Web Security Expert Warns Of Cyber World War
• skynews.comA leading internet security expert has warned that a cyber terrorist attack with "catastrophic consequences" looked increasingly likely in a world already in a state of near cyber war.
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N Idaho TV station KXLY to air interview with Mr. Steele, in prison on Thurs, Nov. 3rd, 6:00 pm
Donna HancockConvicted in another U.S. government show trial this year, author and attorney Edgar Steele will ask the highest court in the land to address non-written rules that allow unlawful and unconstitutional intrusions into what should be completely private
Governor Brown Vetoes Warrant Protection for Cell Phones
• Electronic Frontier FoundationSB 914, written in response to the California Supreme Court decision in People v. Diaz, upheld basic constitutional principles. It just maintained Fourth Amendment protection to the contents of cell phones, requiring officers to show a judge there is
Police Who Illegally Broke Into Gizmodo Journalist's House Deride Seized E-mails as "Juveni
• Electronic Frontier FoundationIllegally breaking into the home of a journalist and seizing his property is profoundly troubling, especially as law enforcement shows no apparent sign of remorse or of learning from their mistake.
SWAT Team Flash-bangs Grandmother During Botched Drug Raid, Gives Her Heart Attack
• Information LiberationA Colorado Springs grandmother who suffered a heart attack when drug agents stormed into her home in 2009 has filed suit claiming the officers’ tactics were “extreme, unreasonable and outrageous.”
A Florida School District is Taking Attendance by Scanning Students’ Fingers
• News LinkRoll call is going high-tech in Washington County, Fla. Rather than the usual name calling and response, students are now checking into class with finger scanning devices. And to keep better track of students from the minute they come under district
Facial Recognition Software Takes One Glance at You and Brings Up Your Facebook Profile
• Rebecca Boyle via PopSci.comWorried about privacy on the Internet? It may be worse than you thought — with rapidly improving face recognition technology, your automatically tagged Facebook pictures could help a stranger, or the authorities, quickly identify you on the street.
Bill Would Force Intel Chief to Renounce ‘Secret Patriot Act’
• Spencer Ackerman via WIRED.comFor months, two Senators have screamed bloody murder that the government holds a secret legal interpretation of the Patriot Act so broad that it amounts to a whole different law giving the feds massive domestic surveillance powers.
Florida sold citizens’ driver’s license information for $62 million
• Eric W. Dolan via RawStory.comThe State of Florida made $62,968,946 from the sale of Floridians driver's license information in the last fiscal year, a practice that has been occurring almost unknown for years.
Pearce Recall Petitions Indicate Massive Voter Registration Fraud
• Sonoran News via e-mail from Dina (Thanks!)Keep in mind this isn't about Mexicans, 'immigration', or even voting - it's an end-run to a National (then Worldwide) ID that contains your DIGITAL WALLET - with TPTB at the 'Control Board'...
Zurich voters keep 'suicide tourism' alive
• APVoters in Zurich overwhelmingly rejected calls to ban assisted suicide or to outlaw the practice for nonresidents. Zurich's cantonal voters by about a 4-to-1 margin defeated both measures that had been pushed by political and religious conservatives.
Apple Denies Tracking iPhone Users, Will Issue Software Update to Discontinue Tracking iPhone Users
• Dan Nosowitz via PopSci.comIn response to the hubbub surrounding the iPhone's unwanted tendency to transcribe your every move and remember it for years, Apple today issued a curious statement--mostly a blanket denial of wrongdoing
Customers Sue Apple Over iPhone Location-Data Collection
• Brian X. Chen via WIRED.comTwo Apple customers have filed a lawsuit accusing the Cupertino, California, company of committing violations of computer-fraud laws by recording location data of iPhone and iPad customers.
Protecting Yourself Against Crime and Violence
• http://www.lewrockwell.com/My wife and I live in Philadelphia on the “green line” between mostly-prosperous Center City and mostly-wasteland North Philadelphia
Why You Should Care About the iPhone Location-Tracking Issue
• Brian X. Chen and Mike Isaac via WIRED.comYou should care about Apple’s collection of geodata on iPhones, iPads and iPod Touch devices, because the method is flawed.
