Not only do airport scanners raise a host of privacy issues, but according to an Israeli security specialist, they are also ineffective and a waste of money. Sarah Schmidt has the story for Canwest News on Canada.com. Thanks to the reader who sent in this link.
Category: Surveillance
Justice Department plans to expand cops’ access to data
Ben Bain reports: The Justice Department plans to have a nationwide program to allow law enforcement officials from participating agencies to access data on each other’s unclassified systems, a senior department technology official said today. Jeremy Warren, Justice’s chief technology officer, said the program would use a federated identity management approach to let officials use…
Portable Fingerprint Scanners
Morgan Fogarty reports: They cost between $6,000 and $8,000 each, but the time they could save patrol officers is invaluable. Portable fingerprint scanners mean the days of lying to an officer about who you are are over. […] The ACLU has voiced concerns that the scanners could lead to an invasion of privacy. Miller says…
In: Outlook reveals case of phone tapping by UPA govt.
Vikas Mehta reports: Outlook India magazine has revealed sensational information of phone tapping in its edition where UPA government has tapped phone of four top politician of the nation to seek confidential information. The four politicians are Congress leader Digvijay Singh, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, NCP leader Sharad Pawar and CPI-M leader Prakash Karat,…