Kevin J. O’Brien reports: A German computer engineer said Monday that he had deciphered and published the secret code used to encrypt most of the world’s digital mobile phone calls, in what he called an attempt to expose weaknesses in the security of the world’s wireless systems. The action by the encryption expert Karsten Nohl…
Category: Misc
Ie: Hospital keeps secret DNA file
Mark Tighe reports: A Dublin hospital has built a database containing the DNA of almost every person born in the country since 1984 without their knowledge in an apparent breach of data protection laws. The in Temple Street is under investigation by the Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) since The Sunday Times discovered it has a…
Resolve to Be A Privacy Advocate in 2010
From the good folks over at the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse: We at the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse wish you a happy, prosperous and private new year. For 2010, resolve to be a privacy advocate. Use our 10 tips below to minimize your risk of identity theft, protect your personal information and assert your rights to privacy….
Another wrong article: “Kiss the Fourth Amendment goodbye”
John Wesley Hall Jr. of FourthAmendment.com blogs: “Kiss the Fourth Amendment goodbye,” posted today by Kathleen Baker, Denver Conservative Examiner, concludes that the Obama Administration granting diplomatic immunity to INTERPOL operating in the United States means that we can “Kiss the Fourth Amendment goodbye.” Once again, a conservative watchdog gets it wrong, in their zeal…