Joe Cadillic writes: Fire a gun and your location can be pinpointed, your face photographed and your identity instantly determined — all thanks to a new technology tag team. When Safety Dynamics’ acoustic sensors detect a gunshot, they zero in on the shooter’s location and point a high-resolution camera at his or her face. Airborne Biometrics…
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Leahy scuttles his warrantless e-mail surveillance bill (UPDATED)
UPDATE: CNET has uploaded the amendments referred to in their prior posts today. They’re a far cry from what Senator Leahy proposed in September. So the question I have is: did the Senator actually draft these newer amendments to submit next week or is this a draft written by someone else who just wants the…
Senate bill rewrite lets feds read your e-mail without warrants (UPDATE2)
Update: Senator Leahy denies that he is supporting changes described by CNET, below. At 1:01 today, his office tweeted: Ideas from many sources always circulate b4 a markup 4 disc., but Sen.Leahy does NOT support such an exception for #ECPA search warrants and: The whole point of the Leahy reforms is 2 require search warrants 4 govt…
As CIA Chief Scandal Looms, Lawmakers Consider Tightening E-Mail Privacy
David Kravetz reports: The Senate Judiciary Committee announced Thursday that it will be voting Nov. 29 on whether to advance legislation that would require authorities to obtain a probable-cause warrant to get access to all e-mail and other content stored in the cloud, just as a warrant is required to search a car or house….