Category «Privacy»

UK Guardian identifies leak of NSA Surveillance memo, EPIC cites Presidential Policy Directive 20, Atlantic highlights use of metadata

Follow up to previous postings: UK Guardian – Verizon forced to hand over telephone data – full court ruling; EPIC: Sweeping NSA Domestic Surveillance Order Approved Without Any Ties to Foreign Intelligence Collection and EPIC – Congress Begins Investigation of NSA Domestic Surveillance Program see: Via EPIC: “Presidential Policy Directive 20 orders the creation of …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, E-Government, Government Documents, Internet, Legal Research, Patriot Act, Privacy

EFF – Gov’t Says Secret Court Opinion on Law Underlying PRISM Program Needs to Stay Secret

News release: “In a rare public filing in the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC), the Justice Department today urged continued secrecy for a 2011 FISC opinion that found the National Security Agency’s surveillance under the FISA Amendments Act to be unconstitutional. Significantly, the surveillance at issue was carried out under the same controversial legal …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Congress, E-Government, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research, Patriot Act, Privacy

New York Times on the Government Data Surveillance Program

New York Times on-going reporting: Obama Calls Surveillance Programs Legal and Limited (June 8, 2013) In U.S., News of Surveillance Effort Is Met With Some Concern but Little Surprise (June 8, 2013) Administration Says Mining of Data Is Crucial to Fight Terror (June 8, 2013) News of U.S. Surveillance Draws Anger of Activists and Militants …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Cybercrime, E-Government, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Internet, Patriot Act, Privacy

DNI Statement on Recent Unauthorized Disclosures of Classified Information

Follow up to previous postings: UK Guardian – Verizon forced to hand over telephone data – full court ruling; EPIC: Sweeping NSA Domestic Surveillance Order Approved Without Any Ties to Foreign Intelligence Collection and EPIC – Congress Begins Investigation of NSA Domestic Surveillance Program see: DNI Statement on Recent Unauthorized Disclosures of Classified Information, June …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Government Documents, Internet, Privacy

Commentary – Why Privacy Matters Even if You Have ‘Nothing to Hide’

Why Privacy Matters Even if You Have ‘Nothing to Hide’ By Daniel J. Solove Most attempts to understand privacy do so by attempting to locate its essence—its core characteristics or the common denominator that links together the various things we classify under the rubric of “privacy.” Privacy, however, is too complex a concept to be reduced …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Government Documents, Internet, Patriot Act, Privacy

EPIC: Sweeping NSA Domestic Surveillance Order Approved Without Any Ties to Foreign Intelligence Collection

Follow up to previous posting, Verizon forced to hand over telephone data – full court ruling, more information news today that provides a more accurate view of the depth and breath data collection of American citizens: via EPIC: An unprecedented order from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court indicates that the FBI and the NSA obtained …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Courts, E-Government, Government Documents, Patriot Act, Privacy

UK Guardian – Verizon forced to hand over telephone data – full court ruling

“The US government is collecting the phone records of millions of US customers of Verizon under a top secret court order. Read the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court order.”

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Legal Research, Privacy

Paper – Modeling and Evaluating the Resilience of Peer-to-Peer Botnets

SoK: P2PWNED — Modeling and Evaluating the Resilience of Peer-to-Peer Botnets: Centralized botnets are easy targets for takedown efforts by computer security researchers and law enforcement. Thus, botnet controllers have sought new ways to harden the infrastructures of their botnets. In order to meet this objective, some botnet operators have (re)designed their botnets to use …

Subjects: Cybercrime, PC Security, Privacy

EPIC Comments as Google Bans Facial Recognition Glass Apps

EPIC: “Google announced that it will not approve any facial recognition apps for Google Glass, pending the development of privacy safeguards. “[W]e won’t add facial recognition features to our products without having strong privacy protections in place,” the company said in a blog post. In comments on facial recognition to the Federal Trade Commission last …

Subjects: E-Commerce, Government Documents, Privacy

UK Guardian – 5 largest internet companies challenge tracking legislation

Alan Travis, home affairs editor, The Guardian: “The five biggest internet companies in the world, including Google and Facebook, have privately delivered a thinly veiled warning to the home secretary, Theresa May, that they will not voluntarily co-operate with the “snooper’s charter”. In a leaked letter to the home secretary that is also signed by …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, E-Mail, Government Documents, Internet, Legislation, Privacy

Google Resources on Password Security

Google Official Blog: “Knowing how to stay safe and secure online is important, which is why we created our Good to Know site with advice and tips for safe and savvy Internet use. Starting today, we’ll also be posting regularly with privacy and security tips. We hope this information helps you understand the choices and …

Subjects: PC Security, Privacy

EPIC Announces TSA “Unplugs, Boxes Up, and Ships Back” X-Ray Body Scanners

EPIC: “The TSA has completed removal of the x-ray body scanners from US airports. The devices revealed detailed images of a person’s naked body and have been described as “digital strip searches.” The TSA action follows an Act of Congress and several lawsuits by EPIC. The TSA was forced to remove the machines after Congress …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Legal Research, Privacy

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