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Canadian Border to Check iPods for Copyright Infringment www.canada.com — The federal government is secretly negotiating an agreement to revamp international copyright laws which could make the information on Canadian iPods, laptop computers or other personal electronic devices illegal and greatly increase the difficulty of traveling with such devices. More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Government, Privacy |
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Teen Girl Sues Cops For Humiliating Her With Her Sex Tape www.thesmokinggun.com — A teenage girl claims that Westchester County cops last year confiscated a sex tape of hers during the execution of a search warrant and then showed the X-rated video to law enforcement colleagues for their amusement and "sexual gratification." More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Government, Humanity, Privacy |
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Two lives, one Social Security number redtape.msnbc.com — Holli knew something was wrong when she pulled up the statement from her new 401(k) account and saw a stranger's name there. Her worst fears would soon be confirmed. Paulino Rodriguez used Holli's Social Security number for the right to work at the Escondido Burger King. Police allege he had falsified Social Security card and work visa. More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Government, Privacy |
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The Stealth Anti-Piracy Chip That Is Neither Stealth Nor Anti-Piracy techdirt.com — A bunch of folks have been submitting the story of Atari founder and wannabe restaurant mogul Nolan Bushnell claiming that computers are now shipping with a stealth "TPM" chip that will somehow stop software piracy cold. It's not clear why this is getting much buzz, because as others have pointed out it's not new or even noteworthy. More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Business, Privacy, Technology |
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Did Deutsche Telekom Spy on Journalists and Board Members? www.spiegel.de — German telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom stands accused of having monitored telephone calls of business journalists, board members and shareholders. An anonymous fax may result in a criminal investigation. More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Business, Privacy |
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Proposed Treaty Turns Internet Into a Virtual Police State torrentfreak.com — Leaked documents are one of the banes of modern western politics. They reveal exercises and actions being proposed that are generally objectionable to the public. Such a leak occurred with the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) which seeks to turn the internet into a virtual police state. More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Government, Privacy, Technology |
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www.networkworld.com — Here's a list of the 10 biggest (known) security breaches from lost or stolen laptops, where government agencies, corporations and colleges failed to safeguard the names, Social Security numbers and other personal info of their customers. Encryption software - which costs as little as $10 per laptop - could have prevented most of these incidents. More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Business, Privacy, Technology |
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How Much Does The Job Of Corporate Email Reader/Snooper Pay? techdirt.com — It's no secret that plenty of big firms do track emails that are being sent by employees, to be able to look for leaks or spot questionable email behavior. And, indeed, a new study finds that 41% of the largest companies surveyed do employ people to analyze outbound emails, though that could just be looking over stats for anything suspicious. However, the report also notes that 22% of the companies employ people for whom this is their primary job -- which suggests that at least some of those are basically sitting there all day scanning and reading the email of employees, looking for anything questionable. This seems fairly extreme. More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Business, Privacy, Technology |
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US plots "Pirate Bay killer" multi-lateral trade agreement wikileaks.org — "Wikileaks has revealed that the United States is plotting a "Pirate Bay killing" multi-lateral trade agreement. The proposal includes clauses designed to criminalize the non-profit facilitation of copyrighted information exchange on the internet, rapidly expose ISP's customers and ban the use of various anonymization tools. More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Government, Privacy, Technology |
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Bell Canada Launches Crappy Download Video Store Just As It Gets Scrutiny Over Traffic Shaping techdirt.com — Bell Canada is having something of an odd week. It's finally coming under regulatory scrutiny for its traffic shaping efforts -- and also ran into unexpected problems in its attempt to go private. So why would it choose this time to launch a dreadful new video download store that is pretty much guaranteed not to get any use in the first place? The system seems to have all the worst features of the various movie download sites that have failed so miserably in years past: extremely limited selection, annoying and buggy Microsoft DRM and high prices. Fantastic deal, right? More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Business, Privacy, Technology |