http://mistek.net Technological Misbehaviour Sun, 30 Apr 2006 13:38:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Australia's pending smart card for health and welfare has been compromised before it has even been released.In a stunning admission by the government, it has come to light that information contained on the "non-compulsory" health and welfare card will be made available to the Australian Secret Intelligence Organisation and the ... http://mistek.net/2006/04/30/australian-smart-card-function-already-compromised/ In an amazingly anti-free speech move, the office of the Australian Prime Minister has moved to close down a satirical website.The John Howard website (formerly at http://johnhowardpm.org) includes a satirical "sorry speech" from the PM apologising for the Iraq War (Australia was one of only two counrties to send troops ... http://mistek.net/2006/04/04/australian-government-bans-sense-of-humour/ In what is certainly the most disgusting cases of techno misbehavior yet reported by this site, Federal authorities in the US have uncovered a child pornography ring. US Attorney General Gonzalez described the content, which included a man going down on an infant, children under the age of 7 being ... http://mistek.net/2006/03/16/kiddie-porn-peer-to-peer-ring-busted/ For years, governments, such as the United States, have poured billions of dollars into high tech space technology. Most of it has been pretty benign, compared to the other technologies being pursued on land. The most objectionable known to the common folk have been spy satellites and the ... http://mistek.net/2006/03/02/back-to-the-space-race/ Singaporean student, Tammy Nyp is at the center of a storm of publicity on the internet and especially in the blogosphere that will leave a lasting negative impact on her life.Her crime is recording herself having sex with her boyfriend on her mobile phone and then having that phone stolen ... http://mistek.net/2006/02/26/the-sins-of-tammy-nyp/ Identity theft is becoming a huge concern for internet users with incidents of online scamers swindling unsuspecting net-surfers making the press on an almost daily basis. As such, protecting your ID has become a huge issue and a huge industry, but there are several ways that internet users can protect ... http://mistek.net/2006/02/13/identity-theft-6-ways-to-protect-your-online-id/ The US government's attempt to subpoena the search records of Google and other search engines has drawn a lot of attention from the press and internet users over the last week. While the story has major implications for ... http://mistek.net/2006/01/24/biometrics-industry-should-be-watching-google-case/ Canadian researchers are developing a tool to detect the amount of spin politicians use in their political campaigning.According to their site, the tool is being developed to analyse the volume of words in a speech that would indicate ... http://mistek.net/2006/01/23/political-spin-detector/ A Malaysian Senator has been fined by a Sharia court for divorcing his wife by SMS text message.In 2001, Kamaruddin Ambok sent his wife a text telling her that it was all over - an action that has ... http://mistek.net/2006/01/20/divorce-by-sms/ An American online gaming fan committed suicide live on webcam ealier this month.21 year old "Mitchell S."  supposedly turned on his webcam and swallowed a concoction of pills and anti-freeze after logging onto his favourite site at http://www.metalgearsolid.orgFellow ... http://mistek.net/2006/01/19/online-suicide/