Replacing Your Password with a Finger Swipe
• David Talbot via TechnologyReview.comThe new device could transmit a user-specific ID through the skin.
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Privacy Rights
Warrantless Wiretap Victims Ask Court to Reconsider Letting Feds Spy Illegally
• David Kravets via WIRED.comA federal appeals court is being asked to reconsider its earlier ruling that the government may spy on Americans’ communications without warrants and without fear of being sued.
Without a Face - The TSA Song (Video)
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Philip R. "Phil" Zimmermann Jr. - creator of Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) encryption software
• www.wikipedia.comIn 1991, he wrote the popular Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) program, and made it available (together with its source code) through public FTP for download, the first widely available program implementing public-key cryptography.
The new totalitarianism of surveillance technology
• http://www.guardian.co.uk, Naomi WolfIf you think that 24/7 tracking of citizens by biometric recognition systems is paranoid fantasy, just read the industry newsletters.
Securing Mobility in the Cloud
• Lee Cocking via WIRED.comWe’re reaching a tipping point where mobile access to the Internet is surpassing access from traditional wired workstations. It’s even more pronounced in mobile-first markets.
What does it mean to make something?
• www.diasporaproject.orgDuring the last two years that we have been building Diaspora, we have uncovered lots of interesting problems related to our core mission—giving people ownership over their data.
Google To Include Your Personal Email In Search Results
• http://govtslaves.info, Michael LiedtkeGoogle is creating an information bridge between its influential Internet search engine and its widely used Gmail service in its latest attempt to deliver more personal responses more quickly.
India monitors BlackBerry emails without encryption codes
• The Raw Story.comIndia has found a way to monitor BlackBerry corporate emails without asking developer Research in Motion (RIM) to hand over encryption codes a report said Wednesday, which could help end a standoff with the Canadian company.
Google extends online search to email boxes
• The Raw Story.comGoogle on Wednesday began allowing users to extend online searches to include messages stored in accounts at Web-based email service Gmail.
Facebook Propaganda. “If you aren’t on Facebook, you are a psychopath, mass murderer, untrustworthy…
• http://chrisinmaryville.net/I don’t think I have ever seen such overt/bullshit propaganda like this before. The Daily mail out of the U.K. published a propaganda article saying this. Is not joining Facebook a sign you’re a psychopath? Some employers and psychologists say
Court gives government the go-ahead for warrantless wiretaps
• http://rt.comA federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that the government is immune to wireless wiretapping lawsuits in a decision that the plaintiff’s attorney says releases Washington and the White House from ever being held accountable for spying on citizens.
Study Reveals a Confused View of Mobile Phone Privacy and Security
• Conor Myhrvold via TechnologyReview.comMany users' perceptions are at odds with the realities, researchers show.
Rep. Markey proposes privacy rules for domestic drone licenses
• Eric W. Dolan via The Raw Story.comRep. Edward Markey (D-MA) on Wednesday released a discussion draft of legislation that aims to add privacy protections and greater transparency to the authorization of aerial drone flights within the United States.
This Cute Chat Site Could Save Your Life and Help Overthrow Your Government
• Wired21-year-old student Nadim Kobeissi is the creator of Cryptocat, a project “to combine my love of cryptography and cats,” he explained to an overflowing audience of hackers at the HOPE conference on Saturday, July 14.
Refusing To Put A Normal Child On Psych Drugs Results In Swat Teams and a TANK.
• youtube.comThis is in America!
Pro-wrestler boycotts WWE over SOPA support
• http://boingboing.net, By Cory DoctorowSean Morley, AKA Val Venis, a professional wrestler, has informed a fan via Twitter that "#WWE asked me to appear but I just cannot do anything with them for as long as they continue their support of #SOAP/#CISPA"
Florida man kills door-to-door salesman: I’ll kill anybody that steps on my property
• Eric W. Dolan via The Raw Story.comA man in Cape Coral, Florida on Wednesday was arrested for shooting and killing an unarmed door-to-door salesman on his property.
Sen. Franken questions FBI and Facebook over online privacy protections
• The Raw Story.comA US Senate hearing Wednesday highlighted concern over the growing use of facial recognition technologies, both for law enforcement use and in big social networks like Facebook.
Report: Police spying on more cell phones than ever
• http://www.rawstory.com, Stephen C. WebsterU.S. law enforcement agencies are tracking more cellular devices than ever these days but obtaining fewer wiretapping warrants, according to a report by Eric Lichtblau, published in Sunday’s New York Times.
CA Web Users File Class-Action Lawsuits Against Google & Yahoo Over Privacy
• www.dailypaul.comThe suits, filed on June 12 and June 28, claim that the web giants illegally intercept emails sent from individual non-Gmail and non-Yahoo subscribers to individual Gmail and Yahoo subscribers, without their knowledge, consent or permission.
Indiana police SWAT wrong home over open wifi network
• http://www.rawstory.com, By Stephen C. WebsterAn unsecured wifi network triggered a SWAT team raid on the wrong home in Evansville, Indiana last week after officers began investigating specific threats made in an online forum.
40 Years of Growing Surveillance
• http://www.cato.org, by Nat HentoffThe Watergate legacy of disabling opponents by wiretaps and other suspensions of the Bill of Rights has since been protected by the current administration in federal court.
Google reports ‘alarming’ rise in censorship by governments
• http://www.guardian.co.uk, Dominic RusheSearch engine company has said there has been a troubling increase in requests to remove political content from the internet
The Antivirus Era Is Over
• Tom Simonite via TechnologyReview.comConventional security software is powerless against sophisticated attacks like Flame, but alternative approaches are only just getting started.
Steve Jobs’ Pentagon File: Blackmail Fears, Youthful Arrest and LSD Cubes
• Kim Zetter wired.comSteve Jobs thought someone might kidnap his daughter in order to blackmail him, according to a newly released Department of Defense document that was filled out in the 1980s when Jobs underwent a background check for a Top Secret security clearance.
A Dollar For Your Data
• Jessica Leber .technologyreview.comInformation about you is free for the taking on the Web. A new crop of entrepreneurs wants you to collect.
USDA Wants RFID Tracking Technology To Be Mandatory In US Food Stamp Program
• http://govtslaves.info,NTEB“And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
"Where is the Right to Privacy? It Doesn't Exist if You're a Muslim"
• http://www.motherjones.com, By Adam SerwerMeet the New Jersey Muslims taking on the New York Police Department over its sweeping surveillance program.
Dead on arrival? Dutch Parliament kills ACTA before EU vote
• http://www.rt.comLawmakers in Holland have voted to strike down the international Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), slammed by many as a free speech and information access choker.
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