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[News] [Rival] UK Wants Back Doors, UK Under Threat Because of MPs that Still Use Windows

  • Subject: [News] [Rival] UK Wants Back Doors, UK Under Threat Because of MPs that Still Use Windows
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 00:39:08 +0000
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • User-agent: KNode/0.10.9
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Organised crime cops seek international hacking powers

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| British law enforcement agents are quietly working with European counterparts 
| on changes to national legislation that will allow them to share intelligence 
| gained by hacking into suspects' PCs.  
| 
| Sharon Lemon, director of the Serious and Organised Crime Agency's (SOCA) 
| e-crime unit, told The Register data laws in some EU countries make it 
| impossible for investigators to obtain and pool data covertly.  
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/05/15/soca_hacking/

In France they all use GNU/Linux.

Malware infested MPs' PCs inflate leak risk

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| "That's one of those irregular verbs, isn't it? I give confidential security 
| briefings. You leak. He has been charged under section 2a of the Official 
| Secrets Act." (Bernard Woolley, Yes Minister)  
| 
| The ongoing MPs' expenses row has brought public opinion of politics and 
| politicians in the UK, never very high, towards unplumbed depths. 
| 
| Embarrassing disclosures about how politicians across the political spectrum 
| subsidised their living expense from the public purse follow hard on the 
| heels of leaked emails regarding a proposed New Labour smear campaign against 
| senior Tories, cobbled together by spin doctors Derek Draper and Brown aide 
| Damian McBride in the style of In the Loop's Malcolm Tucker.    
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/05/15/mp_malware_leak_risk/


Recent:

French Lawmakers Hope to Inspire Linux Revolution

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| If the French National Assembly gets its way, the open-source Linux operating
| system will take over the governments of Europe, seizing on a weak economy to
| displace Windows.
|
| About 18 months ago, the Assembly shifted from running Windows on the 1,100
| computers of its members and their assistants to running a version of Linux
| called Ubuntu. (I profiled the rise of Ubuntu in a recent article.) According
| to Rudy Salles, vice president of the assembly, the decision to abandon
| Microsoft’s Windows software was both an economic and political gesture.
|
| The French Parliament should save about 500,000 euros over the next five
| years, thanks to the low price of Ubuntu –- free –- and have lower management
| costs. Linux tends to have fewer security issues than Windows, for example.
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http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/21/french-lawmakers-hope-to-inspire-linux-revolution/


French government using Drupal

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| The French Ministry for Health, Youth and Sport launched a Drupal-based
| information portal for French youth: http://www.jeunes.gouv.fr. Building on
| the rapid adoption of Drupal by non-profit and advocacy groups, Drupal's use
| by governments just keeps increasing!
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http://buytaert.net/french-government-using-drupal
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