Joe Cadillic writes: DHS’s Hometown Security Initiative (HSI) encourages businesses to spy on Americans. DHS admits to working closely with the private sector. HSI’s four parts Connect, Plan, Train, and Report are designed to encourage spying on Americans. I’ll let you read the rest on Joe’s newly redesigned blog, but want to highlight something he wrote: Businesses and landlords are doing there part to keep Americans in fear. DHS…
Category: Govt
All Bots Must Die: How a New Senate Bill to Combat Botnets Could Put Privacy at Risk
Gabe Rottman and Ian Williams write: Viewers of HBO’s Game of Thrones will be familiar with the Army of the Dead, a horde of undead wights who are on a collision course with the land of the living. Yet many viewers are likely unaware that their own personal computers may be part of another army of zombies, under the…
FIREARMS DATA: ATF Did Not Always Comply with the Appropriations Act Restriction and Should Better Adhere to Its Policies: GAO
From a newly released GAO report: To carry out its criminal and regulatory enforcement responsibilities, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has 25 firearms-related data systems, 16 of which contain retail firearms purchaser information from a federal firearms licensee (FFL)—such as firearms importers and retailers. GAO selected 4 systems for review that…
Would you give a urine sample to govt because… ZIKA?
Do the public health consequences warrant this government action? And what are the privacy protections and data destruction conditions? Joe Cadillic sends these along: “Officials believe the local transmission is confined to a small area north of downtown Miami within a single ZIP code. However, local, state and federal health officials are continuing their investigation,…