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EU, spying on you. The Full Monty
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| Earlier today, âTo the tune of Â10 million (about
| $C16,973,183), the European Union is backing
| Project Indect, a five-year spy plan whose
| principal function would be to secretly monitor
| almost every aspect of the lives of EU citizens,â
| said p2pnet.
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http://www.p2pnet.net/story/29573
ACLU Says Extracting DNA From Suspects Unconstitutional
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| Californiaâs law requiring the authorities to
| take a DNA sample from every person arrested on
| felony accusations was challenged in federal
| court Wednesday as an unconstitutional privacy
| breach.
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http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/10/dna-sampling-challenge
DNA database set to start in a year
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| The UAE aims to start collecting genetic samples
| from residents within 12 months as part of its
| controversial DNA database project, the
| programmeâs director said yesterday, making it
| the first country in the world to do so.
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http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091007/NATIONAL/710069853/1133
ID card officials back away from scandal-hit database
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| Government plans to store ID card biometrics data
| on a controversial system used by thousands of
| public workers might be scrapped.
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http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/10/06/238017/id-card-officials-back-away-from-scandal-hit-database.htm
Recent:
Kiddie Monitoring Software Spying On IM Chats, Selling Info To Marketers
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| But it appears that just selling the tools isn't enough for some
| companies.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20090908/1916036134.shtml
Who watches the baby-sitter?
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| And, you thought Big Brother was just a character in George Orwell's
| 1984. Welcome to 2009, when, according to an AP news report by Deborah
| Yow. "Software sold under the Sentry and FamilySafe brands can read
| private chats conducted through Yahoo, MSN, AOL and other services, and
| send back data on what kids are saying about such things as movies,
| music or video games. The information is then offered to businesses
| seeking ways to tailor their marketing messages to kids."
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http://www.itworld.com/endpoint-security/76999/who-watches-baby-sitter
Amazon makes amends for Kindle blunder -- to a point
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| Yesterday, however, Amazon quietly made amends. According to a report
| published in the Wall Street Journal's Digits blog, Amazon is giving
| Kindle owners the option of having the books restored free of charge,
| getting a $30 gift certificate, or receiving a check for $30. (Kind of
| along the lines of what I suggested they do -- do you think they read
| Cringe, too?)
|
| First reaction: Great news. This is exactly what Amazon should have
| done in the first place.
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http://www.infoworld.com/d/adventures-in-it/amazon-makes-amends-kindle-blunder-point-578?source=IFWNLE_nlt_daily_2009-09-07
Surveillance fears for the UK
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| Computer security veteran Phil Zimmerman warns about the seductive nature of
| technology.
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| The UK is risking sliding unwittingly into a police state because of the
| growing use of surveillance technology, says security guru Phil Zimmerman.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8029349.stm
Surveillance fears for the UK
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| Computer security veteran Phil Zimmerman warns about the seductive nature of
| technology.
|
| The UK is risking sliding unwittingly into a police state because of the
| growing use of surveillance technology, says security guru Phil Zimmerman.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8029349.stm
Agency denies internet spy plans
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| The UK's electronic intelligence agency has taken the unusual step of issuing
| a statement to deny it will track all UK internet and online phone use.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8032367.stm
Transparency means nothing without justice
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| We cyber-liberties types are very big on government transparency â on the
| right to carry our cameras into every altercation with authority and to put
| it all online. We make the problems visible, hoping that this will solve
| them. Little brother watches back!
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/apr/29/cory-doctorow-police-transparency
Campaigners monitored by civil servants
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| Government officials have been monitoring environmental campaign groups and
| then passing intelligence on to the police, according to documents seen by
| the Guardian.
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| An internal risk report from the Department for Transport reveals that a unit
| referred to as the comms directorate Â"continuously monitor[ed]" peaceful
| protest groups opposed to the expansion of Heathrow airport and then briefed
| detectives about their findings.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/may/01/liberty-climate-protesters-campaigners
Police want new remote hard drive search powers
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| At present, the proposed legislative changes don't appear to be related to EU
| moves to step up hacking of PCs in homes and offices by police.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/29/remote_hard_drive_forensics/
FBI used spyware to catch cable-cutting extortionist
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| CIPAV spyware helped nab unemployed engineer angry over outsourcing
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9131778&source=NLT_AM
Congress Ponders Cybersecurity Power Grab
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| There was a lot of attention paid last week to a new "cybersecurity" bill
| that would drastically expand the government's power over the Internet. The
| two provisions that have probably attracted the most attention are the parts
| that would allow the president to "declare a cybersecurity emergency" and
| then seize control of "any compromised Federal government or United States
| critical infrastructure information system or network." Perhaps even more
| troubling, the EFF notes a section that states that the government "shall
| have access to all relevant data concerning (critical infrastructure)
| networks without regard to any provision of law, regulation, rule, or policy
| restricting such access."
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20090403/1346154383.shtml
Related:
Cryptome: NSA has access to Windows Mobile smartphones
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| First time in history Cryptome.org has released information about the
| characteristics of NSAâs network surveillance.
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http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/1028
Dual_EC_DRBG Added to Windows Vista
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| Microsoft has added the random-number generator Dual_EC-DRBG to Windows
| Vista, as part of SP1. Yes, this is the same RNG that could have an NSA
| backdoor.
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| It's not enabled by default, and my advice is to never enable it. Ever.
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http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/12/dual_ec_drbg_ad.html
Microsoft Cofee brews 'back door' fears
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| The assurances came after reports claiming that Cofee could provide a 'back
| door' into Microsoft operating systems and applications.
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http://www.itnews.com.au/News/75780,microsoft-cofee-brews-back-door-fears.aspx
Bots rule in cyberspace
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| USA TODAY REPORTS that on an average day, 40 per cent of the 800 million
| computers connected to the Internet are bots used to send out spam, viruses
| and to mine for sensitive personal data.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/03/17/bots-rule-cyberspace
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