Tag: Privacy
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Survey of 15,000 Law Enforcement on Gun Control
The survey, which was conducted in early March 2013, received 15,000 responses from law enforcement professionals. It found that the overall attitude of law enforcement is strongly anti-gun legislation and pro-gun rights, with the belief that an armed citizenry is effective in stopping crime. Response percentages varied only slightly when analyzed by rank and department…
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FBI Admits Warrantless Cellphone Tapping
FBI investigators for at least five years have routinely used a sophisticated cellphone tracking tool that can pinpoint callers’ locations and listen to their conversations — all without getting a warrant for it, a federal court was told this week. The use of the “Stingray,” as the tool is called, “is a very common practice”…
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It’s Big Brother Day
Just plain too damn spooky for all this to hit in the same day. If you’re not weirded out… you should be Let’s start with the CIA keeping track of EVERYTHING you do. Discussing the goldmine of data that today’s technology has created, the Central Intelligence Agency’s Chief Technology Officer Ira “Gus” Hunt on Wednesday…
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New Database Tracks Private Student Info
Parents and privacy experts are blasting a new national database that compiles personal student information for educational companies that contract with public schools. New York State officials, working with the city, have already uploaded students’ names, addresses, test scores, learning disabilities, attendance and disciplinary records into the inBloom database, according to the Daily News via…
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No Warrant Required: The G Knows Everything About You
… by law, utilities must hand over customer records — which include any billing and payment information, phone numbers and power consumption data — to the DEA without court warrants if drug agents believe the data is “relevant” to an investigation. So the utility eventually complied, after losing a legal fight earlier this month. Meet…
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How Liberty Dies
People who wanted a little bit of security in lieu of liberty.
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Propaganda Alert from The Associated Press
Shear propaganda as written by the White House in an attempt to create some news: President Barack Obama has signed into law a five-year extension of the U.S. government’s authority to monitor the overseas activity of suspected foreign spies and terrorists. …. The law does not apply to Americans. When Americans are targeted for surveillance,…
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Cops Want Your TXTs
Cops to Congress: We need logs of Americans’ text messages State and local law enforcement groups want wireless providers to store detailed information about your SMS messages for at least two years — in case they’re needed for future criminal investigations. via CNET News. I find this rather troubling. Cops addicted to power. Congress too…
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Everyone Wants a Drone – Zero Concern For Your Privacy
Are unmanned aircraft, known to have difficulty avoiding collisions, safe to use in America’s crowded airspace? And would their widespread use for surveillance result in unconstitutional invasions of privacy? via SFGate. Yes, and no seem like pretty straightforward answers to these questions. But the elected idiots who man the Congressional Unmanned Systems Caucus have taken…
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Senate bill rewrite lets feds read your e-mail without warrants | Politics and Law – CNET News
A Senate proposal touted as protecting Americans’ e-mail privacy has been quietly rewritten, giving government agencies more surveillance power than they possess under current law. CNET has learned that Patrick Leahy, the influential Democratic chairman of the Senate Judiciary committee, has dramatically reshaped his legislation in response to law enforcement concerns. A vote on his…