Say FCC Decision Threatens Communications Privacy . The American Civil Liberties Union and the Electronic Privacy Information Center today asked a federal appeals court to block new rules that would enable the FBI to dictate the design of the nation's communication infrastructure. The challenged rules would enable the Bureau to track the physical locations of cellular phone users and monitor Internet traffic. In Brief - ACLU sues over wiretap rules . Industry takes new look at crypto regs .
Companies say the regulation-writing process has muddied the new crypto rules.
The Code Is the Law . The Net went wild in opposition. About a year ago, Congress passed a second attempt to regulate indecency on the Net. No one seemed to notice. Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace'' does a fabulous job pulling together the most important issues facing the Internet, from wiretapping and intellectual property protection to the battle between Microsoft and Linux.