Ryan Singel reports: When Aaron Swartz, a 22 year-old programmer, decided last fall to help an open government activist amass a public and free copy of millions of federal court records, he did not expect he’d end up with an FBI agent trying to surveil his house. But that’s what happened, as Swartz found out…
Category: Surveillance
Man arrested for twittering goes to court
Kevin Bankston of EFF writes: Over the past day, Everyone has been reporting about the arrest last month of Elliot Madison for twittering about police movements to protesters during the G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh, PA. The reason this is being reported on now is because on last Thursday, the FBI also raided Mr. Madison’s home…
Will Erin Andrews Sue Marriott, Ramada?
Robert J. Ambrogi writes: The question is probably not, “Will she?” but “When will she?” On Friday, the FBI arrested 48-year-old Michael David Barrett and charged him with secretly taping ESPN sports reporter Erin Andrews in the nude and posting the videos on the Internet. Andrews’ attorneys, Marshall B. Grossman and Daniel Alberstone of Bingham…
Casro to publish guidelines on digital fingerprinting
Brian Tarran reports: Guidelines on the use of digital fingerprinting technology are to be published later this month by the Council of American Survey Research Organisations (Casro), setting out requirements for disclosure, transparency and privacy protection when using the online survey fraud safeguard. Casro said that use of the technology in accordance with its guidelines…