Jane Seyd reports that BC Hydro pushed back when RCMP obtained an order for them to turn over all customer records based on energy usage: North Vancouver RCMP have backed off on a request that would have forced BC Hydro to turn over the records of more than a thousand North Vancouver homeowners using large…
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Honor the fallen
The following is a blog entry I wrote for Chronicles of Dissent for Memorial Day 2006: I think somewhere along the line, the meaning of Memorial Day must have changed, because why else would Colin Powell be talking about remembering those who are currently serving in the war? The original meaning of Memorial Day –and…
Mobile Data: A Gold Mine for Telcos
Tom Simonite reports: Cell phone companies are finding that they’re sitting on a gold mine–in the form of the call records of their subscribers. Researchers in academia, and increasingly within the mobile industry, are working with large databases showing where and when calls and texts are made and received to reveal commuting habits, how far…
Everyone and the world v. Google
If Google felt a bit under siege these days, I wouldn’t diagnose them with corporate paranoia. They really are getting slammed everywhere over the wi-fi payload data collection. Here’s just a small sampling of reactions and stories in the news today, sent in by a thoughtful reader: Australia: Privacy class action in offing for Google…