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International day of protest against surveillance Oct 11 view story
3 votes- Submitted by Philonius
- about 3 hours ago
- (http://www.boingboing.net/2008/09...)
- Became popular about 3 hours ago
The manifold agenda of security sector reform encompasses the convergence of police, intelligence agencies and the military, threatening to melt down the division and balance of powers.
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Anti-terrorism laws used to spy on noisy children view story
4 votes- Submitted by Philonius
- about 13 hours ago
- (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/u...)
- Became popular about 13 hours ago
Councils are using anti-terrorism laws to spy on residents and tackle barking dogs and noisy children.
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Protecting Your Vote With Invisible Ink view story
12 votes- Submitted by s_lockyer
- 1 day ago
- (http://discovermagazine.com/2008/...)
- Became popular 1 day ago
A new voting system uses the Internet, cryptography, and "magic" ink to ensure that everyone's vote is counted.
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Employee has no privacy on company computers, US court rules view story
3 votes- Submitted by s_lockyer
- 2 days ago
- (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008...)
- Became popular 2 days ago
The New Jersey court said that files on a work-owned computer can be accessed and searched if the company gives permission, even if the user does not.
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ISPs Will All Spy on Their Customers, Professor Warns view story
8 votes- Submitted by Maing
- 2 days ago
- (http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/...)
- Became popular 2 days ago
If there's a candidate for the worst future violator of your privacy, look no further than the company you pay for broadband.
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French issue call to storm electronic Bastille view story
4 votes- Submitted by s_lockyer
- 3 days ago
- (http://www.reuters.com/article/te...)
- Became popular 3 days ago
Opposition to a new security database is gaining momentum in France as people return to work after a summer break during which the government authorized the state to store personal information on people as young as 13.
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UN email hacker jailed view story
6 votes- Submitted by s_lockyer
- 3 days ago
- (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008...)
- Became popular 3 days ago
A worker who hacked into his UN diplomat boss's email account has been jailed for three months.
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Privacy Policies are Great — for PhDs view story
3 votes- Submitted by s_lockyer
- 3 days ago
- (http://industry.bnet.com/technolo...)
- Became popular 3 days ago
Major Internet companies say that they inform their customers about privacy issues through specially written policies. What they don’t say is that more often than not consumers would need college education to easily wade through the verbiage.
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Google Chrome EULA and Personal Information view story
1 vote- Submitted by tinotriste
- 3 days ago
- (http://www.i-com.net/blog/google-...)
- Became popular 3 days ago
Google's EULA for beta web browser Chrome raises some serious issues about what Google can do with your personal information.
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Google on Chrome EULA controversy: our bad, we'll change it view story
43 votes- Submitted by DarkNemesis618
- 4 days ago
- (http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/p...)
- Became popular 4 days ago
The end user license agreement for Google's new browser, Chrome, apparently gives the company the right to all data submitted or displayed by the browser. But the company now tells Ars it's all a big mistake and that the offending parts are being pulled

