Tag: Stuff

CISPA Advances: Do You Trust Congress With Your Privacy?
Well, that didn't take long. The Hill repor...
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The IRS Doesn’t Think The Fourth Amendment Applies To Your Email
The IRS runs a number of tax audits each year, and as such, has to obtain information on private citizens. If the information is in a physical format, the agency must obtain a warr...
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Burner, the Popular iOS Disposable Number App, Launches on Android
Sometimes you just need to contact and be contacted with a temporary number. And the iOS app that has popularized that practice since last August has just launched on Android. Y...
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CISPA Is Looking Better, But Privacy Proponents Still Aren’t Satisfied
Rep. Adam Schiff announced on Friday that he would be introducing a pro-pr...
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Google Runs Afoul of Indian Agency over Mapping Contest
Google, who is no stranger to international dustups over its maps and street view service, has run afoul of India's federal mapping agency over a recent project to improve upon the...
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Google Fights to Keep User Info Private Against National Security Letters
Since 9/11 and the implementation of the Patriot Act, the FBI's use of National Security Letters to obtain info has skyrocketed. National Security Letters (NSL) are a form of a...
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Rep. Adam Schiff To Propose Pro-Privacy Amendment To CISPA
This year's CISPA is just like last year's CISPA. That has some privacy g...
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Congress Doesn’t Want You Listening In On The CISPA Debate
It was revealed in mid-February that CISPA would be back. The dreaded cyb...
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Should The FBI Be Able To Monitor Online Communications In Real TIme?
As the current ECPA stands, law enforcement has the ability to obtain e...
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Twitter Sued for $50M in France for Withholding the Identities of Anti-Semitic Users
Twitter is being sued in France for failing to disclose the identities of users wrapped up in an anti-Semitic hashtag controversy that has spanned five months. Here's my attempt...
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‘Catch Me If You Can’ Conman Talks Facebook Privacy
One of the world's most famous confidence men has his reservations about Facebook. Speaking at the Advertising Week Europe conference, Frank Abagnale says that he completely un...
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Sen. Patrick Leahy Introduces ECPA Reform Bill In The Senate
The House has been unusually proactive early this year in attempting to pass email privacy protections through an updated Electronic Communications Privacy Act. In fact, the...
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What Are Your Facebook Likes Revealing About You? (Hint: It’s a lot)
Is it possible that you are unwittingly outing yourself - as gay, as a conservative, as Muslim, or as a pot smoker - by simply liking stuff on Facebook? Sure, you could easily d...
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Study Finds That Facebook Users Are Starting To Share More Personal Data
A common rebuttal to proponents of online privacy is to just not share personal information with services like Facebook, Twi...
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Texas Legislature Introduces Bills To Curtail Warrantless Smartphone Tracking
Did you know that the federal government can request your smartphone location data without a warrant? It happens quite often, but there's not been much progress made in the way of...
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