Dan Goodin reports: Apple has applied for a patent covering an elaborate series of measures to automatically protect iPhone owners from thieves and other unauthorized users. But please withhold the applause. The patent, titled “Systems and Methods for Identifying Unauthorized Users of an Electronic Device,” would also protect Apple against jailbreaks and other unauthorized hacks…
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Vancouver bar’s urinal TVs raise concern
From the are-they-idiots-or-what dept. A customer at the bar in Vancouver’s Opus Hotel said she was shocked to discover men could watch her on video monitors placed over the urinals in the hotel’s men’s washroom. Elisabeth Everett told CBC News Wednesday that she was in a group at a table in the bar celebrating her…
Amazon Case: We’re In!
Mariko Hirose writes: Last Friday, the district court in the Western District of Washington granted the motion to intervene that the ACLU filed on behalf of our clients in the lawsuit (PDF) challenging the North Carolina Department of Revenue’s (DOR) repeated requests for Amazon’s customer records in the course of its tax audit of Amazon….
AU: Officer sacked over internet site
Tim Dornin reports: A senior South Australian police officer has been sacked for helping set up a lurid internet dating profile that encouraged men to pursue his ex-girlfriend for sex. Detective Sergeant Darren James Clohesy lost his job on Monday after failing to attend a police disciplinary hearing in response to his court conviction. Police…