Dan Worth reports: The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) has come under fire after revelations that it has been using technology to monitor mobile phone communications over a 10km radius, in an apparent breach of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA). Documents uncovered by The Guardian found that the MPS has been paying a Leeds-based company called Datong since…
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Dumb security, Monday edition: Want to read Newsday as an Optimum Online customer? You’ll have to turn over your Cablevision password.
Color me stunned. As an Optimum Online subscriber, I’m supposed to get free online access to Newsday, one of the largest newspapers in New York. So I went to sign up on Newsday’s site. And that’s when my eyes popped out of my head. Not only does Newsday’s sign-up form ask you for your Optimum ID…
Facebook’s Swedish data centre will be subject to Snoop Law
Anna Leach reports: The icy location is a big advantage for the new data centre that Facebook is planning in the northern Swedish town of Lulea. But while the frigid Arctic winds will fan the servers, it’s the legal climate that could get hot. A controversial Swedish internet surveillance law passed in 2008 allows the…
Why Klout risks losing clout in the privacy community
Lisa Vaas has more on a privacy concern raised by Tonia Ries about Klout creating profiles on children. I mentioned the concern a few days ago and tweeted a message to @klout asking them for a response to the allegations, but @Klout did not reply to me. They did, however, send a tweet to Tonia…