Microsoft researchers have unveiled an anti-hacking concept that can help track hackers or malicious content to origin servers. The Host Tracker program’s goal is to “de-anonymize the Internet” through the ability to host servers with 99 percent accuracy. Host Tracker is designed to unmask would-be hackers who take advantage of anonymizing techniques by cross-referencing Internet…
Defunct airport fast pass company can’t sell customer data
A federal judge in New York has issued an order banning the operator of a now-defunct registered air traveler program from selling any of the highly personal data it collected on tens of thousands of people who signed up for the program. The order enjoins Verified Identity Pass Inc. (VIP) of New York from selling,…
OK law requiring pre-abortion ultrasounds struck down
An Oklahoma judge decided Tuesday that doctors do not need to perform ultrasounds and offer women detailed information about the tests before performing abortions, striking down the strictest such law in the country. Oklahoma County District Judge Vicki L. Robertson ruled that the 2008 law, which included other abortion-related provisions, violated a state constitutional provision…
Arrested MP DNA removed from file
The Tory MP arrested after obtaining leaked Whitehall documents has hailed a “small but significant victory for freedom” after police chiefs agreed to remove his DNA profile from a national database. Shadow immigration minister Damian Green said the Metropolitan Police had made the “right decision” to remove his DNA but called for the records of…