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When a government spies on its people: German spyware scandal; second version of spyware reported

Posted on October 21, 2011July 2, 2025 by Dissent

The use of spyware by the government is fast becoming THE surveillance scandal of the year. In typical fashion, however, rather than deal with the substantive issues its use raises, there are those who would shoot the messenger or whistleblower. Cyrus Farivar reports: On Tuesday, a pair of German researchers working for Kaspersky Labs, a…

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Twitter chief: We will protect our users from Government

Posted on October 18, 2011July 2, 2025 by Dissent

Emma Barnett reports: Dick Costolo, Twitter’s chief, has stood by the company’s decision not to suspend the service during the UK riots or disclose user identities to authorities. Speaking at the annual Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, Costolo referred specifically to the UK riots when talking about the need to ensure Twitter remains a…

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EPIC responds to Facebook et al.’s attempts to eliminate class action lawsuits based on statutory damages

Posted on October 18, 2011July 2, 2025 by Dissent

Ah, thumbs up to EPIC – they jumped into a SCOTUS case that Facebook, LinkedIn, and Zynga had tried to use as an opportunity to free themselves from litigation where consumers could not demonstrate actual harm. The firms filed an amicus brief that argued that there should be no standing or statutory damages absent a showing…

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Aspiring actress sues IMDB and Amazon for revealing her true age and for misusing her credit card details to obtain it

Posted on October 17, 2011July 2, 2025 by Dissent

Venkat Balasubramani kindly pointed me to this Jane Doe lawsuit against Amazon and its subsidiary, IMDB.com. If I understand the thrust of the complaint, Doe, an aspiring actress, had registered with IMDB.com using her stage name. When she upgraded to IMDBpro, however, she was required to provide a credit card number, and with it, the…

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