Libertarian and former Congressman Bob Barr writes: … What many Americans don’t realize, is that census workers — from the head of the Bureau and the Secretary of Commerce (its parent agency) down to the lowliest and newest Census employee — are empowered under federal law to actually demand access to any apartment or any…
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Fake ANZ Facebook profile may breach laws
Sarah Gerathy reports: Consumer rights advocates say ANZ bank employees may have breached privacy laws and the Trade Practices Act when they allegedly used Facebook to gather customers’ information. It is alleged that someone in the bank’s debt collection team secretly set up a fake Facebook profile. Using this false identity, they then befriended ANZ…
Google saves, secures Wi-Fi snooping data
Gregg Keizer reports: Google said that it has secured the data it obtained through its Street View Wi-Fi snooping, but will fight a class-action lawsuit’s demand that it turn over more information, court documents showed today. In a pair of filings to an Oregon federal court, Google said that it has copied all the data…
Google rolls out encrypted Web search option
Elinor Mills reports: Google began offering an encrypted option for Web searchers on Friday and said it planned to roll it out for all of its services eventually. People who want to use the more secure search option can type “https://www.google.com” into their browser, scrambling the connection so the words and phrases they search on,…