WikiLeaks dumps Stratfor emails related to Big Brother system called Trapwire
"It's essentially a system setup to detect surveillance, so if you've ever taken a picture of basically anything 'important' you were probably flagged in a 'suspicious activity report' (SAR)."
View ArticleFTC targets Facebook for deceptive security practices
The report comes days after Google was fined a record $22.5m by the commission for circumventing privacy settings on the Apple Safari browser.
View ArticleGoogle to cut jobs force overseas
Google said changes are designed to return Motorola’s mobile devices unit to profitability.
View ArticleNYC crime-fighting app turns citizens into spies
New York State Senator Eric Adams announced a new application that can send reports about crime and dangerous conditions right to the authorities.
View ArticleHedge funds profit from Facebook shares in July
"Apple and Google continue to be strong and on the short side an awful lot of people made money on Facebook."
View ArticleNew pyramids might have been found in Egyptian desert
Experts say it's way too early to set the discovery in stone.
View ArticleGoogle to $23 million for travel brand
Google has long insisted that it would not create content but simply be a conduit for it.
View ArticleSoros invested $10 million in Facebook
Walmart is also now his third largest holding, and he boosted his shares in GM
View ArticleObama Twitter account has high percentage of fake Twitter followers
The statistics could, however, be meaningless
View ArticleDOJ gives Verizon deal the go-ahead, sort of
The spectrum deal involves Verizon purchasing unused wireless space held by the four cable companies.
View ArticleRIAA showing massive revenue decline
The effects of the decline in revenue are also visible in the massive cuts in personnel.
View ArticleWhite House cyber order a follow up to failed Dem cyber bill
Sources say the White House held a call with federal cyber leaders last week to discuss the draft order.
View ArticleFBI begins installation of nationwide facial recognition system
As of July 18, 2012, the FBI reports, “The NGI program … is on scope, on schedule, on cost, and 60 percent deployed.”
View ArticleSupport withers for FCC Internet tax
Backers viewed proposal as a vehicle to ensure broadband coverage in underserved areas
View ArticleUS spies seek renewal of broad surveillance powers on 9/11 anniversary
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 --- which was amended in 2001 by the USA Patriot Act, and then again in 2007 and 2008 --- expires at the end of 2012
View ArticleSecond presidential debate tweets exceed 7.2 million
Voters once again took to Twitter during Tuesday evening's second presidential debate in numbers that would make a binder full of women burst.
View ArticleAmericans for Tax Reform president Grover Norquist opposes Internet Radio...
Internet radio giant Pandora says the legislation is necessary to end discrimination in royalty pricing
View ArticleReport: DHS funding program to eavesdrop on bus ride conversations
The effort is part of a high-tech expansion of law enforcement capabilities
View ArticleBerkeley to consider banning drones
But feds say city doesn't have jurisdiction to ban drones
View ArticleSenate passes Facebook-Netflix bill, cuts privacy provision on warrantless...
Facebook and Netflix already have arrangements that allow for users in other countries to share their viewing history
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