Over on MassPrivateI, Gary Biller, President of the National Motorist Association, writes: I have long considered my car a sanctuary. Even when faced with oblivious drivers anchored in the left lane or with snarled traffic—usually cause and effect—I feel secure while in command from the cockpit of my Nissan Murano. But that is a false…
Category: U.S.
Rockefeller retirement shakes up privacy battle
Alex Byers reports: Sen. Jay Rockefeller’s announcement that he’ll retire in 2015 is the latest personnel move in a month that has thrown the legislative end of the online consumer privacy world into flux. The West Virginia Democrat, who’s been the upper chamber’s most vocal proponent of strengthening online privacy laws, is the third privacy…
Student Appeals Suspension for Refusing to Wear RFID Tracker
David Kravets reports that Andrea Hernandez , the Texas student who objected to wearing an RFID-chipped student ID tag on religious grounds, has filed an appeal of the federal court ruling upholding the Northside Independent School District’s ultimatum that she either wear the tag without the RFID chip or go to another school.
FBI Documents Shine Light on Clandestine Cellphone Tracking Tool
I’ve covered Stingray before, but the general public really really needs to become more aware of its use. Ryan Gallagher reports: The FBI calls it a “sensitive investigative technique” that it wants to keep secret. But newly released documents that shed light on the bureau’s use of a controversial cellphone tracking technology called the “Stingray”…