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Google goes to bed with CIA

312 votes | submitted 2010-08-24 14:31:56 by mrdextergenius | 97 comments

You want to know what news sends chills down the spines of the world’s governments?

California moves to outlaw online "e-personation"

476 votes | submitted 2010-08-23 17:51:25 by LtGenPanda | 32 comments

"Credibly" impersonating someone else on Twitter, Facebook, or through e-mail could get dicier in California, where the legislature has passed a bill making "e-personation" a misdemeanor. The EFF warns about unintended consequences.

PowerPhone nabs patent to send txt messages and video to 911

234 votes | submitted 2010-08-23 22:24:39 by CourageWulf | 10 comments

The United States Patent and Trademark Office has granted the company PowerPhone Inc. a patent called “Integrated Call Handler and E-Mail Systems and Methods” that allows users to send SMS text messages to 911. The company will use this patent to allow users to send text and video messages to 911 if in need of help.

Murder by malware: Can computer viruses kill?

264 votes | submitted 2010-08-23 21:44:43 by zetadog | 44 comments

Can malware kill? A computer virus may have contributed to the Spanair plane crash which killed 154 people. A worm has infected life support machines. Can a trojan or malware be a murder weapon?

EFF: Researcher Arrested for Not Disclosing Source

389 votes | submitted 2010-08-23 19:36:12 by EMFK | 36 comments

An Indian computer scientist was arrested this weekend when he refused to disclose an anonymous source who provided an electronic voting machine to a team of security researchers.

Scam Drains PayPal Accounts Via iTunes

378 votes | submitted 2010-08-23 17:42:39 by ArtThouBored | 63 comments

Reports are appearing this morning about a major security hole in iTunes accounts linked to PayPal. Scammers may have found a way to charge thousands of dollars to iTunes accounts through PayPal.

ACLU Report: Spying on Free Speech Nearly At Cold War Level

751 votes | submitted 2010-08-23 19:35:43 by gorgeoussand | 159 comments

Political spying is nearly as bad now as it was during the Cold War. The ACLU reports that Americans are harassed and under surveillance for exercising their First Amendment rights.

EFF: Protect Your Privacy on Facebook Places

420 votes | submitted 2010-08-20 03:29:01 by absolutelytrue | 43 comments

Like all location products, the new application publishes potentially sensitive information, since a stream of information on location can provide a detailed picture of your life. Some locations might appear cool at one moment, and yet become something you'd rather forget the next.

The End of Privacy Has Started In the City of Leon

325 votes | submitted 2010-08-18 18:49:26 by mklopez | 122 comments

Imagine a public eye scanner that can identify 50 people per minute, in motion. Now imagine that the government install these scanner systems all across an entire city. Or don't imagine it, because it's already happening, right now.

The Audacity of Warner Brothers & Re-Spawning Zombie Cookies

415 votes | submitted 2010-08-19 01:53:38 by angel_wardriver | 20 comments

Really, Warner Brothers? You want to go there? After all the RIAA/MPAA ruckus Warner Bros has raised about users "stealing" from them, it's been discovered they've been re-spawning Flash cookies and "stealing" users' personal identifying info. Oh what a tangled, double standard surveillance web they weave, stomping on privacy while they deceive...

Fence Tech Along the Southern U.S. Border (Maps + Pics)

305 votes | submitted 2010-08-18 16:36:13 by mwtapp | 109 comments

The Secure Fence Act (2006) instructed the Department of Homeland Security to protect 700 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border. Here are some of the ways the U.S. attempts to regulate its southern frontier.

A boss in information security forgot to lock his computer..

2911 votes | submitted 2010-08-17 18:36:07 by LtGenPanda | 296 comments

....and this is what his staff had waiting for him.

EFF Warns of Untrustworthy SSL, Undetectable Surveillance

701 votes | submitted 2010-08-17 01:05:32 by angel_wardriver | 31 comments

The EFF warns of a weak link threatening security by an untrustworthy certificate authority. Not all HTTPS-encrypted websites are genuinely trustworthy. The EFF signed an open letter to Verizon, asking it to revoke a CA that has been used for surveillance, eavesdropping, and to launch malicious code.

Will WikiLeaks be protected by Shield laws?

381 votes | submitted 2010-08-16 14:10:15 by globoler | 71 comments

Lawmakers recognize the value of protecting sources when they disclose the Pentagon Papers or details about Watergate, but they're less keen on those who reveal corporate secrets or classified documents about wars they support.

Facebook loophole reveals names, pictures with sign-on error

318 votes | submitted 2010-08-12 17:31:26 by antdude | 62 comments

"It looks like there’s yet another little bug that compromises the privacy of Facebook users - all 500 million of them - and it doesn’t matter how a user has set the account’s privacy settings. The bug can be found in the error page that comes when a user attempts to sign in but types in the wrong password. The system automatically populates ..."

EFF - Partners Agree to destroy Info About Gay Customers

286 votes | submitted 2010-08-13 03:06:00 by EMFK | 13 comments

We're happy to report that this potential privacy fiasco has ended well for XY's customers. The parties reached an agreement (pdf) under which the publisher is required to destroy all personally identifiable information about XY's customers.

India says BlackBerry meeting "inconclusive"

226 votes | submitted 2010-08-12 12:54:29 by BBLTitan | 29 comments

A meeting of Indian officials and telecoms operators on whether to restrict Research in Motion's BlackBerry services over national security fears was inconclusive, a top government official said on Thursday.

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