Federal Surveillance of Own Employees a Privacy Worry
Nobody is safe from government eyes.
Privacy
You, Too, Can Purchase a Not-Quite Panopticon
We're almost certainly not yet living in the Panopticon. But any step in that direction-even if it's well-spun marketing-speak-is worth watching.
California Town Tracks Everybody Who Enters or Leaves
Tiburon has license-plate readers monitoring both roads into town
ACORN Worker Can Sue James O'Keefe for Illegal Recording
Former worker was fired due to famous video.
Germany Reopens Facebook Privacy Inquiry
Official says company illegally archiving photos of members without permission.
ACLU to Sue FBI for GPS-Tracking Memos
Agency refuses to release documents showing how it is operating following SCOTUS decision.
Government Challenged Over GPS Tracking
Even as the Sixth Circuit says no warrant is needed to follow cell phone GPS signals, civil liberties groups beg to differ
Is TrapWire Response an Overreaction?
Are Internet rumors getting out of hand, like they do?
TrapWire Surveillance System Goes Down Under
The snoopy scheme's parent company has the contract for rail-ticketing systems in several Australian cities
Anonymous Joins Fight Against TrapWire
The hacker group that provided TrapWire documents to WikeLeaks declares war on the creepy surveillance system
Authorities May Be Overloading Themselves With Surveillance
Snoopy law-enforcement officials find that having data isn't the same as knowing what to do with it
Americans Can't Get Enough Groping
Young people, in particular, give thumbs-up to security theater
Social Security Numbers Still Appear on Medicare Cards
Lawmakers say practice is an invitation to identity theft
Bank-Snooping Probably Backed by a Government
Experts say surveillance tool monitoring transactions in the Middle East looks like more cyber-warfare
Parking Tickets Violated Privacy
Court says Illinois town must stop turning citations into identity-theft bait
Arizona Immigration Checks Could Restart
The controversial status checks left standing by the Supreme Court are back in district court for consideration
Google to Pay $22.5 Million for Tracking Safari Users
Largest fine ever levied by FTC.
No Warrant Needed for Utility Records
If they're required for a drug investigation, utilities must surrender details of your power usage, says federal court
Russian Blogger Tweets His Own Bugging By the Kremlin
Sent photos and videos of the wiretap to his followers
UK Patient Data To Be Mined for Research
Those using the National Health Service will have to opt-out or else become research subjects
Wyden: Cybersecurity Bill Sacrificed Privacy, Liberty
Oregon Democrat defected from Senate peers' support.
Board Created to Monitor Privacy Abuses of Patriot Act Now Actually Exists
After five years, Senate finally approves members to board
Can't Crack This Code
Quantum key distribution may be the key to secure encryption, say scientists
Cybersecurity Bill Gets Thumbs-Down in Senate
Even efforts to make the legislation less dangerous to privacy couldn't save it
Facial Recognition Joins Feds With States
FBI-originated technology that identifies people from photographs will be deployed by 2014
Papers Please, Kid
Public school students in Scottsdale, Arizona, will be required to wear ID badges
Feds Quietly Data-Mining Americans
In the name of battling terrorism, the federal government is building dossiers on Americans from government and private databases
Judge's Facebook Snooping Challenged
EFF asked California's highest court to review a judge's decision forcing a juror to turn over the content of his Facebook postings to the parties to the case
Cryptocat Makes Web Privacy Easy and Accessible
Nadim Kobeissi has made encrypted online communication sexy
Ontario Fails To Shield Voter Info - Still
After losing memory sticks full of data on millions of voters, the agency responsible for elections in Ontario, Canada, hasn't encrypted anything
EFF: Don't Trust the NSA To Manage Cybersecurity
The electronic civil liberties group warns that the NSA's history of privacy violations makes it a lousy candidate for securing data
ACLU Probes License Plate Scanners
The civil liberties group plans to saturate police departments with requests for information about privacy-threatening automated license plate reader technology
