From the article: “The New York Police Department compiled lists of mosques and Muslim businesses it saw as potential security risks for reasons that included endorsing conservative religious views or having devout customers … That effort has benefited from federal money and an unusually close relationship with the CIA, one that at times blurred the lines between domestic and foreign intelligence-gathering.”
Keyword: surveillance
AFP: Estonia to boost web surveillance after Norway attack
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“At the moment one thing is clear — as a preventive measure we plan to increase the capacity of Internet monitoring so we can pick up information from the Internet about possible attack plans or anything that can jeopardise internal security,” he told AFP.
AFP: Facebook to disable inmate accounts in California
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> From the article: “Facebook has agreed to disable the profiles of prison inmates in California whose accounts have been updated while they are behind bars.”
Senator Wyden on the Patriot Act, FISA, and the Knowledge Gap
Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) of the Senate Intelligence Committee recently discussed the Patriot Act and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Amendments on Countdown with Kieth Olbermann. Wyden made two notable observations: On the Patriot Act: “There is growing gap between … Continue reading
CNET: Geo-privacy bills aim to curb warrantless tracking
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> From the article: “Police would no longer be able to conduct warrantless surveillance of Americans’ whereabouts, according to legislation introduced today that would require search warrants to monitor the locations of cars or mobile devices.”
CNET News: House panel approves broadened ISP snooping bill
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> From the article: Bill would force ISPs to keep logs of customers’ activities for 1yr in case police want to review them … to make it politically difficult to oppose, proponents named the bill the Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act
HuffingtonPost: Facebook’s Randi Zuckerberg Says Anonymity Online ‘Has To Go Away’
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> From Ms. Zuckerberg: “I think anonymity on the Internet has to go away … People behave a lot better when they have their real names down. … I think people hide behind anonymity and they feel like they can say whatever they want behind closed doors.
Google CEO on Privacy, and Natural Surveillance
Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher recently interviewed Google CEO Eric Schmidt at D9. The whole thing is worth a watch, but two statements by Schmidt were truly exceptional. The first is his definition of privacy, the second is his framing … Continue reading
Welcome to Personhood: SCOTUS Rules No Personal Privacy for AT&T
The Supreme Court, after recognizing corporations as legal persons in their Citizens United decision, has now ruled that AT&T does not have a right to personal privacy. Welcome to personhood, AT&T! Here’s some background: AT&T over-prices some of the equipment … Continue reading
TPM: Kerry And McCain Introduce Bill To Protect Privacy Online
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> From the article: “The Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011 would create a framework for how companies can collect, store and distribute personal information, and would require companies to employ security measures to protect that information.”
CNN: Google making app that would identify people’s faces
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> From the article: “Google is working on a mobile app that would allow users to snap pictures of people’s faces in order to access their personal information”
paidContent: EU To Let Consumers Erase Embarrassing Photos From Social-Networking Sites
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> From the article: “In a package of proposals to be unveiled, the EU justice commissioner intends to force Facebook and other social networking sites to make high standards of data privacy the default setting and give control over data back to the user.”
France24: Scientists warn of ‘dangerous over-reliance’ on GPS
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> From the article: “The Royal Academy of Engineering said the application of GPS was now so broad, from car sat-navs to the time stamp on financial transactions, that without adequate backup, any disruption could have a major impact.”
AppData
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> From the site: “AppData is an independent application traffic tracking service of Inside Network, the first company dedicated to providing business information and market research to the Facebook platform and social gaming ecosystem.”
Deleware Online: Judge says cops can’t track with GPS
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> From the Judge’s Ruling: “The advance of technology will continue ad infinitum … An Orwellian state is now technologically feasible. Without adequate judicial preservation of privacy, there is nothing to protect our citizens from being tracked 24/7.”

