At 10:30 a.m. today, PT, in a federal courtroomin San Francisco, Judge Vaughn Walker will hear oral arguments in the government’s motion to dismiss Jewel v. NSA, a case involving the warrantless surveillance of millions of Americans. Kevin Bankston of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) will be representing the plaintiffs. As it has done in…
Category: Surveillance
NUJ criticizes Met’s photo-law guidance
London’s Metropolitan Police force claims that terrorism legislation gives police officers the right to view photos taken on mobile phones or cameras and to sieze equipment. The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) disputes the accuracy of the advice. Read more on Out-Law.com Related: The Met’s interpretation of the law
Snooping through the power socket
Power sockets can be used to eavesdrop on what people type on a computer. Security researchers found that poor shielding on some keyboard cables means useful data can be leaked about each character typed. By analysing the information leaking onto power circuits, the researchers could see what a target was typing. The attack has been…
Chips in official IDs raise privacy fears
Todd Lewan of the Associated Press has an article on the vulnerability of identity documents that have embedded RFID chips. […] Neville Pattinson, vice president for government affairs at Gemalto, Inc., a major supplier of microchipped cards, is no RFID basher. He’s a board member of the Smart Card Alliance, an RFID industry group, and…