Interesting. Zach Miners reports: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg sometimes speaks quickly and his statements on Internet privacy are not always clear, so researchers have created an archive to collect everything the executive has said publicly, aimed at gaining a better understanding of where the company stands on privacy. The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is hosting the Zuckerberg…
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Missouri report chides indifference to privacy rights
David A. Lieb of Associated Press reports: Gov. Jay Nixon’s administration displayed “indifference to the privacy rights” of Missourians by gathering personal information about driver’s license applicants, according to a report Friday from a legislatively appointed panel. Most of the procedures chided by the report have already been halted, but the panel nonetheless concluded that…
Surveillance protest planned for Washington D.C. on Saturday
Grant Gross reports: About 4,500 people have indicated they plan to attend a rally Saturday in Washington, D.C., to protest surveillance programs run by the U.S. National Security Agency. Organizers with StopWatching.us are hoping for a large crowd to protest the NSA’s mass surveillance programs detailed in leaks from former NSA contractor Edward Snowden this year. Read…
Michael Hayden’s Off The Record Conversation Gets Live Tweeted By Liberal Activist
If ever the phrase “delicious irony” applied, this is it. Ashley Alman reports: You would think the former director of the Central Intelligence Agency and director of the National Security Agency would know a thing or two about discretion, but live tweets of an overheard phone conversation prove otherwise. Tom Matzzie, a political strategist and…