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- EFF sues CIA, DOJ, others over Facebook surveillance
- The Electronic Frontier Foundation sued government agencies for allegedly refusing to release information about how they are using social networks in surveillance and investigations. The Electronic Frontier Foundation sued the CIA, the US Department of Defense, Department of Justice and three other government agencies on Tuesday for allegedly refusing...
- Tags: Facebook, CIA, Electronic Frontier Foundation, U.S. Department Of Justice, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, security, lawsuit, EFF, Elinor Mills CNET News
- News items 2009-12-02
- Selling customer information leads to prosecution
- What's the big deal?Isn't this how everyone does it? My boss would routinely buy millions of data records from companies to conduct email campaigns.Ah, but in Great BritainThey have made it TOTALLY illegal to sell data records. You cannot do stuff like this period over there, and I applaud...
- Tags: Asset management, INTERNET, Big Deal, asset, customer information
- Discussion threads 2009-11-18
- The Open College Textbook Act of 2009
- ProfsWhat will the profs who force everyone to buy the latest edition of their own $125 textbook do now?Probably still the same thing.RE: The Open College Textbook Act of 2009You do know that this act will severely curtail the research that could lead to new curricula and textbooks?Why? It's because...
- Tags: Government, Vertical industries, textbook, Open College Textbook Act
- Discussion threads 2009-10-02
- Anonymity exposed, part deux: Google, ISPs ordered to expose academic dissidents
- Freedom of anonimityWell done to the judge, everyone has the freedom of speech, where freedom of anonimity doesn't exist in any constitution.If people are going to make damaging remarks, make personal attacks on people and harm others and calim it as freedom of speech, then they should do so publicly....
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), E-mail, SECURITY, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-14
- Police Department Ensures Super Bowl Security, Reduces Costs With New IT Tools
- During Super Bowl week, more than a half-million people converge on the host city, which has an enormous responsibility to ensure the security and smooth flow of events for visitors, as well as citizens of the city. The 2009 Super Bowl required the Tampa Police Department TPD to coordinate 25...
- Tags: Super Bowl, Information Technology, Microsoft Corp., Police Department, Security
- Case studies 2009-07-20
- Police Department Scores for Taxpayers With Super Bowl Incident-Management Solution
- When the City of Tampa, Florida, was chosen to host Super Bowl XLIII, it fell upon the Tampa Police Department to ensure public safety for the event. To coordinate efforts with more than 25 other agencies and first responders, the department used E'SPONDER, an online collaboration environment based on Microsoft...
- Tags: Event, Agency, Microsoft Corp., Portals, Advertising & Promotion, Content Management, Internet, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software
- Case studies 2009-07-15
- Consumer Watchdog blasts Google over privacy
- Consumer Watchdog blasts Google over privacyWow. No real surprise there[i]it certainly doesn?t seem that scary to me[/i]Of course not, you've proclaimed that you "Love everything Google does" and think the world of them (but would you fall on your sword, too?)[i]subscribe to the idea that Google collects information to make...
- Tags: Government, E-mail, Google Inc., privacy, Consumer Watchdog
- Discussion threads 2009-07-11
- AT&T's really bad week: The network reputation hits keep coming
- AT&T's really bad week: The network reputation hits keep comingAT&T PERFECT here, better than VerizonHad some initial 3G issues when I got my phone last year but nothing since then. AT&T has been perfect where I live and work.I have Verizon work and they are definitely not better and...
- Tags: 3G, NETWORKING, Cellular phones, Conan, AT&T Corp., network, network reputation hit, bad week
- Discussion threads 2009-06-12
- Virginia DMV Enhances Decisions, Boosts Safety, Through Integration With Other Agencies
- The Commonwealth of Virginia's Department of Motor Vehicles DMV wanted to see its data better used to help reduce the number and severity of traffic accidents in the state. But that idea required integrating its computer system with databases at other state agencies - and the department's aging mainframe couldn't...
