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Britain has its video cameras:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1187147 ... tors_picks

The US one-ups them--they will now be using Homeland Security satellites for local law enforcement.

Stealing your companies emails and selling them to the MPAA is, apparently, legal:

http://news.com.com/Legal+woes+mount+fo ... =nefd.lede

This blows my mind as it will completely open the doors to civil and government spying.

Gait DNA, facial recognition, and devices that tell what you're thinking:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/f ... 995061.stm

I'd like to know how they phrased the question so that 75% of us want more cameras watching our every move.

Report questions the value of Britain's CCTV network:

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20 ... rimes.html

Says to put the money towards "Bobbies."

Speaking from "behind the curtain" just got more difficult:

http://chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropo ... 49745.html

Encrypting email--best not to do it 1/2 @$$ed:

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20 ... -feds.html

Use the web interface and it's pointless.

Apply for your Canadian passport and everyone can see your data:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ ... ional/home

THE JEW (RaVeN) wrote:Apply for your Canadian passport and everyone can see your data:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ ... ional/home

That's nuts...I wonder how many mortgages are in my name right now.

MPAA wins against Torrentspy, but not on basis of copyright infringement per se:

http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/12/ ... Spy_1.html

They said that turning over personal info (which is illegal in the Netherlands) was required in the US. They didn't want to interfere with Dutch law, but that was good enough for the judge.

This is more a basis of privacy than copyright. Big implications here (ie. server out of country, but still prosecutable in US; privacy of identity on the net; etc.)

Awesome:

http://www.dailytech.com/The+FBI+Wants+ ... e10144.htm

The FBI wants....every...........piece of biological info you have on record.

Set a record this year for stolen identities and personal info:

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=10191


Sweeeeet.

Jeremy Clarkson, of Top Gear, had to eat his words recently:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7174760.stm

When some personal data was stolen, he said it wouldn't do any harm and he provided his own info as proof. Well, someone made a donation to charity with his funds to show that wasn't the truth. Clarkson now admits it was a big problem and those who lost the discs should be punished.


I just think he was lucky that the person who did it only wanted to prove a point and really didn't stick it to him

"We must stick cocktail sticks into their eyes until they beg for mercy"

I do like this guy, even if he's an @$$

That pretty much sums up my feelings on the guy. He's a bit of a prick, but Top Gear is so entertaining it makes up for him.

A panel speaks out against new Acts allowing unwarranted phone tapping:

http://it.slashdot.org/it/08/01/29/1937207.shtml