I2P is an anonymous p2p network layer capable of running anonyizing internet services that run over it (IRC, FTP, NNTP, HTTP, BitTorrent and even games like FreeCiv). I2P functionality is currently apart of the Azureus 2.3.0.0 core. A variety of applications are being or have been developed for I2P including distributed content stores, searchable p2p, anonymous BitTorrent clients, anonymous newsgroup servers and more. [Tagged: anonymous p2p bittorrent ]

Phil Zimmermann, creator of the wildly popular Pretty Good Privacy e-mail encryption program, is debuting his new project, which he hopes will do for internet phone calls what PGP did for e-mail. Zimmermann has developed a prototype program for encrypting voice over internet protocol, or VOIP, which he will announce at the BlackHat security conference in Las Vegas this week. [Tagged: voip crypto pgp ]

Intel Quietly Adds DRM to CPUs - interesting note on Bruce Schneier's blog. Keywords for Google: LaGrande, Active Management Technology, privacy related examples.And some questions for home work:

• Apple switching to Intel
• Apple Japan will open Music Store

Credentica provides software solutions for enterprises with evolving identity and access management (I&AM) needs within or across autonomous organizational domains.. See also: "Rethinking Public Key Infrastructures and Digital Certificates; Building in Privacy" -- Dr. Stefan Brands' online book on his credential/ecash technology.