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…
Category: U.S.
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…
Drones in Domestic Surveillance Operations: Fourth Amendment Implications and Legislative Responses
From the Congressional Research Service, by Richard M. Thompson II: … the constitutionality of domestic drone surveillance may depend upon the context in which such surveillance takes place. Whether a targeted individual is at home, in his backyard, in the public square, or near a national border will play a large role in determining whether he…
FBI launches $1 billion nationwide facial recognition system
Sebastian Anthony writes: The US Federal Bureau of Investigation has begun rolling out its new $1 billion biometric Next Generation Identification (NGI) system. In essence, NGI is a nationwide database of mugshots, iris scans, DNA records, voice samples, and other biometrics, that will help the FBI identify and catch criminals — but it is how…