Michael Platt reports on Alberta Privacy Commissioner Frank Work’s comments on airport body scanners and where the technology is going. There are some great quotes in the article: “The system is still prone to failure, so let’s say the next guy packs his ass with however many grams of (plastic explosive) he can shove up…
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FL: Policeman Demands Names of Anonymous Commenters from Newspaper
Courthouse News reports: After the Sun-Sentinel newspaper published an article under the headline, “Officer accused of sending nude photos of ex-lover,” several people posted defamatory, pseudonymous statements about the officer on the newspaper’s Internet message board, the policeman says. Pembroke Pines police Officer Daniel Rakofsky wants the newspaper to tell him who those people are….
War Blogger May Sue Over Handcuffing At Seattle Airport
Declan McCullagh writes: A blogospheric flap complete with threats of legal action has arisen after Michael Yon, the popular war blogger and former Green Beret, said he was detained upon returning to the United States and asked about how much money he makes every year. Yon posted on Facebook on Tuesday that he was handcuffed…
Et Tu, U2? Bono, Net Surveillance and the Developing World
Danny O’Brien of EFF writes: We feel compelled to add our comments about Bono’s recent New York Times column, in which he appeared to express a strange hope that ISPs would start spying on their users in the name of protecting America’s intellectual property. “We know,” says Bono, “from America’s noble effort to stop child…