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 —…
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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…
CDT makes it easier to file privacy complaints
As part of its new “Take Back Your Privacy” privacy initiative, CDT has launched a Privacy Complaint Tool to facilitate consumers filing complaints with the Federal Trade Commission about web sites or products or services that they believe are violating privacy. CDT’s Privacy Complaint Tool makes it easy for you to file a consumer privacy…
Yahoo!’s guide for LEAs revealed
Cryptome has posted a number of compliance guides for law enforcement agents seeking customer or subscriber information from Cox, Cricket, GTE, and Yahoo!, and other providers. While some of the files may be outdated by now, the Yahoo! guide is from December 2008, and Yahoo is trying to get it removed from Cryptome’s site. Yesterday,…