Thomas Mennecke writes: The copyright trolling campaign in the United States may not be coming to a grinding halt, but it looks like it may come to a sluggish crawl. In an order issued today in the Achte/Neunte (aka Far Cry) vs Does 1-4,577 case – Judge Rosemary Collyer granted and denied in part the…
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Yahoo! Clues divulges personal information on searches
Nadia Ibanez reports: Yesterday, Yahoo! unveiled the beta test of Yahoo! Clues, which is designed to help users data-mine trending search terms. When a user types in a search term, they’re shown a graph with the highs and lows of the trend over the past week or month. Information about the gender, age, income and…
Recommended: Comparison of services on location-based options
DotRights.org has compiled a nifty chart comparing six service platforms (Facebook Places, Yelp, Gowilla, foursquare, Twitter, Loopt) in terms of location‐based features that affect your privacy Check it out here (pdf).
F.B.I. Seeks Wider Wiretap Law for Web
Charlie Savage reports: Robert S. Mueller III, the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, traveled to Silicon Valley on Tuesday to meet with top executives of several technology firms about a proposal to make it easier to wiretap Internet users. Mr. Mueller and the F.B.I.’s general counsel, Valerie Caproni, were scheduled to meet with…