Kelly Fiveash reported yesterday: The Pirate Bay has been out of action for the best part of a day, after its Netherlands-based ISP was ordered to halt its service to the BitTorrent tracker site. NForce, which TPB switched to last weekend, responded to a request from Dutch anti-piracy group Brein (statement translated from Dutch to…
Privacy groups: Add privacy into Google Book Search
Cindy Cohn of EFF writes: Today EFF along with the ACLU and the privacy authors and publishers they represent, the American Library Association, the Association of Research Libraries and the Association of College and Research Libraries, CDT, EPIC, SFLC, Professor James Grimmelman sent a joint letter to Google urging it to include privacy protections along…
Airport developments: strip searches, Clear program
EPIC.org notes: The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has plans to greatly expand its use of whole body imaging machines at airports around the country. The x-ray machines, which each cost over $100,000, capture detailed, graphic images of passengers’ naked bodies. In June, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a measure that would restrict TSA’s use of…
Tories ‘to end criminal privacy’
The Tories say they will end what they call the “automatic privacy” of criminals, by giving police powers to reveal their identities to the public. The party says public safety is coming second to the rights of some criminals, including dangerous fugitives. It blames the Human Rights Act, which it has pledged to abolish if…