Jennifer Granick of EFF has a commentary on a recent decision out of Massachusetts discussed here previously. The Supreme Court of Massachusetts recently held that officers may not place GPS tracking devices on cars without first getting a warrant. The case, Commonwealth v. Connolly, was decided under the state corollary to the Fourth Amendment, and…
Category: Surveillance
‘Clear’ Security Service May Return at Airports
Brad Stone reports: Verified Identity Pass, a company founded by the entrepreneur Steven Brill, offered travelers a tempting proposition: pay up to $199 a year, submit to a fingerprint and iris scan, and skip to the front of interminable airport security lines. But last June, the company left its roughly 200,000 paying customers stranded, saying…
NA: NC Passed Spy Bill ‘Deliberately’
Staff members of the National Council have told The Namibian that the passing of the Communications Bill by the council was “deliberate” and not because of an administrative slip-up, as reported on Friday. The latest development has thrown the much-publicised piece of legislation into yet another controversy. […] When the bill was referred to them,…
AU ISPs force rewrite of law
Karen Dearne reports: The federal government has substantially rewritten a bill intended to protect computer networks before its tabling in parliament by Attorney-General Robert McClelland. Electronic Frontiers Australia spokesman Geordie Guy said it was unclear if the draft Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill was an “attempt to sneak through” a wholesale expansion of intercepts…