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Obama announces his plan against evil hackers

Niklas — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:37:50 +0000

On Friday Obama stated that cybercrime prevention is getting higher priority, and will now be run from the White House. His strategy is compiled in a public document that will also be distributed to companies most vulnerable to cyberattacks. This is news because Bush previous strategy was, of course, top secret to pretty much everyone.

Obama also promised to bar the federal goverment from the rampant wiretapping of private networks during the Bush years. But how would we know they’ve stopped..?

Story on NYTimes

White House online survey says Americans top priority is pot legalization

Niklas — Mon, 18 May 2009 15:02:54 +0000

Well, it seems this issue just won’t go away for poor Obama. He’s tried his best to sidestep it so far, joking it away in his online town hall stunt in march.

In the “Citizen’s Briefing Book,” which compiles the results of an online project launched by President Obama’s transition office to solicit policy ideas from the citizenry, legalizing marijuana is the number one priority for the 125,000 or so participants.

To add even more credit to the Obama online crowd, another top priority was nerfing the church of scientologys tax exempt status and demanding the silly ban on online poker to be removed.

Story on Washington Post

Day 20: Obama is looking out for hackers on the web

Paul -V- — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:44:05 +0000

The Obama administration has started a security review to see how well government spooks stands up to hacker threats:

A review of how well the US thwarts spies and malicious hackers has been started by President Barack Obama.

The wide-ranging review is set to last 60 days and takes in all the “plans, programs and activities” of official US cyber security efforts.

Story on BBC