Sep 15, 2009

Submitted by Scbalazs from YouTube: In this re-imagined narrative, Edward Cullen from the Twilight Series meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It's an example of transformative storytelling serving as a pro-feminist visual critique of Edward's character and generally creepy behavior. Seen through Buffy's eyes, some of the more sexist gender roles and patriarchal H (Read More)

1 hour ago

Submitted by Logicalextremes from Google Reader: People might be more identifiable than previously thought fromsupposedly anonymised information contained in large databases,according to a technology law expert. New research recommends thatprivacy practices and even privacy laws need to change. Increasing amounts of personal information are collected byorgani (Read More)

2 hours ago

Submitted by Logicalextremes from Google Reader: As the federal government readies the third iteration of Einstein, privacy concerns over the intrusion detection system were voiced at a Senate hearing on Tuesday.Philip Reitinger, Department of Homeland Security deputy undersecretary for the National Protection and Programs Directorate, told the Senate Committee on the Jud (Read More)

13 hours ago

Submitted by Logicalextremes from Google Reader: David Loukidelis, the Information and Privacy Commissioner of British Columbia, speaking today at The Surveillance Games workshop, has made it quite clear that his office does not want the Winter Games to leave a legacy of securitization in the city or indeed, fear (as the Assistant Federal Privacy Commissioner, Chantal Be (Read More)

1 day ago

Submitted by Logicalextremes from Google Reader: Associated Press counsel calls proposed reporter pools, restrictions on interviews on North Carolina base 'unlawful and unacceptable.'. (Read More)

9 hours ago

Submitted by Logicalextremes from Google Reader: 20 Nov 2009 // Washington D.C. - Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed a complaint today with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) against Sen. Mary Landrieu’s (D-LA) campaign committee, Friends of Mary Landrieu, Inc. The complaint concerns a mysterious $25,300 “donation” to the U.S. (Read More)

18 hours ago

Submitted by Logicalextremes from Google Reader: Interesting:The researchers say they've found a vulnerability in U.S. law enforcement wiretaps, if only theoretical, that would allow a surveillance target to thwart the authorities by launching what amounts to a denial-of-service (DoS) attack against the connection between the phone company switches and law enforcement.[.. (Read More)

13 hours ago

Submitted by Logicalextremes from Google Reader: “We’ve moved from an era of privacy keepers to one of privacy peepers and data-mining reapers who want to turn our information into products…The product is our records, our privacy, our family’s history. We wouldn’t let the government do this, so we have to protect against companies that want to do this.”Congressman Ed Mark (Read More)

18 hours ago

Submitted by Logicalextremes from Google Reader: A quick one to follow on from Alex's post below. A story from Cambridgeshire and, more precisely, the capital of the fens, Wisbech, who last year spent over £5000 of the diminutive Parish Council budget on a new CCTV system. Well it turns out today that the police have said that the CCTV images are not good enough to secure (Read More)

19 hours ago

Submitted by Logicalextremes from Google Reader: Over at Kent Online we learn that an astute commuter has established through Southeastern Rail's complaints procedure that some of their CCTV cameras are always switched off - not because of technical problems but as a matter of policy. I mention it because, as I've written before, we can develop a false sense of security b (Read More)

8 hours ago

Submitted by Logicalextremes from Google Reader: Version 2.0 of my Force-TLS add-on for Firefox was released by the AMO editors on Tuesday, and in incorporates a few important changes: It supports the Strict-Transport-Security header introduced by PayPal, and also has an improved UI that lets you add/remove sites from the forced list. For more information see my Force-T (Read More)

20 hours ago

Submitted by Logicalextremes from Google Reader: Lawmakers Thursday questioned whether businesses are amassing too much data about consumers without their knowledge or consent. We have... (Read More)

20 hours ago

Submitted by Logicalextremes from Google Reader: Google is being sued by a Swiss watchdog agency for allegedly failing to take adequate measures to protect privacy. The... (Read More)

2 hours ago

Submitted by Logicalextremes from Google Reader: Defendant’s consent was involuntary where it occurred after officers violated his Miranda rights by ignoring his request for counsel. It was reasonable for defendant to conclude that his rights did not matter and it was futile to resist. United States v. Nejbauer, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 107329 (D. Ariz. November 2, 2009):The (Read More)

22 hours ago

Submitted by Logicalextremes from Google Reader: Seventy-nine percent of senior IT executives believe growth in collaboration software applications has increased the likelihood of data breaches. (Read More)

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