Bruce Schneier writes: … The Internet is a surveillance state. Whether we admit it to ourselves or not, and whether we like it or not, we’re being tracked all the time. Google tracks us, both on its pages and on other pages it has access to. Facebook does the same; it even tracks non-Facebook users. Apple tracks us…
Category: Govt
Social Security Administration Considers Stronger Privacy Safeguards for SSNs of Children
From EPIC: The Social Security Administration seeks public comment on a proposal to assign new Social Security numbers to children age 13 and under. Currently, the agency may assign new SSNs only if it has evidence that “a third party has improperly used an adult’s or child’s SSN, the number holder was not at fault, and the…
Coming up in the Senate: The Future of Drones in America: Law Enforcement and Privacy Considerations
Senate Judiciary Committee Full Committee DATE: March 20, 2013 TIME: 10:00 AM ROOM: Dirksen 226 OFFICIAL HEARING NOTICE / WITNESS LIST: March 15, 2013 NOTICE OF COMMITTEE HEARING TIME CHANGE The hearing entitled “The Future of Drones in America: Law Enforcement and Privacy Considerations” scheduled before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary for Wednesday, March 20, 2013 will now begin…
Federal Judge Finds National Security Letters Unconstitutional, Bans Them
This almost calls for animated graphics with fireworks. All right, nothing really calls for animated graphics, but this is HUGE. Kim Zetter reports: Ultra-secret national security letters that come with a gag order on the recipient are an unconstitutional impingement on free speech, a federal judge in California ruled Friday. U.S. District Judge Susan Illston…