aturner writes on the Brisbane Times DigiHub blog: Do you really want Facebook and Twitter giving away your location? Location-based services have been the Next Big Thing for years, but the boom in GPS-enabled smartphones has really enabled the technology to take off. Both Facebook and Twitter are preparing to jump on the geo-spatial bandwagon,…
Category: Surveillance
Privacy Protection Needed As Smart Grid Arrives
Privacy advocates are warning that “smart meters” intended to precisely measure and control home electrical consumption could erode the privacy of daily life unless regulators limit data collection and disclosure. In a joint filing this week, the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) urged the California Public Utilities Commission…
Hi-tech governments growing keener on snooping, says report
Today’s theme seems to be surveillance. From Out-Law.com: Western industrial countries are becoming more willing to spy on their citizens, according to an analysis of snooping that says that the UK is sixth in a world ranking for electronic state surveillance. Privacy technology company CryptoHippie has produced its second annual report on surveillance trends and…
Satellite Surveillance: Domestic Issues
Speaking of domestic surveillance, the Congressional Research Service’s February 1 report, Satellite Surveillance: Domestic Issues, by Richard A. Best Jr., Specialist in National Defense, and Jennifer K. Elsea, Legislative Attorney, is available on the Web. The summary: Reconnaissance satellites, first deployed in the early 1960s to peer into denied regions of the Soviet Union and…