California gets face scanners to spy on everyone at once Imagine the police taking a picture: any picture of a person, anywhere, and matching it on the spot in less than a second to a personalized profile, scanning millions upon … Continue reading
Homeland Security spends millions for ‘biosurveillance’ of social networks Published: 16 November, 2012, 01:22 U.S. Department of Homeland Security analysts work at the National Cybersecurity & Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) located just outside Washington in Arlington, Virginia (Reuters/Hyungwon Kang) The … Continue reading
Supreme Court justices are to meet privately Friday to weigh whether they will hear a major genetic-privacy case testing whether authorities may take DNA samples from anybody arrested for a serious crime. The case has wide-ranging implications, as at least … Continue reading
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Federal investigators viewed the Facebook profile of an alleged gangster in the Bronx by asking his informant “friend” to show it to them. A judge ruled this was not unconstitutional because Facebook users can’t control what other people do with … Continue reading
Obama considering executive order for infrastructure protection Published 13 August 2012 President Barack Obama is exploring whether to issue an executive order to protect the U.S. critical computer infrastructure from cyber attacks; White House sources say an executive order … Continue reading
Military’s ‘sock puppet’ software creates fake online identities to spread pro-American propaganda Nick Fielding and Ian Cobain Gen David Petraeus has previously said US online psychological operations are aimed at ‘countering extremist ideology and propaganda’. Photograph: Cliff Owen/AP The … Continue reading
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“The Right to Privacy” Warren and Brandeis Harvard Law Review. Vol. IV December 15, 1890 No. 5 THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY[*]. “It could be done only on principles of private justice, moral fitness, and public convenience, … Continue reading
Right to Privacy Not in Constitution
Leading Security Services Company Joins Global Industries Combating Corruption ARLINGTON, Va., Jul 11, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — ACADEMI, a leading security solutions provider serving government and commercial customers worldwide, today announced the company’s acceptance into the World Economic Forum’s … Continue reading
Within the next year or two, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will instantly know everything about your body, clothes, and luggage with a new laser-based molecular scanner fired from 164 feet (50 meters) away. From traces of drugs or … Continue reading
Samsung’s 2012 top-of-the-line plasmas and LED HDTVs offer new features never before available within a television including a built-in, internally wired HD camera, twin microphones, face tracking and speech recognition. While these features give you unprecedented control over an HDTV, … Continue reading
The war on home Bible studies and house churches is heating up again. Down in Phoenix, Arizona a man has been sentenced to 60 days in prison and has been fined $12,180 for hosting a Bible study in his home. … Continue reading
Within the next year or two, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will instantly know everythingabout your body, clothes, and luggage with a new laser-based molecular scanner fired from 164 feet (50 meters) away. From traces of drugs or gun … Continue reading
NSA Whistleblower on Surveillance Society
British Airways is getting creepy, or as they claim, “personal.” The airline will now Google passengers so they know who will be flying on their planes before they even reach the airport. As part of their ‘Know Me’ program, British … Continue reading
Three NSA Whistleblowers Back EFF’s Lawsuit Over Government’s Massive Spying Program EFF Asks Court to Reject Stale State Secret Arguments So Case Can Proceed San Francisco – Three whistleblowers – all former employees of the National Security Agency (NSA) – … Continue reading
Want to know if the US government has gone through your emails and listened in on your phone calls? The National Security Agency says they can’t consider such a request, and the reasoning is laughable — even by Washington standards. … Continue reading
It’s bad enough when you run a search company in an increasingly social world. It’s worse when anti-trust regulators say you have unfairly and illegally used your dominance in search to promote your own products over those of competitors. Now … Continue reading
The FBI has recently formed a secretive surveillance unit with an ambitious goal: to invent technology that will let police more readily eavesdrop on Internet and wireless communications. The establishment of the Quantico, Va.-based unit, which is also staffed by … Continue reading
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) recently issued “Guidelines for Access, Retention, Use, and Dissemination by the National Counterterrorism Center and Agencies of Information in Datasets Containing Non-Terrorism Information” [PDF]. As this prolix title implies, the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), … Continue reading
SCHOOL children using Government-supplied laptop computers are being monitored in their own homes by software that takes snapshots of their screen activity. A program installed on some State Government take-home student laptops not only allows teachers to control the computers … Continue reading