A national day of protest against the Search and Surveillance Bill will be held on Saturday, 24th April. Simultaneous protests will be held in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. “It is time to get out on the street and show our disgust with this Bill,” Batch Hales, spokesperson for the Wellington Stop the Bill group said….
Category: Non-U.S.
Britain: Details of hundreds of students handed to CIA
Odd that we should have to read about this on the World Socialist Web Site, but an article by Jordan Shilton provides more details on a situation reported on this site a few weeks ago (here). If this were a Christian group or a Jewish group, would we see more outrage and coverage? The details…
Google Street View logs WiFi networks, Mac addresses
Andrew Orlowski reports: Google’s roving Street View spycam may blur your face, but it’s got your number. The Street View service is under fire in Germany for scanning private WLAN networks, and recording users’ unique Mac (Media Access Control) addresses, as the car trundles along. Germany’s Federal Commissioner for Data Protection Peter Schaar says he’s…
Official airport iPhone app prompts privacy fears
Tony Smith writes: The British Airports Authority (BAA), owner of Heathrow, has released an app for both iPhone and Android handsets that aims to aid aviators make the most of the their passage through through the airport. However, it is already drawing flack from downloaders for demanding personal details such as name, email address, date…