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Business Insider: Mark Zuckerberg’s 2004 Email Break-In Could Be A Felony (1)
- Anonymous: The statute of limitations of both these federal laws is five years, so Mark is safe from federal prosecution. In Massachusetts, however, the general larceny statute (Mass. Gen. L. ch. 266, § 30), which doubles as computer fraud statute by covering theft of “electronically processed or stored data,” has a statute of limitations of 6 years. If the value of this data exceeds $250, this crime is a felony punishable by up to 5 years in prison. Is it bitter and petty to hope that some…
- MediaMentions: Speaking of the Supreme Court, here’s something else that they’ve been up to lately: http://www.pressdisplay.com/pressdisplay/showlink.aspx?bookmarkid=K1A7F307M4S5&preview=ar ticle&linkid=14d5837a-71c1-49b4-99b7-c1759789d541&pdaffid=ZVFwBG5jk4Kvl9OaBJc5%2bg%3d %3d An interesting case, to say the least. Best regards, MediaMentions
- Jamie Larson: Wow, that’s shocking. How can a baby monitor be used to invade privacy? Just goes to show, the police/government have their big brother eye on everyone. Video baby monitors are the way to go at least they cant hack into those.
- Baby: Video baby monitors are not merely a trend. Most mothers have found it to be convenient and a valuable child-rearing device. If you’re a mother or a mother-to-be, It’s high time you chose the right video baby monitor now.
- Baby: One of the primary complaints with the baby monitor is interference. This is the danger with any sort of transmitting device, like a cell phone, cordless phone, pager or wireless internet connection. Cell phones, appliances, radios and fluorescent lights can all possibly interfere with a new baby infant monitor, causing fuzzy reception and strange voices to transmit through the receiver. Even video monitors can suffer poor reception, so it’s important that a monitor is selected…
- prattleonboyo: But who will ensure that the laptops don’t get stolen in the meantime?? Please THINK of the children!!!
- Ross Wolf: Germany’s highest court Tuesday overturned laws that allowed anti-terror authorities to retain data on telephone calls and e-mails, stating it was an intrusion of Citizens’ personal privacy. Where Did U.S. Government Put Your NSA-Wiretapped Phone, Fax and Private Email Communications? Neither Congress nor the courts—determined what NSA electronic surveillance could be used by police or introduced into court by U.S. Government to prosecute Citizens and e.g., foreign businesses…
- Surfing Anonymously: Really great info. Many people don’t realize the safety they can achieve from putting safety measures in place (or how much they might need them). I don’t think they realize the dangers hiding in many websites out there and how simple innocent surfing can make them a victim.
- Inferno: Government (large and small) and law enforcement in general track us way to much. Unless you have commited a felony you shouldn’t really be watched in any way… but that isn’t so. I have been tattooing for 25 years and in the area I tattoo now we are supposed to keep records of the tattoos we do avail for law enforcement. If we close the studio we are supposed to turn the records over for them to keep. The reason they say is to help identify people in case of…
- G.O.: This seems like a great first step. However, it seems a little bit cumbersome. I would hate to have to enter a private browsing mode each time I open my browser. It would be better if I could simply change a setting once and have the cookies deleted every time I closed my browser. So, we’ll have to see how this is executed in practice with different browsers. If the private browsing mode is too cumbersome, then it won’t get used very often–which, unfortunately, may be…
- oppinionated1aswell: The answer to the real question that everybody keeps avoiding I’m not sure why, is not that they can do this but that we should be able to too… We should be able to see most of them aswell. If all this was accurately tacked as it gets anyway “we act like we dont know this has been going on” then we should all be able to see each other, how can we offend someones space if we dont know where it starts and ends outside there home?.. The answer that we…
- social media expert: In what way the social networking sites can help in improving child safety?
- Privacy Lives: Thanks for commenting. Yes, they are dispatchers, but they are also designated “peace officers” in the lawsuit.
- Eric C.: Where it reads “a suit against two California Highway Patrol officers…” this is to inform everyone those “two officers” involved in this case (Thomas O’Donnell and Aaron Reich) are CHP dispatchers, not Officers.
- JB: Congratulations, that’s a big milestone!
- George P. Burdell: That link is bad.
