Posts Tagged ‘US-shortcomings’

Over 3 years later, "deleted" Facebook photos are still online

So, Facebook has IPO’d and  Zuckerberg is a multi-billionaire.  His dad is worth over $ 60,000,000. Several million people have been born. OSX has updated…twice. UK and Australia have ruled […]

Americans can be forced to decrypt their laptops | Privacy Inc. – CNET News

What the Supreme Court Giveth in 4th Amendment Protections (namely, GPS surveillance requires warrants), a lower court takes away in 5th Amendment protections.   Americans can be forced to decrypt […]

US Supreme Court – GPS tracking requires warrant

Celebrate!! The 4th Amendment isn’t dead…yet. The feds will need warrants to install GPS trackers on your vehicles.   From The Register: US Supremes: GPS tracking requires warrant   ‘Stop! […]

Social media 'private' data is fair game for e-discovery in court

Data Privacy Day: Social media ‘private’ data is fair game for e-discovery in court Microsoft Trustworthy Computing released data about how posting on social networking sites can impact more than […]

Threatened by Anonymous, Symantec tells users to pull pcAnywhere's plug – Computerworld

So let’s get this straight: 1) Symantec failed to stop the SONY Rootkit because Sony is a well-known multinational 2) Symantec released source code to the Indian Government without adequate […]

“Everything You Say Can And Will Be Used Against You, By Anybody, Now Or Decades Into The Future.” – Falkvinge on Infopolicy

“Everything You Say Can And Will Be Used Against You, By Anybody, Now Or Decades Into The Future.” Freedom of Speech There are politicians trying to eliminate anonymity on the […]

This Is Data Retention. Would You Give It To Any Future Government? – Falkvinge on Infopolicy

This Is Data Retention. Would You Give It To Any Future Government? A new visualization of cellphone location data surfaced on Engadget. While it was hailed as a cool visualization […]

FBI says Carrier IQ files used for "law enforcement purposes"

FBI says Carrier IQ files used for “law enforcement purposes” By Rob Beschizza at 12:42 pm Monday, Dec 12 The FBI disclosed this weekend that it uses data gathered by […]

Assange vs. Zuckerberg

Assange vs. Zuckerberg       via Assange vs. Zuckerberg – Imgur.

Ambulances turned away as computer virus infects Gwinnett Medical Center computers

Ambulances turned away as computer virus infects Gwinnett Medical Center computers By Misty Williams and Joel Anderson The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Gwinnett Medical Center on Friday confirmed it has instructed ambulances […]