Dan Horn reports on a case of domestic surveillance that is noteworthy for the issues it raises. If you have a right to install surveillance systems – including audio recording and monitoring online activity – in your own home and on your own devices, what rights do your spouse and visitors to your home have…
Category: U.S.
Twitter Told to Produce Protestor’s Posts or Face Fine
Tiffany Kary reports: Twitter Inc. has to turn over information about an Occupy Wall Street protester’s posts or face a fine, a judge ruled, giving the company three days to show it isn’t in contempt of court. New York State Supreme Court Judge Matthew A. Sciarrino Jr. in Manhattan today said Twitter must produce the information by Sept. 14 or provide its…
Why is Georgia Secretly Giving Student Test Scores to Military Recruiters?
Azaden Shahshahani reports: In 2006, Marlyn, a mother who lives in Gwinnett County with her children, was surprised to hear that her son Kyle, a senior at Brookwood High School, had taken the ASVAB test. ASVAB or the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery test is the military’s entrance exam, given to recruits to determine their…
Apache Foundation decides to screw over users
Chester Wisniewski writes: The Apache Foundation, which oversees httpd, the world’s most popular web server, has decided to ignore an important privacy setting for users of Microsoft’s upcoming Internet Explorer 10 browser. This feature, known as Do Not Track (DNT), allows users to express their preference to not be tracked by online advertising networks through…