- ElizabethL: GPS tracking has come such a long way in the past few years. Now more than ever, its important for companies to install these systems in their fleets in order to cut down on gas and save money http://blog.foxtraxgps.com/2010/01/gps-vehicle-tracking-active-vs-passive.html
- anonymous: I write to you in concern of the current TSA nomination of Mr. Errol Southers. There is no doubt Mr. Southers has the resume and experience for the position of head of TSA. HOWEVER, his lapse in judgment using his professional connections for personal gain is not an isoltade incident of his negligence on the job and it is crucial that further looks into Mr. Southers’ past records take place. Mr. Southers is under investigation by the Los Angeles City Ethics Commission for…
- David Scotts: Although, I personally am so far to the left that even the democrats appear to me to be “right-wing,” I consider myself to be a strict constitutionalist. It is my opinion that since its inception there has been an organized and systematic assault by the conservatives in the United States (and in the other industrialized nations) on the civil liberties written into the US Constitution. The “War on Drugs”; “War on Terror”; “War on Communism” and a host of other wars…
- Dissent: Happy Holidays to you, too, Melissa. I look forward to more of your commentary in 2010. Best, /Dissent
- dave: they can be beat ……they don’t trust they’re own field agents
- beenthereworkedthere: Yes they do steer people by obtaining personal information where a patient has previously filled their prescriptions…there claim is they are benfiting the customer and the report is a precription consolidation report so all meds are filled at one pharmacy and they can better review the patient’s drug history for possible interactions. This is a wonderful concept, but it is definitely one for financial gain.
- atccsf: ****** Some private sectors are working to solve these crimes ******** I believe it is the responsibilities of the law enforcement community to serve and protect its citizens ********************* Keep up the good work Raffaele, Gang Stalking is an organized harassment(nuisance)/vandalism campaign against an individual. It is often a paid service to get an upper hand on illegal personal issues; cheating spouse, feud among trutees etc.. Often commmunity volunteers of community oriented…
- TJ: I too am a victim of organized stalking and have been for the past 5 years. I’m a 40 year old woman who lives in Kentucky as well, central Kentucky. If you’d like to email, I would love to talk. My email addy is lorettasbff@yahoo.com …. I try to keep a low profile, the stalking doesn’t seem to be as bad this way, but please feel free and contact me. I so hate being a victim and there’s a lot I don’t understand.
- fab lady: To fellow “targeted individuals”, hang in there. For many of us “evidence” is difficult to come by. Hopefully the word will spread that organized stalking (aka, cause, or gang stalking) is hurting everyone (loss of rights, anyone could be “next”, etc.).
- Privacy Guy: I just rediscovered your blog – very nice work! It is very evident that you are well-plugged in to current privacy developments and clearly understand the underlying trends and issues. Thanks for the summaries and commentaries. Keep up the great work!
- stephanie: i want to be on tagged
- PeteSi: When is this going live again? im quite looking forward to it have been doing some research and it seems like a pretty good service, read this http://www.scribd.com/doc/19639348/118800
- DrPDNA: I welcome the Home Office decision to cut the time in which innocent people DNA profiles are stored on the national DNA database from twelve to six years. It is a step in the right direction. The main advantage of the DNA database is to search of a matching DNA profile of a suspect compared with DNA found at the crime scene. Thus the police will be in a much better position to solve crimes, especially those cases in which there is no obvious leads and identify individuals whom are…
- Philip Chandler: As an openly gay man, I want to know just who votes in favour of stripping me of rights so basic and so fundamental that the overwhelming majority of heterosexuals don’t give them as much as a second thought. I want to know whether the local store at which I purchase groceries, or the state representative who is supposed to support my interests, or the political figure running for office, or the author of the most recent best-selling novel, has cast a vote to deprive me…
Update: US Supreme Court Takes Case About Informational Right to Privacy (1)
Chicago Bar-Tender: Lawsuit: Baby monitor invades privacy (4)
Latest Update on Pennsylvania School Webcam Surveillance Scandal (1)
Spiegel (Germany): German High Court Limits Phone and E-Mail Data Storage (1)
CDT guest post at Wired: Improve Your Family’s Online Privacy With Plugins (1)
New York Times: Have a Tattoo or Walk With a Limp? The Police May Know (1)
Adobe to Add Private Browsing Mode to Address Privacy Questions about Flash Cookies (1)
Op-Ed at the Philadelphia Inquirer: Cellular user privacy at risk (1)
European Commission calls on social networking companies to improve child safety policies (1)
Metropolitan News-Enterprise: Court of Appeal Revives Privacy Suit Over Death Photos on Internet in California (2)
National Public Radio: Jeffrey Rosen Decries ‘Security Theater’, Privacy Invasions, Religious Clashes At Airports (1)
Chicago Tribune: Robbery getaway is foiled by GPS (2)
Washington Post: TSA nominee questioned over background check run on ex-wife’s boyfriend (1)
Events of Interest: DHS Data Privacy Committee Meeting (Dec. 3) (2)
Note to Readers: Happy holidays from Privacy Lives (1)
UK Counterintelligence Agency MI5: No Terrorist Profile (2)
NCPA and Consumer, Privacy Advocates Urge Feds to Investigate CVS Caremark for Alleged HIPAA Violations (2)
Department of Justice Report: 3.4 Million Americans Are Victims of Stalking (6)
Note to Readers: Happy Thanksgiving! (1)
Associated Press: Tagged.com settles with NY, Texas in invite fight (1)
Guardian UK: Mobile phone directory suspended (2)
Guardian (UK): Police to continue to hold DNA of innocent people (1)
New York Times: Privacy Looms Over Gay Rights Vote (1)