Posted on July 22nd, 2008 by Administration
During wartime, one of America’s most solemn duties is to take care of its veterans. So why do careless government workers keep putting our vets at risk? That happened last January at a Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Birmingham, Alabama, when an employee’s portable hard drive containing Social Security numbers of more than [...]
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Posted on July 22nd, 2008 by Administration
The fact that Facebook is well designed, well run, and reliable is sufficient evidence that it isn’t run by the government… but enjoy this article from “Down Under” anyway…
“Facebook has 20 million users worldwide, is worth billions of dollars and, if internet sources are to be believed, was started by the CIA.
The social networking phenomenon [...]
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Posted on July 17th, 2008 by Administration
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Posted on July 14th, 2008 by Administration
Little-known legal provision allows local governments to sell voter names and and addresses for as little as $10 per 1,000.
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Posted on July 13th, 2008 by Administration
Viacom wants to know which videos YouTube employees have watched and uploaded to the site, and Google is refusing to provide that information, CNET News has learned.
This dispute is the reason the two companies, and lawyers representing a group of other copyright holders suing Google, have failed to reach a final agreement on anonymizing personal [...]
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Posted on July 10th, 2008 by Administration
The team behind the popular torrent site The Pirate Bay has started to work on a new encryption technology that could potentially protect all Internet traffic from prying eyes.
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Posted on July 8th, 2008 by Administration
Skip to 4 minutes to see how it works. I wonder why the evil terrorist with a knife doesn’t just cut the wristband off before hijacking the plane? What a terrible idea and complete invasion of any law abiding person’s privacy.
It’ll be a crazy world when passengers are treated like dogs with shock collars. I [...]
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Posted on July 3rd, 2008 by Administration
YouTube ordered to hand over to Viacom a complete log of all users’ activities, which will include a list of usernames, IP addresses, and videos that each account has viewed in the past.
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Posted on June 27th, 2008 by Administration
A law school professor and former criminal defense attorney tells you why you should never agree to be interviewed by the police. In part 2 an experienced police officer tells you why you should never agree to be interviewed by the police.
Part 2 after he jump…
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Posted on June 26th, 2008 by Administration
Sen. Feingold Asks: Why Should the Government Be Able to Search Our Laptops When We Return from Abroad?
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Posted on June 25th, 2008 by Administration
Despite upgrades and fixes, most browsers are still vulnerable to attacks via Web forms, researcher says.
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Posted on June 17th, 2008 by Administration
When Mayor Nutter announced late last year that he was hiring D.C. Charles Ramsey as his police commissioner, I said I would keep an open mind but I was dismayed at his treatment of anti-war protesters and his frequent clashes there over civil rights. So far, I’ve been mostly impressed with Ramsey — murders have [...]
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Posted on June 3rd, 2008 by Administration
Posted on May 24th, 2008 by Administration
SAN JOSE, California (AP) — Todd Davis has dared criminals for two years to try stealing his identity: Ads for his fraud-prevention company, LifeLock, even offer his Social Security number next to his smiling mug.
Now, LifeLock customers in Maryland, New Jersey and West Virginia are suing Davis, claiming his service didn’t work as promised and [...]
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Posted on May 23rd, 2008 by Administration
Discovering odd or unique images on Google Street View has become a hobby for many people, who post their findings to websites like Streetviewr and Street View Gallery.
Some of my favorites from Google Street View…
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