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Washington post Dana Priest

The top-secret world the government created in response to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, has become so large, so unwieldy and so secretive that no one knows how much money it costs, how many people it employs, how many programs exist withi

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McClatchy News

North Carolina's efforts to collect sales taxes from online retailers could lead to government snooping on consumers' online shopping habits. The N.C. Dept of Revenue's audit of Amazon.com seeks private customer information the government doesn't nee

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http://emoglen.law.columbia.edu/now

In this video lecture Eben Moglen discusses how the current internet architectural paradigm lays waste to individual privacy. Moglen goes on to discuss an alternative paradigm that is privacy friendly. An earlier FP post about the "Diaspora" server r

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www.drscoundrels.com

Here is something interesting – something I bet a lot of people didn’t know. Financial aid, even for students over the age of 23 who haven’t been living at home can require you to give out your personal information. If your child wants, at age

News Link • Global Reported By Rich Hilts
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Electronic Frontier Foundation

Since its incorporation just over five years ago, Facebook has undergone a remarkable transformation. When it started, it was a private space for communication with a group of your choice. Soon, it transformed into a platform where much of your infor

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Technology Review

Offshore banks might be tax havens, but they're no havens in terms of network security, according to Andrew Hay, a security professional who worked in the offshore banking industry for some time.

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Wired.com

The most common retort against privacy advocates -- by those in favor of ID checks, cameras, databases, data mining and other wholesale surveillance measures -- is this line: "If you aren't doing anything wrong, what do you have to hide?" Some

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Chicago Tribune, blacklistednews.com

Ralph Remakel received a Citibank letter postmarked Feb. 16 that notified him of a recent Citibank error. It turns out he wasn't the only one. In late January, Citibank mailed year-end tax statements to 600,000 Citi customers via the U.S. Postal

News Link • Global Reported By Lauren Roseman
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Reuters

British dog owners may be forced to microchip their pets and take out insurance in a crackdown on dangerous canines. Postmen are delighted, but libertarians grumble Britain's sprawling surveillance state now wants to track the nation's dogs.