An East Yorkshire couple are calling for changes to be made after a police officer was caught snooping on them. Police Constable Mark Wicks, based in Hull, broke strict confidentiality rules by accessing information about Lee and Stephanie Bainbridge, of Yorklands, Driffield. It followed a boundary dispute between the Bainbridges and PC Wicks’ brother Paul…
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MoD labels Facebook Places a ‘targeting pack’ for terrorists
Chris Williams reports: Security chiefs have cautioned army, navy and RAF personnel to disable Facebook Places, over fears it could be used by terrorists to identify and track targets. The new service could act as a “one stop shop targeting pack”, particularly in Northern Ireland, they warn. The Ministry of Defence is concerned about how…
Homeless wary of Alberta’s new ID-card initiative
Valerie Fortney reports that a new identity card system for the homeless or others who have no fixed address is a bit creepy: next week, the provincial government will unveil a new system in which the more than 8,500 individuals in Alberta with that dreaded “no-fixed-address” label will be able to wave a card attesting…
India rejects RIM’s encryption key suggestion
Ben Woods reports: Indian authorities are unhappy with suggestions proposed by BlackBerry manufacturer Research In Motion in response to requests for access to encrypted device data, according to reports. The Indian Economic Times suggested on Friday that Research In Motion’s (RIM) proposals were not satisfactory to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT). The proposals included DoT directly…