Abracadabra: CISPA!

There is a steady pressure, piston-like, that is slowly eroding privacy, simply because those exerting it think that they can.  The risks, according to one person are:  ”They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.”  B. Franklin Now, with CISPA, the clampdown on Internet freedom [...]

NSA Selects Utah for “Total Information Awareness” (TIA) Site

Long ago there was a program called “Total Information Awareness” supported by Adm John Poindexter.  Schematically it was conceived as the ultimate intelligence program that would unite all intelligence sources (telephone, video, wire transfer, fingerprint, income tax, and more) in one central location.   It became controversial because of its scope and intrusiveness.  Although the [...]

Search (and Seizure): Drones in Your Future

Flying Drone Can Crack Wi-Fi Networks, Snoop On Cell Phones 3 comments, 2 called-out+ Comment now Mike Tassey posing with the Wireless Aerial Surveillance Platform, WASP. How do one ex-Air Force official and one former airplane hobby shop owner, both of whom happen to have decades of experience as network security contractors for the military, [...]

For Privacy but Using Facebook? Do you Eben have a Chance?

In Which Eben Moglen Like, Legit Yells at Me for Having Facebook By Adrianne Jeffries 12/13/11 2:26pm (flickr.com/andwat) Yesterday afternoon, this reporter was scrambling to finish reporting a forward-looking story about how banks are exploring the possibility of using social media data to judge loan and credit applicants. My editor wanted a quote from a privacy advocate, so [...]

Privacy: You, too, can become an Informer

I use an antivirus program because I don’t like nasty people infecting my computer.   I use Tor (a program that bounces my searches around among many other sites) to obscure my activities so other malefactors who might just nosy (or worse) will find it hard to effortlessly monitor my life.  I use the postal [...]

30 Reasons to Surrender

This is a growth industry that must be preserved.  Aside from our balance of payments we are educating tomorrow’s governments on how to maintain a firm hand in maintaining order.   All talk radio shows should be recorded to identify those who are foolish enough to express an opinion on anything and the calls should [...]

Carrier IQ and How it Affects your Privacy and How it Exposes You to First Amendment Jeopardy

More on Carrier IQ, which collects information about your cell phone, your call experience, dropped calls, location, and other information limited only by the imagination of the intelligence specialists of the FBI, CIA, NSA, and other interested parties. http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/1 … -brouhaha/ What is Carrier IQ? by Ognir » Sun Nov 27, 2011 10:46 am Was reading and [...]

Big Brother Re-Kits CIQ for 2nd Decade of the Century

A free market in a new industry quickly learns the avenues of exploitation.  There may be a general notion of what is right and wrong but unless an activity is explicitly prohibited it can be difficult (if not impossible) to legislate against in advance of its exploitation for profit.  See how unseen root kits provide [...]

What Facebook knows about you and what kind of underwear you favor.

This is another commentary on the current state of our society and why people are occupying Wall Street.  My position is that most of our world is managed, not by the people being governed, but by those with access to the real instruments of power.  If we think we have free will and democracy then [...]

Privacy Rights in Europe Examined

On Its Own, Europe Backs Web Privacy Fights By SUZANNE DALEY, Published: August 9, 2011  MADRID — All 90 people wanted information deleted from the Web.  Among them was a victim of domestic violence who discovered that her address could easily be found through Google. Another, well into middle age now, thought it was unfair that a [...]