Back in September, PogoWasRight.org reported that EPIC.org had filed a complaint with the FTC about EchoMetrix, a developer of software for monitoring of online activity. As reported at the time, EPIC alleged that EchoMetrix analyzes the information collected from children and sells the data to third parties for marketing or intelligence purposes while claiming it…
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File sharing in Sweden nears record high
Did Swedish anti-piracy law backfire or did it just do no good in the long-term, or what? Following a severe drop in the aftermath of Ipred, Sweden’s new anti-piracy law implemented in April, illegal file sharing is once again on the rise, reaching record high levels. Many experts believed that the Ipred law wouldn’t have…
CA: ‘Accidental’ Download Sending Man To Prison (updated)
Kris Picket reports: A local man is likely to go to prison for years after he says he accidentally downloaded child pornography onto his computer. Matthew White, 22, said he was surfing for pornography two years ago on Limewire — a fire sharing application that allows users to trade music, movies, games and pictures —…
Yahoo! gets no comfort from Cryptome (and the band plays on)
As reported on PogoWasRight.org earlier this week, Yahoo! sent a DMCA takedown notice to John Young, administrator of Cryptome.org, over its posting of their compliance guide for law enforcement agents wishing to obtain customer or subscriber information. The guide describes all of the types of information Yahoo! collects, how long it retains it for, and…