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- How Internet surveillance, IT sleuth work helped indict suspected terrorist Zazi
- Kinda eerieMakes me wonder if I should delete that "Socialism" picture of Obama as the Joker from my machine.There are 2 Issues HereThe first is whether such forensics have a legitimate place in law enforcement and the second is whether these methods can be misused. I believe that the...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-25
- British police can now hack citizens' PCs
- British police can now hack citizens' PCsDifferences...The only difference between Britain and the US... Britian is public with its plans and has government approval. The US has faced scrutiny of Congress but intelligence agencies pressed ahead anyway and already data mine all of your communications.Say hi to your Uncle...
- Discussion threads 2009-01-04
- Wiretapping: This was no time for a compromise
- Wiretapping: This was no time for a compromiseThis was not a compromise...it was a SELL-OUT.RE: Wiretapping: This was no time for a compromiseHardly a compromise. And hardly adequate. You admit it yourself -- seven years with no attack, and just because the White House didn't invite you personally to...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-19
- U.S. ranks near the bottom in 2007 International Privacy Ranking
- U.S. ranks near the bottom in 2007 International Privacy RankingYour government at work......thanks to George Bush's PATRIOT Act idiocy.Thank You George W. ChimpFrom exploding formula bottles to cartoon characters causing mass panic for an entire city, you have turned this nation into a nation of morons and fearmongerers.Moving to the...
- Discussion threads 2008-01-10
- Apple collecting iPhone user data
- Apple collecting iPhone user dataI would be surprised[i]You did read the iPhone EULA, didn't you?[/i]I would be surprised if even 10% of everyone who agreed to any EULA actually read it.RE: Apple collecting iPhone user dataOh my God. I shudder to think that Apple might possibly know what the temperature...
- Discussion threads 2007-11-19
- Boeing virtual fence: $30 billion failure
- The Department of Homeland Security "virtual fence" project, being built by Boeing, is in big, big trouble. The virtual fence is a high-tech network of cameras, lighting, sensors, and technology designed to intercept illegal border crossings. According to the Wall Street Journal: Boeing Co. has changed the management of...
- Blog posts 2007-09-11
- Autonomous insect cyborg sentinels
- In a very brief article, AZoNano reports that nanotechnology is turning insects into flying cyborgs. Researchers from Cornell University have implanted 'microfluidic devices in insects before they hatch into fully grown flying creatures.' Of course, when they grow, these insects still carry the sensors. And if this works, they'll be...
- Blog posts 2007-06-22
- FBI's 'full-pipe' surveillance may be illegal
- In an initiative that is reminescent of the National Security Agencys widespread Internet monitoring and seems to exceed the much-criticized Carnivore surveillance system, the FBI is compiling huge databases of Internet users online behavior, two law professors charged Friday at syposium at Stanford Law School. News.com reports that...
- Blog posts 2007-01-31
- Attorney general: NSA spy program to be reformed
- Attorney general: NSA spy program to be reformedGood news for freedom everywhere!There is no reason in the world they can't ask the courts to approve before the government starts spying on it's citizens.Next comes the Star Chamber [nt].NSA spy program to be reformed... Riiiiiiiiiight![i]The Bush administration will substantially alter its...
- Discussion threads 2007-01-17
- A surprise from Communications of the ACM
- In the usual case I look at the monthly Communications of the ACM fairly quickly because most of the content is so disconnected from reality that it only takes a few seconds per article to classify it as purely tenure seeking and move on. This month's issue, however, is very...
- Blog posts 2006-08-25
- Gonzales pressures ISPs on data retention
- Gonzales pressures ISPs on data retentionPure Insanity...This guy craps all over every one that has fought for freedom and privacy in this country.What timing :(What else should we expect from socialists? [nt].Thanks a lot Jackball!!!In the words of Judy Judy, "Don't piss down my back and tell me it's raining"This...
- Discussion threads 2006-05-26
- ISP snooping plans take backseat
- ISP snooping plans take backseatI want to laugh>>>Jeff Lungren, communications director for the House Judiciary Committee, said an aide had drafted the proposed bill without Sensenbrenner's direct involvement. "Staff sometimes starts working on issues--throwing around ideas, doing oversight--and they get ahead of where the members are and what they want...
- Discussion threads 2006-05-18
- Spyware in you cell phone -- what next?
- I just read CNET reporter Joris Evers' article about new spy software that hides on cell phones. I think it's outrageous, but I guess it shouldn't be too surprising since there's already spyware for your automobile. This spyware for cell phones is called FlexiSpy. FlexiSpy went on the market March...
- Blog posts 2006-03-30
- Google Heath, what is it?
- Google Heath, what is it?pretty oddit strikes me as odd that i see no accredited school of architecture on this man's resume. there are certain legal requirements that must be completed before one can claim that title, and i'm not so sure this gentleman qualifies.Heath or Health?Is it Google...
- Discussion threads 2006-03-19
- Justice knew Bush wiretapping illegal
- Justice knew Bush wiretapping illegalI think that was a typo in Washington postThis is the part you're referring to from:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/06/AR2006020600847.html"During the daylong committee hearing, Gonzales and the senators reached as far back as eavesdropping ordered by President Washington and delved into court decisions surrounding presidential powers and the 1978 Foreign...
- Discussion threads 2006-02-09
- More assaults on privacy in electronic communications
- The Financial Times reports that former Bush advisor Paul Wolfowitz, who led the Iraq War planning and was appointed last year to head the World Bank, may be giving political operatives the tools to conduct witch hunts by intercepting World Bank staff emails. The story follows a disturbingly...
- Blog posts 2006-01-22
- Crave privacy? New tech knocks out digital cameras
- Crave privacy? New tech knocks out digital camerasWild Weasel mission for digital cameras?Camera jamming technology will likely result in anti-jamming technology. It's spy vs spy in a digital camera smack down!The terrorists will love this technology.Yes, just what we need : a system for countering surveillance at airports and...
- Discussion threads 2005-09-19
- Facing 'new world of work,' Microsoft locks up Office
- Facing 'new world of work,' Microsoft locks up OfficeGive Microsoft creditit sounds like an enormous task and like a horrible burden on business. I´m glad I don´t have to work in the US under these rules and I pray they don´t come to Europe.Ah, yes...I just knew if I...
- Discussion threads 2005-05-24
- FBI adds to wiretap wish list
- FBI adds to wiretap wish listso only criminials have privacycause they will all use encrypted communication - the rest of us are wide open for viewing - drop your shorts pleaseThis is going to ruin the internet..periodGee, all this unnecessary surveillance and yet not ONE terrorist attack in YEARS. Yeah,...
- Discussion threads 2004-03-12
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