Why and How Apple Is Collecting Your iPhone Location Data
• Brian X. Chen via Wired.comiPhone and iPad customers were spooked to find out that their devices have recorded a detailed history of their geographical locations for the past year in an unprotected file. But it turns out that Apple already explained it — almost a year ago
Microsoft Explores Privacy-Protecting Personalization
• Erica Naone via TechnologyReview.comA researcher is experimenting with ways that a Web browser could tighten the limits on information provided to websites.
HD Tyranny: Never Been Born (Part 1)
• YouTubeHD Tyranny: Never Been Born looks at the Birth Registration system that is present worldwide. This film exposes a shadow law, lurking beneath the guise of multifunctional language.
Feds, teachers to stalk your kids on Facebook now?
• Pajamas MediaWhen did the Department of Education become the Department of Speech Monitoring? Add the Dept of Ed to the list of Obama agencies that need to be reined in, hard and fast. Education Department officials are threatening school principals with lawsu
6,000 Missouri State U. Students Have Social Security Numbers Exposed on Web
• databreaches.netMissouri State University officials are notifying 6,030 College of Education students that their social security numbers may have been compromised as a result of an internal security breach. In October and November 2010, in preparation for an accr
Indiana Judge Forces Newspapers to Rat Out Anonymous Posters
• maximumpc.comMarion County's Superior Court Judge S.K. Reid set what could become a precedent by being the first Indiana judge to rule on whether or not media outlets are forced to disclose names and/or other personal information of anonymous posters on their we
Have you ever posted a picture on line?
• ABC NewsHave you ever posted a picture on line? THIS IS NOT A JOKE Posting Pictures could be Dangerous to your health or your loved ones... PLEASE check this out...
Patriot Act Extension Fails in House: Small Victory for Civil Liberties
• therealnewsnowOn Tuesday, the House of Representatives rejected the extension of three unconstitutional surveillance tools within the Patriot Act. The House voted 277-148 in favor of the extension, but Republicans brought the bill to the floor using a special pro
Big Brother arrives with iris eye-scan ID on cells, ATMs, PCs
• Terrence AymHector Hoyos wants to watch the watchers that are watching everyone else. Hoyos, the founder and CEO of Hoyos Corporation, manufactures iris photographing technology. As some patents on proprietary iris-scanning technology will soon expire making the
Jesse Ventura Files Lawsuit Against T.S.A. and Dept. of Homeland Security
• therealnewsnowThe former Governor of Minnesota, Jesse Ventura, is suing the Department of Homeland Security. Ventura claims TSA’s full-body scans and airport pat-downs have violated his privacy rights. The former Governor filed the suit Monday in District Court
Calif court: Cops can search texts without warrant
• APThe California Supreme Court ruled police do not need a warrant to search a cell phone carried by someone under arrest. The justices determined a deputy had the right to conduct a warrantless search of the text messages of a man he arrested
TSA photocopies a mans credit cards and other personal documents
• PRISON PLANET.comTSA Molesting a mans credit cards and other personal documents for no reason.
‘No Refusal” DUI Blood Test Goes Nationwide funded on Federal Grant Money
• PRISON PLANET.comThis nationwide “No Refusal” blood test violates the fourth amendment of the bill of rights because people should enjoy the right to be secure in their persons from unreasonable searches and seizures.
As application approvals drop, work on secret wiretaps grows
• Washington PostEven as the Justice Dept. reports a 2-year decline in the number of wiretap applications approved by a secret US intelligence court, the workload of Justice Dept. lawyers assigned to request and oversee such sensitive surveillance activities grows.
Real Victory Against REAL ID
• Free Patriot PressJim Babka reports that budget bill H.R. 3082 rescinds funding for implementing the “hub” for REAL ID data collection. If this passes (which it presumably will), it will be a major victory for privacy rights advocates, but it falls short of repealing
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