News SceneTap: The creepy app that scans bar-goers' faces
05-24-2012
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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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News Major CISPA opponent steps down, jeopardizing White House's veto promise
05-18-2012
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http://rt.com
The House-approved legislation that would erode Internet privacy for Americans might have just bypassed a major hurdle.
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News TSA Releases Video Of Pat Down Confrontation With Congressman
05-08-2012
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www.prisonplanet.com
Footage shows Texas Rep. swatting screener’s hand away from his genitals
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News Firefox creators Mozilla attack Congress; denounce CISPA
05-03-2012
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http://rt.com
Silicon Valley’s Mozilla Corporation has tasked themselves with extinguishing a fire, and no, it’s not what you have in mind.
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News Streetviewed: Google cars snooping on WiFi users not an accident
04-30-2012
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http://rt.com
Google bosses were informed their Street View cars would collect e-mails, names, addresses and other personal data from Wi-Fi users around the world
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News Insanity: CISPA Just Got Way Worse, And Then Passed On Rushed Vote
04-27-2012
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www.techdirt.com
Up 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.
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News Tracking Your Every Step,Indoor Positioning Service
04-27-2012
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http://govtslaves.info, Gadgetbox
Many 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.
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News Unpopular Government, Passes Even More Unpopular CISPA Bill
04-27-2012
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http://govtslaves.info, David Kravets
The House on Thursday approved cybersecurity legislation that privacy groups have decried as a threat to civil liberties.
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News WSJ: Black Boxes Are Real, But Alex Jones Is “Paranoid”
04-26-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Sam Favate
The Wall Street Journal admits that mandatory black boxes will be spying on us but then labels Infowars “paranoid” for being concerned about the intrusion.
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News CISPA Amendment Allows DHS to Intercept Tax Returns
04-25-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Paul Joseph Watson
Perennial big government advocate Sheila Jackson Lee strikes again
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News The NSA Is Building the Country’s Biggest Spy Center (Watch What You Say)
04-23-2012
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http://www.wired.com, By James Bamford
The spring air in the small, sand-dusted town has a soft haze to it, and clumps of green-gray sagebrush rustle in the breeze.
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News "GLOBAL SPYING". WASHINGTON'S "WEAPONIZED DATA" SYSTEM
04-23-2012
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http://www.globalresearch.ca, by Tom Burghardt
From 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.
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News Web freedom faces greatest threat ever, warns Google's Sergey Brin
04-16-2012
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http://www.guardian.co.uk, Ian Katz
Threats range from governments trying to control citizens to the rise of Facebook and Apple-style 'walled gardens'
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News This Internet provider pledges to put your privacy first. Always.
04-13-2012
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www.news.cnet.com
Step 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.
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News This Internet provider pledges to put your privacy first. Always.
04-12-2012
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CNET News
Step 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.
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News SPYING ON AMERICANS: Obama's Backdoor "Cybersecurity" Wiretap Bill
04-11-2012
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http://www.globalresearch.ca, by Tom Burghardt
Under 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
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News Board Urges Feds to Prevent Medical Device Hacking
04-10-2012
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Kim Zetter via WIRED.com
In 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.
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News Selling You on Facebook
04-09-2012
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wsj.com, By JULIA ANGWIN and JEREMY SINGER-VINE
Many 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.
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News Using Crowdsourcing to Protect Your Privacy
04-04-2012
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David Talbot via TechnologyReview.com
Don't read the fine print on smart-phone apps? A new service eventually could do it for you.
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News Shady Companies With Ties to Israel Wiretap the U.S. for the NSA
04-03-2012
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James Bamford via WIRED.com
Army 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.
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News Funeral March For Privacy In Austria
04-01-2012
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Rense.com
About 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.
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News New Counterorrism Guidelines Gives Authorities Vast Access to Private Info of Innocent Americans
03-27-2012
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http://www.commondreams.org, by Trevor Timm
On 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
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News Facebook Condemns Companies That Demand User Logins
03-23-2012
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Caleb Garling via Wired.com
Facebook has spoken out against businesses that demand Facebook usernames and passwords from their employees and prospective hires.
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Headlines: Facebook Condemns Companies That Demand User Logins -- New Counterorrism Guidelines Gives Authorities Vast Access to Private Info of Innocent Americans -- Funeral March For Privacy In Austria -- Shady Companies With Ties to Israel Wiretap the U.S. for the NSA -- Using Crowdsourcing to Protect Your Privacy -- Selling You on Facebook -- Board Urges Feds to Prevent Medical Device Hacking -- SPYING ON AMERICANS: Obama's Backdoor "Cybersecurity" Wiretap Bill -- This Internet provider pledges to put your privacy first. Always. -- This Internet provider pledges to put your privacy first. Always. -- Web freedom faces greatest threat ever, warns Google's Sergey Brin -- "GLOBAL SPYING". WASHINGTON'S "WEAPONIZED DATA" SYSTEM -- The NSA Is Building the Country’s Biggest Spy Center (Watch What You Say) -- Manhattan judge denies motion to stop Twitter subpoena -- Spineless Texas?? -- CISPA Amendment Allows DHS to Intercept Tax Returns -- WSJ: Black Boxes Are Real, But Alex Jones Is “Paranoid” -- Unpopular Government, Passes Even More Unpopular CISPA Bill -- Tracking Your Every Step,Indoor Positioning Service -- Insanity: CISPA Just Got Way Worse, And Then Passed On Rushed Vote -- Streetviewed: Google cars snooping on WiFi users not an accident -- Firefox creators Mozilla attack Congress; denounce CISPA -- TSA Releases Video Of Pat Down Confrontation With Congressman -- Major CISPA opponent steps down, jeopardizing White House's veto promise -- Facebook faces US $15 billion lawsuit -- SceneTap: The creepy app that scans bar-goers' faces --
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