* [http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=7,437,290.PN.&OS=PN/7,437,290&RS=PN/7,437,290 Microsoft Patents the Censoring of Speech]
* [http://www.vorratsdatenspeicherung.de/content/view/253/1/lang,de/ AK Vorrat: Alarmierendes Geheimabkommen zur Datenauslieferung an die USA veröffentlicht]
* [http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081002-skype-security-flub-leads-to-discovery-of-chinese-monitoring.html Skype Messages Monitored In China], schön in Verbindung mit der [http://share.skype.com/sites/en/2006/04/comments_about_skype_chat_text.html Skype-eigenen Sicht]
* [http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/blog/appel/judge-suppresses-report-voting-machine-security Judge Suppresses Report on Voting Machine Security]
* [http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2008/10/new-in-labs-stop-sending-mail-you-later.html Neue Gmail-Funktion gegen verpeilte Mails]: Matheaufgaben vor dem Senden lösen
* [http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/10/09/mexican_music_vpn_cd/ Cisco ships Mexican drug runner music on VPN CD Bootleg bootup CD features Narco Corridos tune]
* [http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/10/09/2121225 NSA Whistleblowers Reveal Extent of Eavesdropping] und [http://www.boingboing.net/2008/10/09/nsa-enjoys-eavesdrop.html NSA enjoys eavesdropping on US soldiers' phone sex calls]
* [http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081015-opera-study-only-4-13-of-the-web-is-standards-compliant.html Only 4.13% of the Web Is Standards-Compliant]
* Das Dänische Parlament gibt einen [http://www.itst.dk/arkitektur-og-standarder/Standardisering/Aabnestandarder/baggrundsrapporter/Evaluation%20of%20Ten%20Standard%20Setting%20Organizations.pdf Überblick über die Offenheit von internationalen Standardisierungsgremien] (CEN, ECMA, ETSI, IETF, ISO, ITU, NIST, OASIS, OMG, W3C)