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Pre-Snowden Debate About NSA Call-Records Collection Program

November 22, 2014 infossl

nsa, patriotact, phones, privacy, Security technology, surveillance

AP is reporting that in 2009, several senior NSA officials objected to the NSA call-records collection program. The now-retired NSA official, a longtime code-breaker who rose to top management, had just learned in 2009 about the top secret program that was created shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. He says he argued to then-NSA … Read More “Pre-Snowden Debate About NSA Call-Records Collection Program” »

Pew Research Survey on Privacy Perceptions

November 13, 2014 infossl

cellphones, control, privacy, Security technology, surveillance

Pew Research has released a new survey on American’s perceptions of privacy. The results are pretty much in line with all the other surveys on privacy I’ve read. As Cory Doctorow likes to say, we’ve reached “peak indifference to surveillance.” Powered by WPeMatico

Narrowly Constructing National Surveillance Law

November 11, 2014 infossl

nationalsecuritypolicy, nsa, privacy, Security technology, surveillance

Orin Kerr has a new article that argues for narrowly constructing national security law: This Essay argues that Congress should adopt a rule of narrow construction of the national security surveillance statutes. Under this interpretive rule, which the Essay calls a “rule of lenity,” ambiguity in the powers granted to the executive branch in the … Read More “Narrowly Constructing National Surveillance Law” »

Verizon Tracking Mobile Internet Use

November 4, 2014 infossl

cellphones, cookies, privacy, Security technology, tracking, verizon

Verizon is tracking the Internet use of its phones by surreptitiously modifying URLs. This is a good description of how it works. Powered by WPeMatico

Adobe Book Reader Surveillance

October 29, 2014 infossl

adobe, books, ebooks, privacy, Security technology, surveillance