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Civil liberties groups sue DHS over laptop, device searches

2008-02-07 00:00:00 by Grant Gross in Network World on Security
 
...civil liberties groups have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, complaining that the agency's Customs and Border Protection (CBP) division has routinely searched many U.S. citizens' laptops and other electronic devices and questioned them about their religious practices and political beliefs Fundamental...
 
Tags: network security, civil liberties, electronic devices, homeland security, border protection, political beliefs, religious practices, free paper, fundamental principles
 
 
 
 
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Privacy, civil rights advocates castigate Wikileaks ruling

2008-02-20 12:22:03 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
Privacy and civil rights advocates are weighing in on the ruling by a California judge to shut down the entire Wikileaks domain, and they're not impressed with the logic or the judge's understanding of the Net
 
Tags: civil rights, judge, california judge, entire wikileaks domain, privacy, net, logic
 
 
 
 
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From the Eye of a Legal Storm, Murdoch's Satellite-TV Hacker Tells All

2008-05-30 15:00:00 by Kim Zetter in Wired Security
 
...civil lawsuit against that employer, NDS Group, largely cleared the company -- and by extension Tarnovsky -- of piracy, finding NDS guilty of only a single incident of stealing satellite signals, for which Dish was awarded $1,500 in damages I knew this was going to come," Tarnovsky says. "They didn't have any proof or evidence The trial was...
 
Tags: smart cards piled, cards, nds cards, access cards, sample directv cards, directv cards, smart cards, nds smart cards, nds
 
 
 
 
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Attention - Lawyers and Private Investigators!

2008-06-25 01:18:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
 
...civil papers. More often than not, they use the services of a Private Investigator or process service company If the P.I. or process server is credible and ethical, there should not be a problem. If on the other hand, the server "claims" to have served the paper, charges the Law Firm for services rendered but does not actually effect the...
 
Tags: company, company hired, process service company, serves civil papers, papers, service, server, process server, lawyers
 
 
 
 
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Hacking tool guidance finally appears

2007-12-31 17:50:32 by Richard Clayton in Light Blue Touchpaper
 
...civil servants talk about spring they mean before Parliament rises in July and by the summer they usually mean before the party conference season in September. But it seems that when a minister tells a Lords Committee the end of the summer they mean the last day of December. Well it has been pretty cold recently , so I expect that...
 
Tags: bad, bad people download, cma offence, offence, bad guys, guys, offence stage, tool, article widely
 
 
 
 
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Select Medical Corporation charged by the Texas Attorney General

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2008-01-11 16:20:31 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...civil penalties of up to $500 for each abandoned record Attorney General investigators are also working to determine if any exposed data has been used illegally Consumers who wish to file a complaint may contact the Office of the Attorney General at (800) 252-8011 or file a complaint online at www.oag.state.tx.us style="font-weight:...
 
Tags: clients personal information, personal information, sensitive personal information, information, sensitive medical information, customers sensitive information, texas attorney, texas, attorney
 
 
 
 
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My Open Wireless Network

2008-01-15 03:33:22 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...civil litigation the burden of proof is lower. And again, lawyers argue that even if you win it's not worth the risk or expense, and that you should settle and pay a few thousand dollars I remain unconvinced of this threat, though. The RIAA has conducted about 26,000 lawsuits , and there are more than 15 million music downloaders . Mark...
 
Tags: wireless network, network, fon wireless network, public, public network, computer, computer security, wireless security, wireless security protocol
 
 
 
 
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My Open Wireless Network

2008-01-15 03:33:22 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...civil litigation the burden of proof is lower. And again, lawyers argue that even if you win it's not worth the risk or expense, and that you should settle and pay a few thousand dollars I remain unconvinced of this threat, though. The RIAA has conducted about 26,000 lawsuits , and there are more than 15 million music downloaders . Mark...
 
Tags: wireless network, network, fon wireless network, public, public network, computer, computer security, wireless security, wireless security protocol
 
 
 
 
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Stolen UK Ministry of Defence laptop affects up to 600,000

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2008-01-20 14:51:19 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...civil servants from playing with fire.", Kate McCluskey UK Evan] People are getting fed up, and are saying enough is enough Unfortunately, what all these data-loss incidents show is a completely cavalier attitude to data protection This is probably only the tip of the iceberg, as this latest case was leaked into the public domain, and would...
 
Tags: confidential personal information, personal information, sensitive personal information, information, extensive personal data, personal data, personal, information held, data protection practices
 
 
 
 
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Advocacy group: No free pass for telecom spying

2008-01-24 00:00:00 by Grant Gross in Network World on Security