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question of the day
Should Congress Ban Cellphone Calls on US Flights?
Europe may be ok with passengers making in-flight calls on their cellphones, but at least a few members of Congress have the foresight to see how this situation could become problematic in the US. A new bill has been introduced that promises to ban cellphone calls on US flights, but not text messaging and web surfing. The bill has yet to be passed, but the question is: Do you support a ban? More »
identity theft
Biometric Social Security Cards Proposed to Combat ID Theft
Two Illinois congressmen are introducing legislation with the goal of upgrading that flimsy paper piece of crap we call a social security card to include a photo, fingerprint and computer ID chip. Recent data shows that nearly $45 billion is lost each year due to identity theft, which makes it increasingly necessary to safeguard our important documents from fraud. The only drawback is that the new cards will cost around $8 to make as opposed to the current 50 cent price tag. Damn...we've been paying 50 cents for those things? [Chicago Tribune]
for the children
Super V-Chip Aims to Block Content on Everything, Will Probably Fail
The Senate Commerce Committee has approved legislation that would enjoin the FCC to oversee the development of a "super V-chip" that would block content on cellphones, TVs, the internet—anywhere tender young eyes could land upon "inappropriate" content. Unfortunately for its proponents, the Child Safe Viewing Act's initiative will probably bomb even harder than the 1996 Telecommunications Act's V-chip provision—sure there's a V-chip in all of our TVs, but who actually uses them? Hell, when was the last time you even thought about it until just now? More »
9:00 AM on Fri Aug 3 2007
By Matt Buchanan
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Latest by Trackback: Here's a nice take-down of the Senate Commerce Committee's plan for the FCC to develop a super V-chip for blocking naughty stuff everywhere, like your TV, cellphones, and the internet. more »
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