Jeryl Bier reports: The U.S. Postal Service is seeking a company to help develop a program called the Internet of Postal Things. The Risk Analysis Research Center (RARC), part of the Postal Service’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG), is looking for a supplier “who possesses expertise and critical knowledge of the Internet of Things, data…
Category: Govt
Privacy, accuracy concerns as license-plate readers expand
Ali Winston reports that as a lawsuit concerning a stop based on an erroneous license plate reading goes to trial in California, privacy and accuracy concerns continue to grow. Documents obtained by the Center for Investigative Reporting show that a leading maker of license-plate readers wants to merge the vehicle identification technology with other sources of identifying…
11th Circuit: TSA May Read Your Documents At Checkpoints, Not Responsible for Assault by Its Screeners
TSA Out of Our Pants! writes: Last week, the 11th Circuit heard oral arguments in my case against the nude body scanners and pat-downs, but in the meantime, the judges in my other TSA case, challenging whether officers may: Read through your personal documents at checkpoints Threaten travelers with false arrest and forcible search Conduct retaliatory searches that last…
EFF to Court: U.S. Warrants Don’t Apply to Overseas Emails
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has urged a federal court to block a U.S. search warrant ordering Microsoft to turn over a customer’s emails held in an overseas server, arguing that the case has dangerous privacy implications for Internet users everywhere. The case started in December of last year, when a magistrate judge in New…