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Help EFF Continue the Fight Against Warrantless Wiretapping!

2008-07-10 14:18:03 by Doug Woodall in The Spyware Biz Blog
 
...warrantless wiretapping program. Since then, the phone companies and their allies in Washington have spent tens of millions of dollars lobbying Congress to grant them retroactive immunity. They ran ridiculous fear-mongering attack ads against any politician who dared to oppose them. President Bush threatened to veto any bill that allowed EFFs...
 
Tags: eff, eff sued att, fight, warrantless, immunity, retroactive immunity, congress, congress completely, att
 
 
 
 
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Court dismisses case challenging warrantless e-mail searches

2008-07-16 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b47598 in Network World on Security
 
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals last week dismissed on procedural grounds a case involving the constitutionality of warrantless no-notice searches of e-mail messages stored by an ISP
 
Tags: sixth circuit court, e-mail messages, warrantless no-notice, procedural grounds, appeals, week, isp
 
 
 
 
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U.S. Court Rules that Hashing = Searching

2008-11-05 08:28:17 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...warrantless search that raises a very interesting and important question of first impression: Is running a hash a Fourth Amendment search? (For background on what a "hash" is and why it matters, see here First, the facts. Crist is behind on his rent payments, and his landlord starts to evict him by hiring Sell to remove Crist's belongings and...
 
Tags: actual hard drive, hard drive, hard, md5 hash, hash, hash values, warrantless forensic examination, agent, forensic examination
 
 
 
 
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Security vs. Privacy

2008-01-29 05:21:41 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...warrantless eavesdropping , massive data mining and so on -- do little to improve, and in some cases harm , security. And government claims of their success are either wrong , or against fake threats The debate isn't security versus privacy. It's liberty versus control You can see it in comments by government officials : "Privacy no longer...
 
Tags: privacy, security, security affects privacy, people, people choose security, choose security, anti-privacy, afford privacy, security theater
 
 
 
 
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5 things to know about laptop searches at U.S. borders

2008-02-12 00:00:00 by HASH0x8bba260 in Network World on Security
 
A lawsuit filed last week over warrantless searches of laptops and other electronic devices at U.S. borders highlights an issue that all travelers, U.S. citizens and others, need to be aware of when entering the country, according to the executive director of the Association of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE
 
Tags: lawsuit filed, electronic devices, travel executives, borders highlights, executive director, country, acte, laptops, week
 
 
 
 
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House Leaders Oppose Telecom Immunity

2008-02-09 23:15:00 by Threat Level in Wired Security
 
House leaders send a letter to fellow lawmakers saying they strenuously oppose handing amnesty to telecom companies that helped the government's secret, warrantless wiretapping program
 
Tags: house leaders, strenuously oppose, telecom companies, fellow lawmakers, government, letter, secret, program, amnesty
 
 
 
 
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Privacy and Power

2008-03-11 06:09:57 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...warrantless eavesdropping programs or various proposals to monitor everything on the internet, foster control. And no one is safer in a political system of control This essay originally appeared on Wired.com
 
Tags: relative power differential, relative power, power, relative power levels, power levels, additional power, power imbalance, officer enormous power, officer
 
 
 
 
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Wee-Fi: Big Brother Fi; Eugene (Ore.); Milpitas (Calif.); XP Net Monitor

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2008-04-24 13:54:32 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...warrantless monitoring of data communications, really My hometown of Eugene, Ore., expands Wi-Fi: The City of Eugene, where I lived during my formative teenage years, has expanded its free Wi-Fi access to five locations, including three pools and five community centers. It's also available at airport, public library, local arts center, city...
 
Tags: access, free wi-fi access, windows, xirrus releases windows, widget, free yahoo widget, public access, city hall, city
 
 
 
 
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Government wiretapsthe ones we know aboutup 20% for 2007

2008-05-06 01:00:31 by Editor in Digg / Security
 
Data released this week on 2007 wiretaps shows that nearly all intercepts are for "portable devices" and 80 percent of all taps target drug criminals. Secret FISA warrants are also up, and no one knows what's happening with warrantless surveillance at the NSA
 
Tags: secret fisa warrants, warrantless surveillance, portable devices, nsa, percent, week, intercepts, data, wiretaps
 
 
 
 
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Security ahead of risk at the border

2008-05-05 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b41c24 in Network World on Security
 
...warrantless searches through computer data held by U.S. citizens and foreigners alike. With no cause or suspicion, the CBP may inspect, copy or seize data devices carried by anyone returning to the U.S. I'm not convinced that passive compliance is the best response to this situation