Thoughtful piece by John Patrick on the implications of Spam

A sobering essay on Spam and its implications. It’s the equivalent of cybervandalism gone mad, and of course the only way of stopping it probably involves authentication. ;-(

Excellent AP article about integrity in search engines and the US Federal Trade Commission. “Google was the only search engine that appeared to meet all the criteria laid out by regulators.”

Computerworld: Users Must Beware of Legal Trends. Dan Gillmor. The IT user community has never thought of itself as making laws, except to the extent of setting down rules inside the enterprise. This is a natural consequence of doing a particular job. Maybe it’s time to think more broadly. The way you do your job is going to have more impact on society at large than you may want to know. [Tomalak’s Realm]