Student finds tracking device on his car; FBI demands it back
Scientific American Daniel Tencer Raw Story A Silicon Valley college student says the FBI confronted him and threatened to “make things difficult” for him if…
Privacy
Is the AP deliberately fear-mongering Europe terror threat to sell body scanners?
Activist Post It appears that the Associated Press is fear-mongering about recently heightened terror threats in Europe. They have turned one vague State Department warning…
Iris Scanning Set To Secure City in Mexico, Then the World
Coming to see you soon Aaron Saenz Singularity Hub The million-plus citizens of Leon, Mexico are set to become the first example of a city secured…
Feds Use Pre-Crime To Target Disgruntled Veterans
Mind Machine Project purports to find domestic terrorists by building psychological profiles from illegally wiretapped phone and email conversations Paul Joseph Watson — Prison Planet The…
Obama Working on Plan to Wiretap Skype, Facebook, BlackBerrys
Noel Brinkerhoff AllGov The Obama administration wants to force all communications companies to make their networks compliable with wiretapping orders from law enforcement, a change…
Supreme Court to decide corporate privacy rights
Supreme Court to weigh whether corporations can claim personal privacy interests Associated Press The Supreme Court is getting involved in an unusual freedom of…
Who Is Watching You? Nine Industries That Know Your Every Move
Douglas McIntyre Daily Finance Don’t kid yourself. Real privacy no longer exists in this country. We’ve long had government organizations collecting data that paints a…
Wiretapped phones, now Internet?
Charlie Savage The New York Times Federal law enforcement and national security officials are preparing to seek sweeping new regulations of the Internet, arguing that…
Italy To Abandon Airport Body Scanner Project
AFP After a six-month test, Italy’s government will drop the use of full-body scanners for security checks in airports, judging them slow and ineffective, Italian…
5 Surprising Facts About Spying in America
Washington’s Blog Here are 5 surprising facts about spying in America. We understand if some of this sounds far-fetched. But take a look for yourself,…
Activists Challenge CCTV State Spying in EU
YouTube — RT RELATED ARTICLE: 10 Ways We Are Being Tracked, Traced, and Databased
Homeland Security to Test Iris Scanners
Thomas Frank USA Today WASHINGTON — The Homeland Security Department plans to test futuristic iris scan technology that stores digital images of people’s eyes in…
Sheriffs want lists of patients using painkillers
Lynn Bonner New Observer Sheriffs in North Carolina want access to state computer records identifying anyone with prescriptions for powerful painkillers and other controlled substances….
Va. appeals court upholds tracking suspects with GPS
Emily Babay Washington Examiner Police can use a GPS device to track the movements of a suspect’s vehicle without first obtaining a warrant, the Virginia Court…