Joe Cadillic writes: According to a NYC. gov page, CityBridge was chosen in 2014 to offer free private Wi-Fi to NYC residents. CityBridge is a consortium of companies that includes Intersection, Qualcomm, and CIVIQ Smartscapes – to develop and operate the LinkNYC network. (the above pic. shows one of two surveillance cameras) These kiosks, called ‘Links,’ will provide the public with a fast, private Wi-Fi networkproviding free domestic calling,…
Category: Govt
France serves notice to Mircosoft on data tracking
AFP reports: France’s National Data Protection Commission (CNIL) said in a statement it had given the US computing giant three months to comply with the French Data Protection Act to ensure user data security and confidentiality. CNIL made the demand after Microsoft launched its latest Windows 10 operating system a year ago, saying media and…
Feds ask judge to toss case about 2002 Olympics snooping claim
Lindsay Whitehurst of AP reports: The National Security Agency asked a judge Thursday to dismiss a lawsuit from a former Salt Lake City mayor who says the agency conducted a mass warrantless surveillance program during the 2002 Winter Olympics. The NSA argues the claims are implausible speculation about a program that may never have existed,…
U.S. Congressional Committees Move to Rein in Civil Liberties Watchdog
Charlie Savage of the NY Times writes: A leading Democrat in Congress is pushing back against an effort to impose new constraints on a civil liberties watchdog agency that investigates the nation’s security programs. The agency, the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, is a bipartisan five-member panel that Congress created after a recommendation by the…