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Cops Go Crazy in Brazil and Wireless Woes in the Homeland

You mean the snippet of translated email? Here it is: --------------------------------------- The police have been implacable in Brazil lately. They come in with their foot in the door, a 765 in their hand and it's everyone against the wall. Next they get the IT staff, search them, and take all the software. Then they very politely call the boss and ask about the licenses. If there's even one missing, it's a charge of violation of author's rights, illegal profiteering, and god knows what else.

Wireless

WiredNews has article describing the Homeland Security Department's dislike of wifi. My favorite quote from the article: Homeland Security is putting people in place who will be in a position to say, 'If you're going to get broken into ... we're going to start regulating,'" said Cable and Wireless security architect Shannon Myers