Twitter announces it will censor some tweets; activists worried

01-27-2012 • www.nydailynews.com

Policy would allow same message to be seen in some countries but not others

Google announces privacy changes across products; users can’t opt out

01-25-2012 • www.washingtonpost.com

Consumers won’t be able to opt out of the changes, which take effect March 1. And experts say the policy shift will invite greater scrutiny from federal regulators of the company’s privacy and competitive practices.

Who Should Have Access to Student Records?

01-24-2012 • www.usnews.com

Since “No Child Left Behind” was passed 10 years ago, states have been required to ramp up the amount of data they collect about individual students, teachers, and schools.

Air Force’s Top Brain Wants a ‘Social Radar’ to ‘See Into Hearts and Minds’

01-19-2012 • www.wired.com

Maybury calls his vision “Social Radar.” And the comparison to traditional sensors is no accident, he tells Danger Room.

Murdoch company to pay hacking damages in 36 cases

01-19-2012 • www.apnews.myway.com

Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper company on Thursday agreed to pay damages to 36 high-profile victims of tabloid phone-hacking, including actor Jude Law, soccer player Ashley Cole and former British Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott.

TSA apologizes to elderly women for strip search at Kennedy Airport

01-18-2012 • www.nydailynews.com

Lenore Zimmerman and Ruth Sherman still fuming after humiliating December incident

Court Revives NSA Dragnet Surveillance Case

12-30-2011 • www.wired.com

A federal appeals court on Thursday reinstated a closely watched lawsuit accusing the federal government of working with the nation’s largest telecommunication companies to illegally funnel Americans’ electronic communications to the National Securit

FL Boy Attacked, Stripped Naked in Public, and Videotaped By Three Girls-Resulting In No Charges

12-29-2011 • www.jonathanturley.org

There is a sharp disconnect between two prank stories this morning. When Tyrell Morton put an inflatable girl in the girl’s bathroom at his high school, he ended up with a felony charge and a potential jail sentence of eight years. However, ...

Keeping Your Home Secure in a Technological World

12-20-2011 • lewrockwell.com/Tess Pennington

With unemployment on the rise, crime is bound to increase all around the country. Not only are flash mobs a continuing concern, but burglaries are becoming a prevalent issue as well.

Foreign Drivers License Protects Families

12-20-2011 • lewrockwell.com/Bill Rounds

Your home address is one of the most sensitive pieces of information you have. You don’t want uninvited visitors bothering you and your family at home. Even though lots of businesses want to get a hold of your home address for marketing purposes, the

Thanks, But I’ll Take the Constitution as My 'Passenger Advocate'

12-17-2011 • lewrockwell.com/Becky Akers

You know an idea’s bad when two politicians propose it. And you know it’s really bad if one of them is Sen. Charles "UpChuck" Schumer (D-NY).

Carrier IQ faces federal probe into allegations software tracks cellphone data

12-14-2011 • Sari Horwitz, Washington Post

Federal investigators are probing allegations that Carrier IQ software found on about 150 million cellphones tracked user activity and sent the information to cellphone companies without informing consumers, according to government officials.

Norte Photoblocker keeps your face out of embarrassing club photos

12-13-2011 • gizmag.com

The Norte Photoblocker is a functional beer cooler surrounded by four sensors that can detect the flashes from cameras or cell phones and fire back its own flash to ruin an resulting photos

Startup Turns Your Cell-Phone Number into a Location Fix

12-09-2011 • www.technologyreview.com

Loc-Aid can track almost any cellular device in North America.

Library of Congress to receive entire Twitter archive

12-06-2011 • federalnewsradio.com

The Library of Congress and Twitter have signed an agreement that will see an archive of every public Tweet ever sent handed over to the library's repository of historical documents.

Cops Hide Surveillance Cameras In Trees Outside Man’s Home

12-06-2011 • prisonplanet.com

1984 is alive and well in Canada.

Apple iTunes flaw 'allowed government spying for 3 years'

11-30-2011 • www.telegraph.co.uk

An unpatched security flaw in Apple’s iTunes software allowed intelligence agencies and police to hack into users’ computers for more than three years, it’s claimed.

Are there any disadvantages to a second passport?

11-25-2011 • sovereignman.com/Simon Black

I can’t even begin to describe how happy I am to be back in the land of the free… and yes, I’m talking about Chile.

Real ID Act blocks some Americans from driver's licenses

11-23-2011 • usatoday.com

Strict federal rules aimed at keeping terrorists off planes are blocking some Americans from renewing their driver's licenses or getting other state-issued IDs.

Malls track shoppers' cell phones on Black Friday

11-23-2011 • money.cnn.com

Starting on Black Friday and running through New Year's Day, two U.S. malls -- Promenade Temecula in southern California and Short Pump Town Center in Richmond, Va. -- will track guests' movements by monitoring the signals from their cell phones.

Screening Still a Pain at Airports, Fliers Say

11-22-2011 • nytimes.com

The lines will still be long and the screening still invasive at airport checkpoints this Thanksgiving.

Harold Rodman, TSA worker, arrested for sexual assault

11-22-2011 • wjla.com

Police arrested Rodman on Nov. 20. He is charged with aggravated sexual battery, object sexual penetration, forcible sodomy and abduction with intent to defile.

Hugh Grant alleges hacking by non-Murdoch papers

11-21-2011 • rawstory.com

Hollywood actor Hugh Grant accused several newspapers other than those owned by Rupert Murdoch of invading his privacy as he testified to Britain’s phone-hacking inquiry on Monday.

NH Town Hall Audience Asked To Prove Citizenship At Rick Perry Event

11-17-2011 • boston.cbslocal.com

People attending a Rick Perry event in Manchester, New Hampshire on Wednesday were asked if they were U.S. citizens.

Facebook tracking is under scrutiny

11-17-2011 • usatoday.com

In recent weeks, Facebook has been wrangling with the Federal Trade Commission over whether the social media website is violating users' privacy by making public too much of their personal information.

SOPA: Does bill encourage Internet censorship?

11-16-2011 • Christian Science Monitor

SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) gives copyright owners new powers. Google Chairman Schmidt calls SOPA draconian.

Scott Horton Interviews Becky Akers

11-04-2011 • antiwar.com

Becky Akers, columnist at Lewrockwell.com, discusses her blog post “Déjà Vu for the Tenth Time This Year” about the repeated arrests of TSA screeners who can’t keep their hands off kids

Jesse Ventura loses bid to halt airport searches

11-04-2011 • StarTribune.com

But a judge ruled on Thursday that the former Minnesota governor's concerns about modesty, personal freedom and constitutional rights were misplaced when he filed a federal lawsuit in St. Paul last January.