Julian Sanchez writes: Last night I spoke at “The Little Idea,” a mini-lecture series launched in New York by Ari Melber of The Nation and now starting up here in D.C., on the incredibly civilized premise that, instead of some interminable panel that culminates in a series of audience monologues-disguised-as-questions, it’s much more appealing to…
Category: Surveillance
Firm wins claim against ex-employee after losing privacy lawsuit
As a follow-up to a case previously described here, Ameet Sachdev of the Chicago Tribune reports that the same judge who awarded Kathy Lawlor $1.8 million when she sued her former employer, North American Corp. of Illinois for invasion of privacy found for the company in its separate lawsuit against her for anti-competitive conduct: Judge…
US-CERT warns about free BlackBerry spyware app
Elinor Mills reports: The U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team warned BlackBerry users on Tuesday about a new program called PhoneSnoop that allows someone to remotely eavesdrop on phone conversations. The PhoneSnoop application must be installed on the phone by someone who has physical access to it or by tricking the user into downloading it, the…
India’s new IT law increases surveillance powers
John Ribeiro reports: A new IT law has come into force in India that frees Internet portals from liability for third-party content and activity, but also gives the government powers to monitor communications on the Internet, and block web sites that are found to be offensive. The Information Technology (Amendment) Act 2008 was passed by…