Sarah Schmidt reports: Young Canadians need to “think twice” about how much personal information they post on the Internet and take greater responsibility for how they live their online lives, Canada’s privacy czar warned Tuesday. Noting many people have been fired, missed out on job interviews and academic opportunities for their over-sharing online, Jennifer Stoddart…
RCMP did not violate Charter rights by seizing computers
Andrew Seymour reports: A judge has ordered the contents of at least one of two computers that were used by the spouse of an Ottawa man accused in a deadly terrorist bombing be sent to investigators in France. While the search and seizure of the computers was “admittedly borderline”, Ontario Superior Court Justice Robert Maranger…
UK site offers cash for online CCTV snooping
Marc Chacksfield reports: A new website is offering a £1,0000-a-month reward for spotting crimes captured on live CCTV cameras. The initiative asks users to monitor random cameras across the country and report back on any dodgy behaviour. If you successfully report a crime, then you could be in for a cash reward. On the Internet…
FBI investigated coder for liberating paywalled court records
Ryan Singel reports: When Aaron Swartz, a 22 year-old programmer, decided last fall to help an open government activist amass a public and free copy of millions of federal court records, he did not expect he’d end up with an FBI agent trying to surveil his house. But that’s what happened, as Swartz found out…