Kathleen Hickey reports: The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is seeking technologies to enable safe and anonymous access to the Internet by the military. In particular, DARPA is interested in technologies that “allow anonymous Internet communications to bypass techniques that suppress, localize and/or corrupt information.” Aren’t we all? Read more on GCN.com.
Category: U.S.
Although US travelers to terror havens are a growing worry, tracking raises privacy concerns
Lolita C. Baldor of the Associated Press reports that in the aftermath of recent terrorist incidents involving “homegrown” terrorists, the U.S. is trying to beef up its tracking of those who travel to areas associated with terrorist havens: Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., and a member of the House intelligence committee, said he believes it is…
Rockefeller introduces Senate online privacy bill
Kevin McKeefery reports: Sen. John Rockefeller (D-WV) introduced the Restore Online Shoppers’ Confidence Act, a bill that aims to curb sales tactics used by third-party online affiliates such as Affinion, Vertrue and Webloyalty. Rockefeller introduced the bill May 19, shortly after the US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation released a staff report outlining…
Groups spar over car black boxes as congress mulls auto safety bill
Peter Whoriskey reports: A proposal to equip all new cars with “black boxes” to record crash data has emerged as a key point of dispute between the industry and safety groups as Congress weighs an expansive auto safety bill. With both sides showing support for making black boxes mandatory, their appearance in all cars in…