The road to Hell is paved with good intention$$? Stephanie Simon of Reuters reports: An education technology conference this week in Austin, Texas, will clang with bells and whistles as startups eagerly show off their latest wares. But the most influential new product may be the least flashy: a $100 million database built to chart…
Category: U.S.
Location Tracking and Biometrics
If you missed the conference on Location Tracking and Biometrics at Yale yesterday, you missed an outstanding conference combining informative presentations and lively discussion and questions from the audience. But not to fear: it’s available for viewing (fast forward the first 40 minutes; it seems to start with Chris Soghoian’s overview of location tracking). You…
DHS Considers Eavesdropping Tech for Spy Drones on Border
Ryan Gallagher reports: If you live in Texas or Arizona, chances are a Predator drone is soaring somewhere nearby as part of border surveillance efforts. But could the controversial eyes in the sky also soon have an ear on the ground? Newly released documents, obtained by the Electronic Privacy Information Center, have revealed a series of small…
Senator Seeks More Data Rights for Online Consumers
Natasha Singer reports: Before his planned retirement from Congress at the end of next year, Senator John D. Rockefeller IV, the West Virginia Democrat, intends to give American consumers more meaningful control over personal data collected about them online. To that end, Mr. Rockefeller on Thursday introduced a bill called the “Do-Not-Track Online Act of 2013.” The…