Mike Masnick writes: Earlier this month, we wrote about the DEA’s decision to set up a fake profile of a woman who was charged in a case related to drug dealing. The DEA argued that the woman’s “consent” to using evidence from her seized cell phone in their investigation included allowing them to (without telling her) set…
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KR: KakaoTalk submitted chat logs to government, pledges to stop after users protest
Daniel Tay reports: For better or for worse, Korea is one of the world’s most connected nations, with about 85 percent of their population on the internet as of last year. Local KakaoTalk users – who make up three-quarters of the almost 50 million monthly active users – recently found out the downside when the government announced a crackdown on…
UK: Internet trolls could face up to two years in jail under tough new laws
ITV News reports: Internet trolls who send (sic) will face up to two years in jail under tough new laws proposed by Justice Secretary Chris Grayling. Mr Grayling told the Mail on Sunday that he was determined to “take a stand against a baying cyber-mob”. The plans come after TV presenter Chloe Madeley was sent…
Securobods rage over $600k Kickstarter Tor box components
Darren Pauli reports: The developer of Tor privacy router Anonabox, August Gemar, has defended the product — which has so far attracted $600,000 in crowd funding — following allegations it was little more than a commercial off-the-shelf circuit board. Gemar asked for $7500 via Kickstarter to build the open source router box commercially. Accusations surfaced on Wednesday – from…