'Super-DMCA' fears suppress security research (Security Focus)

A news report on Security Focus tells us that a University of Michigan grad student, working on steganography and honeypots, has moved his dissertation offshore, and installed a mechanism to keep it out of the hands of Americans (or at least those who compulsively tell the truth). This is in response to a "Super-DMCA" law recently passed by the Michigan state legislature. "Among other things, residents of the Great Lakes State can no longer knowingly "assemble, develop, manufacture, possess, deliver, offer to deliver, or advertise" any device or software that conceals "the existence or place of origin or destination of any telecommunications service." It's also a crime to provide written instructions on creating such a device or program. Violators face up to four years in prison." (Thanks to Max Hyre, who followed links from the Digital Copyright mailing list to this overview of recent news reports.)

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