New Hampshire lawmakers on Thursday sided overwhelmingly with the Security Industry Association (SIA) on a crucial biometrics issue. Following an education and advocacy push by SIA, legislators rejected by a 267-39 vote HB 1409, which would have prohibited any government agency or private entity in the state from using biometrics as part of identification cards…
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EPIC Recommends That Congress Suspend Body Scanning Program
From EPIC.org: In testimony before the House Committee on Homeland Security, EPIC President Marc Rotenberg urged Congress to halt the plan to deploy body scanners in the nation’s airports. “Based on the documents we’ve obtained, the views of experts, the concerns of American, and the extraordinary cost, Congress should suspend the program,” said Mr. Rotenberg….
Texas Congressman Proposes a Mandate for Automobile Recording Devices
Shelley Childers reports: A Texas congressman is planning to introduce legislation that would mandate electronic data recorders, also known as black boxes, in all new cars and trucks. […] And Congressman Gene Green from Texas says this legislation is especially relevant considering the massive Toyota recall saying, “As we witnessed in the Toyota hearing, there…
When tweets can make you a jailbird
Richard Lardner reports: Maxi Sopo was having so much fun “living in paradise” in Mexico that he posted about it on Facebook so all his friends could follow his adventures. Others were watching, too: A federal prosecutor in Seattle , where Sopo was wanted on bank fraud charges. Tracking Sopo through his public “friends” list,…