The Government’s new database of paedophiles must be reviewed because some people will be caught up in it unnecessarily, according to Sir Michael Bichard. […] His comments come as it was disclosed that the controversial database has suffered a security breach even before its official launch. A message containing confidential data was sent to the…
Category: Surveillance
More phone taps ahead in Panama
A bill that will enable increased phone snooping has been presented to the National Assembly. The State Security Secretary, Jose Abel Almengor said that the bill will regulate an article in the Constitution that outlines the parameters of telephone tapping, and will include land line and cellular phones. Almengor said that the telephone tapping will…
Who knows where you are, and why?
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…
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…