SceneTap: The creepy app that scans bar-goers' faces
• http://theweek.com,Does this new service help people find the most interesting crowds, or is it just another "stalker app"?
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Facebook faces US $15 billion lawsuit
• http://www.rt.comTracking users after they log out and violating US wiretapping laws
Major CISPA opponent steps down, jeopardizing White House's veto promise
• http://rt.comThe House-approved legislation that would erode Internet privacy for Americans might have just bypassed a major hurdle.
TSA Releases Video Of Pat Down Confrontation With Congressman
• www.prisonplanet.comFootage shows Texas Rep. swatting screener’s hand away from his genitals
Firefox creators Mozilla attack Congress; denounce CISPA
• http://rt.comSilicon Valley’s Mozilla Corporation has tasked themselves with extinguishing a fire, and no, it’s not what you have in mind.
Streetviewed: Google cars snooping on WiFi users not an accident
• http://rt.comGoogle bosses were informed their Street View cars would collect e-mails, names, addresses and other personal data from Wi-Fi users around the world
Insanity: CISPA Just Got Way Worse, And Then Passed On Rushed Vote
• www.techdirt.comUp until this afternoon, the final vote on CISPA was supposed to be tomorrow. Then, abruptly, it was moved up today—and the House voted in favor of its passage with a vote of 248-168. But that's not even the worst part.
Tracking Your Every Step,Indoor Positioning Service
• http://govtslaves.info, GadgetboxMany of us rely on GPS to get around unfamiliar cities and neighborhoods, but a new type of location service could be giving you directions from the dairy section to the frozen foods aisle at the grocery store, and tracking every step you take.
Unpopular Government, Passes Even More Unpopular CISPA Bill
• http://govtslaves.info, David KravetsThe House on Thursday approved cybersecurity legislation that privacy groups have decried as a threat to civil liberties.
WSJ: Black Boxes Are Real, But Alex Jones Is “Paranoid”
• http://www.prisonplanet.com, Sam FavateThe Wall Street Journal admits that mandatory black boxes will be spying on us but then labels Infowars “paranoid” for being concerned about the intrusion.
CISPA Amendment Allows DHS to Intercept Tax Returns
• http://www.prisonplanet.com, Paul Joseph WatsonPerennial big government advocate Sheila Jackson Lee strikes again
Spineless Texas??
Larken RoseI must have missed the memo about the entire state of Texas being castrated.
Manhattan judge denies motion to stop Twitter subpoena
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The NSA Is Building the Country’s Biggest Spy Center (Watch What You Say)
• http://www.wired.com, By James BamfordThe spring air in the small, sand-dusted town has a soft haze to it, and clumps of green-gray sagebrush rustle in the breeze.
"GLOBAL SPYING". WASHINGTON'S "WEAPONIZED DATA" SYSTEM
• http://www.globalresearch.ca, by Tom BurghardtFrom driftnet surveillance to data mining and link analysis, the secret state has weaponized our data, "criminal evidence, ready for use in a trial," as Cryptohippie famously warned.
Web freedom faces greatest threat ever, warns Google's Sergey Brin
• http://www.guardian.co.uk, Ian KatzThreats range from governments trying to control citizens to the rise of Facebook and Apple-style 'walled gardens'
This Internet provider pledges to put your privacy first. Always.
• www.news.cnet.comStep aside, AT&T and Verizon. A new privacy-protecting Internet service and telephone provider still in the planning stages could become the ACLU's dream and the FBI's worst nightmare.
This Internet provider pledges to put your privacy first. Always.
• CNET NewsStep aside, AT&T and Verizon. A new privacy-protecting Internet service and telephone provider still in the planning stages could become the ACLU's dream and the FBI's worst nightmare.
SPYING ON AMERICANS: Obama's Backdoor "Cybersecurity" Wiretap Bill
• http://www.globalresearch.ca, by Tom BurghardtUnder the guise of "cybersecurity," the new all-purpose bogeyman to increase the secret state's already-formidable reach, the Obama administration and their congressional allies are crafting legislation that will open new backdoors for even more intr
Board Urges Feds to Prevent Medical Device Hacking
• Kim Zetter via WIRED.comIn the wake of increasing concern about the security of wireless medical devices, a privacy and security advisory board is calling on the government to grant the FDA or other federal entity the authority to assess the security of devices.
Selling You on Facebook
• wsj.com, By JULIA ANGWIN and JEREMY SINGER-VINEMany popular Facebook apps are obtaining sensitive information about users—and users' friends—so don't be surprised if details about your religious, political and even sexual preferences start popping up in unexpected places.
Using Crowdsourcing to Protect Your Privacy
• David Talbot via TechnologyReview.comDon't read the fine print on smart-phone apps? A new service eventually could do it for you.
Shady Companies With Ties to Israel Wiretap the U.S. for the NSA
• James Bamford via WIRED.comArmy General Keith Alexander, the director of the NSA, is having a busy year — hopping around the country, cutting ribbons at secret bases and bringing to life the agency’s greatly expanded eavesdropping network.
Funeral March For Privacy In Austria
• Rense.comAbout three thousand Austrian protesters held a funeral March with prayers against the implementation of the “Data Retention Law” (Spying law) from the first of April 2012 in Austria.
New Counterorrism Guidelines Gives Authorities Vast Access to Private Info of Innocent Americans
• http://www.commondreams.org, by Trevor TimmOn Thursday, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder signed expansive new guidelines for terrorism analysts, allowing the National Counter Terrorism Center (NCTC) to mirror entire federal databases containing personal information and hold onto the informat
Facebook Condemns Companies That Demand User Logins
• Caleb Garling via Wired.comFacebook has spoken out against businesses that demand Facebook usernames and passwords from their employees and prospective hires.
Marine sergeant faces discipline for Facebook critique of Obama
• http://www.reuters.comThe Marine Corps has initiated disciplinary action against a Marine sergeant for comments he posted on his "Armed Forces Tea Party" Facebook page criticizing President Barack Obama, a spokesman said on Thursday.
NSA Chief Denies Domestic Spying But Whistleblowers Say Otherwise
• http://www.wired.com, By James BamfordIn a rare break from the NSA’s tradition of listening but not speaking, NSA chief General Keith Alexander was grilled Tuesday on the topic of eavesdropping on Americans in front of a House subcommittee.
Illinois acts to help job hunters maintain privacy on Facebook
• http://www.chicagotribune.com, By Ashley RueffIllinois, Maryland legislation seeks to stop practice
The CIA wants to spy on you through your TV: surveillance
• http://www.dailymail.co.uk, By Rob WaughWhen people download a film from Netflix to a flatscreen, or turn on web radio, they could be alerting unwanted watchers to exactly what they are doing and where they are.
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