In a report released today, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) documents how your location information is collected by various popular electronic devices and services, and argues for concrete technological solutions that would allow you to enjoy these systems’ benefits without sacrificing your privacy in your everyday life. “There are nifty new location-based technologies like electronic…
Category: Surveillance
Feds at DefCon alarmed after RFID’s scanned
It’s one of the most hostile hacker environments in the country –- the DefCon hacker conference held every year in the summer in Las Vegas. But despite the fact that attendees know they should take precautions to protect their data, federal agents at the conference got a scare on Friday when they were told they…
ISPs scorn government net snoop plan
The government’s plans to massively increase surveillance of the internet have come under fire again, this time from the ISPs it wants to deputise as its snoopers. LINX, a major internet peering cooperative, said in its submission to the Home Office’s consultation on the Interception Modernisation Programme (IMP) – which closed last week – that…
The Cars.gov Terms of Service flap
Hugh D’Andrade of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has a commentary on the Cars.gov terms of service (TOS) privacy flap that Glenn Beck reported on recently. After noting that the TOS applied to registered car dealers and not to the public, D’Andrade reiterates EFF’s longstanding position on such click-through agreements, but notes that Fox anchor…