviewed. (ps) (Translation: mj)

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21.Nov.2001
Brad Webb (E-Mail)


Newsletter: Amiga Update #011030 from Brad Webb
Brad Webb publishes monthly his newsletter 'Amiga Update', he informs you about the most important events around the Amiga. Read the latest newsletter under the title link. (ps)

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21.Nov.2001
Kees Witteveen on amiga.org


Coding GUI programs in VP - Tutorial 1 - OpenWindow
This is the first in this series of tutorials concerned with writing programs for Tao's intent media environment. This series assumes that you have read the first series on VP coding at this site (even the tutorials I have not written yet!) or at least have a basic knowledge of VP coding.
(ps)

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17.Nov.2001
Nowee (E-Mail)


Amiga-Workbench: OverShaker - Themes Website Updated
The makers of the 'OverShaker' website dedicate their efforts to prettify the Amiga-Workbench. There are themes for GUI tools like VisualPrefs and icon samples available for download. At the 'Work' area there are tips on how to deal with colours (palette) on the Workbench.

Somewhat few content on this site? Send your self-made themes and icons to Nowee, the webmaster, to get the site filled with content! (mj) (Translation: mj)

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