I have no idea how I missed this last week, but just saw it mentioned on Twitter. Michael Riley reports: Thousands of technology, finance and manufacturing companies are working closely with U.S. national security agencies, providing sensitive information and in return receiving benefits that include access to classified intelligence, four people familiar with the process…
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Firefox Web browser to move ahead with ‘Do Not Track’ option
Craig Timberg reports: The maker of the popular Firefox browser is moving ahead with plans to block the most common forms of Internet tracking, allowing hundreds of millions of users to eventually limit who watches their movements across the Web, company officials said Wednesday. Firefox made the decision despite intense resistance from advertising groups, which…
Big Brother alert: Cameras in the cable box to monitor TV viewers
Cheryl K. Chumley reports: It hardly gets more Orwellian than this. New technology would allow cable companies to peer directly into television watchers’ homes and monitor viewing habits and reactions to product advertisements. The technology would come via the cable box, and at least one lawmaker on Capitol Hill is standing in opposition. Mass. Democratic Rep….
Google challenges U.S. gag order, citing First Amendment
Craig Timberg reports: Google asked the secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court on Tuesday to ease long-standing gag orders over data requests it makes, arguing that the company has a constitutional right to speak about information it’s forced to give the government. The legal filing, which cites the First Amendment’s guarantee of free speech, is the latest…