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What Does DHS Know About You?
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| Hereâs a real copy of an American citizenâs DHS Travel Record
| retrieved from the U.S. Customs and Border Patrolâs Automated
| Targeting System (ATS). This was obtained through a
| FOIA/Privacy Act request and sent in by an anonymous reader
| (thanks!)
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| The document reveals that the DHS is storing the readerâs:
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| * Credit card number and expiration (really)
| * IP address used to make web travel reservations
|
| [...]
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http://philosecurity.org/2009/09/07/what-does-dhs-know-about-you
Recent:
Wikipedia to Color Code Untrustworthy Text
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| Starting this fall, youâll have a new reason to trust the information you
| find on Wikipedia: An optional feature called âWikiTrustâ will color code
| every word of the encyclopedia based on the reliability of its author and the
| length of time it has persisted on the page.
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http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/08/wikitrust/
New DHS laptop search policy: crap sandwich, fancier bread
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| The DHS has issued formal rules to govern how Immigration and Customs
| authorities handle the seizure of electronic devices and records. The upshot
| is that agents can still keep your hardware for at least five days before
| anyone has to decide whether it's reasonable to continue.
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http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/08/new-dhs-laptop-search-policy-crap-sandwich-fancier-bread.ars
US 'concerned' over cyber threat
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| The issue of cyber security is of "great concern" to the US, the nation's
| homeland security secretary has said.
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| Janet Napolitano told the BBC that protecting against virtual attacks was
| something the US was "moving forward on with great alacrity".
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8126668.stm
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