Andrew Alderson reports: The Queen has authorised a crackdown on the paparazzi amid her growing anger at intrusions into the private lives of members of the Royal family and their friends. The new get-tough approach has the full support of the Prince of Wales, Prince William, Prince Harry and other senior members of the Royal…
CA: ‘Accidental’ Download Sending Man To Prison (updated)
Kris Picket reports: A local man is likely to go to prison for years after he says he accidentally downloaded child pornography onto his computer. Matthew White, 22, said he was surfing for pornography two years ago on Limewire — a fire sharing application that allows users to trade music, movies, games and pictures —…
VA: Nonprofit sues state to avoid revealing source
Bill Sizemore and Julian Walker report: The kNOw Campaign, the source of an aborted mass mailing that would have disclosed many Virginians’ personal voting history days before the Nov. 3 election, is defying the State Board of Elections’ demand that it reveal where the data came from.In an escalating battle, the nonprofit group sued the…
Yahoo! gets no comfort from Cryptome (and the band plays on)
As reported on PogoWasRight.org earlier this week, Yahoo! sent a DMCA takedown notice to John Young, administrator of Cryptome.org, over its posting of their compliance guide for law enforcement agents wishing to obtain customer or subscriber information. The guide describes all of the types of information Yahoo! collects, how long it retains it for, and…