AP: Documents Show NY Police Watched Devout Muslims

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AP: Documents Show NY Police Watched Devout Muslims

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.”

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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

HuffingtonPost: Facebook’s Randi Zuckerberg Says Anonymity Online ‘Has To Go Away’

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HuffingtonPost: Facebook’s Randi Zuckerberg Says Anonymity Online ‘Has To Go Away’

> 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.

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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

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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

paidContent: EU To Let Consumers Erase Embarrassing Photos From Social-Networking Sites

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paidContent: EU To Let Consumers Erase Embarrassing Photos From Social-Networking Sites

> 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.”

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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.”