Tom Whitehead reports that the government will announce a revised plan that would still keep innocent people’s DNA on file for six years. … the revised plans mean no change for the majority of adults, even if only arrested for a minor offence, with their profiles still kept for up to six years. But those…
Category: Surveillance
EPIC sues Homeland Security for info about digital strip search devices
EPIC filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit challenging the Department of Homeland Security’s failure to make public details about the agency’s Whole Body Imaging program. The devices capture detailed naked images of air travelers in the United States. After the agency announced that the body scanners would become the primary screening device in US…
Celebrity Web site allegedly used by burglars
Andrew Blankstein reports: Suppose you could look at the pool in back of James Cameron’s Malibu estate. Or admire the ornate garden at Haim Saban’s Beverly Hills mansion. Or check out the tennis court at Tiger Woods’ Florida home. Should you? The Web site celebrityaddressaerial.com makes possible exactly that sort of high-tech snooping, listing addresses…
The PC Privacy Battle at the Border
Richard Adhikari reports: Border protection agents have extensive rights to search electronic devices that travelers take with them through U.S. ports of entry. However, relatively few searches are actually conducted. Border agencies insist they have no interest in holding up legitimate travelers, but civil liberties groups maintain agencies’ policies on searching electronics are too broad…