- Tags: Agency, Microsoft Corp., Integration, Virginia DMV, Commonwealth Of Virginia, Advertising & Promotion, Policies And Procedures, Mainframes, Tools & Techniques, Marketing, Human Resources, Servers, Hardware, Management
- Case studies 2009-05-21
- High-tech cop cars keep state police safer, more prepared
- High-tech cop cars keep state police safer, more preparedCars for CopFor major automakers, there?s no profit in designing a niche product like a purpose-built squad car. So agencies continue to buy standard Crown Victorias or Chevy Tahoes and then install aftermarket lights, sirens, laptop docks and other gear. As a...
- Tags: car
- Discussion threads 2009-05-06
- UK government to collect Facebook data?
- The UK government is currently proposing new measures to keep details on communications between British users on Facebook. Updated: see below. Facebook on the other hand have criticised the intelligence services, saying they were "excessive" and "overkill", according to sister-site ZDNet UK. It's not...
- Tags: Facebook, U.K., Social Networking, Government, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2009-03-25
- If Blackberry Maker Eavesdrops On Itself, Who Else Gets To?
- It’s good to find that R.I.M. does not actually record employee phone calls, according to a company representative contacted this afternoon by Between The Lines. Because what is so piquant about the original comment carried by Research In Motion chief information officer Robin Bienfait that she records...
- Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., Communication, RIM BlackBerry, R.I.M., Handhelds, Hardware, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2009-03-06
- Brittany's story: a tale of heroism amid RIAA abuse
- Brittany Kruger may be a scared young lady but she has also proven to be a brave advocate for victims, like herself, of RIAA Mafia shake-downs, arm-twisting and assorted rough stuff. According to Ray Beckerman Brittany and her father's willingness to expose the fact that MediaSentry violated Michigan law by...
- Tags: RIAA, College Student, Michigan, Person, Brittany, P2Pnet, Litigation, Piracy, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-03-01
- The Snooping Dragon: Social-Malware Surveillance of the Tibetan Movement
- This paper says about a case of malware-based electronic surveillance of a political organisation by the agents of a nation state. While malware attacks are not new, two aspects of this case make it worth serious study. First, it was a targeted surveillance attack designed to collect actionable intelligence for...
- Tags: Malware, Attack, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Security, Viruses And Worms
- White papers 2009-03-01
- Remote search and the invisible elephant
- Remote search and the invisible elephantThis is all about pr0nJust what evidence would you find if you scanned people's home PCs? Would you be able to cross-check every file against a checksum list of confidential/secret files? Could you detect packaged and ready to deploy malware? Nope and nope. There is...
- Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), INTERNET, Corporate communications, Desktops, file name, internet crime, P2P
- Discussion threads 2009-01-28
- British police can now hack citizens' PCs
- British police can now hack citizens' PCsDifferences...The only difference between Britain and the US... Britian is public with its plans and has government approval. The US has faced scrutiny of Congress but intelligence agencies pressed ahead anyway and already data mine all of your communications.Say hi to your Uncle...
- Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Desktops, Spyware, British Police, PC, e-mail
- Discussion threads 2009-01-04
- CrimeReports.com and Google Maps for Enterprise
- CrimeReports.com is a website that provides tools to help law enforcement agencies communicate directly with members of the communities they serve using high impact Google Maps and automated alerts. Police departments had no timely and cost-efficient way to communicate crime details directly to the public, nor did the public have...
- Tags: Law Enforcement Agency, Google Inc., Google Maps, CrimeReports.com, Business Services, Outsourcing, Web Site Development, Productivity, Network Technology, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Internet, Networking
- Case studies 2009-01-01
- NCP Network Communications Products Engineering Case Study: LDI
- The LDI is a centralised service provider for IT and communications technology within the federal state administration of Rhineland-Palatinate. Among their clients are federal state ministries, police and judicial agencies. LDI wanted to have provision of mobile computing, setup of home office workplaces for teleworkers and high-security, yet economically viable...
- Tags: Information Technology, NCP Network Communications Products Engineering, LDI, PKI, VPNs, Network Security, Modems, Remote Access, Security, Networking, Hardware, Components
- Case studies 2009-01-01
- Eliminate the FCC?
- Eliminate the FCC?Way of the world.As is well known, a government agency which regulates an industry becomes an advocate for that industry. And scientists have no fewer interests and opinions to advance than other people.You wrote:That's the problem. Any government institution can be corrupted, any set of safeguards overrun...
- Tags: Federal government, FCC
- Discussion threads 2008-12-24
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