Ron Nixon reports: Leslie James Pickering noticed something odd in his mail last September: A handwritten card, apparently delivered by mistake, with instructions for postal workers to pay special attention to the letters and packages sent to his home. “Show all mail to supv” — supervisor — “for copying prior to going out on the…
Category: U.S.
IAB lashes out at Mozilla
Mozilla’s recent announcement that it was moving ahead with Do Not Track has been met with a somewhat predictable response. From IAB’s CEO and President Randall Rothenberg: Mozilla is obviously a very factionalized organization. It’s like mob rule. It’s very difficult if you’re a rational player. We like to think of ourselves at IAB as…
How the NSA Targets Germany and Europe
Der Spiegel has now provided an English translation of its recent blockbuster story that has Europe screaming. You can read it here. Here’s a snippet from their discussion of the “Boundless Informant” program: An NSA table (see graphic), published for the first time here by SPIEGEL, documents the massive amount of information captured from the…
N.J. Senate passes drone regulations
Salvador Rizzo reports that the New Jersey Senate passed S2702 by a vote of 36-0 on Thursday. The Senate measure (S2702) would let state, county and local police and fire departments and offices of emergency management deploy the drones, with some restrictions. Officials would be able to use the devices in criminal investigations and events…