Data-Mining for Terrorists Not ‘Feasible,’ DHS-Funded Study Finds : “Searching for terrorists in masses of electronic data doesn’t work and will lead to unacceptable privacy invasions, a government-funded commission reported Tuesday. Instead, the government should carefully evaluate how it uses the same technology as book recommendation software, and update the nation’s privacy laws.
The report entitled Protecting Individual Privacy in the Struggle Against Terrorists: A Framework for Assessment is available through the National Academic Press pages.
(Via Wired News .)
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YouTube Updates Community GuidelinesFrom: feeds.feedburner.com
Post Date: 2008-09-11 07:10:13
Updated Community Guidelines : “As the YouTube Community expands and evolves, we’re always trying to keep pace by creating policies that reflect innovative new uses of YouTube and the diverse content posted by users every day.
We realize it’s not always obvious where we draw the line on content that’s acceptable to upload. Our goal is to help you to be able to keep your videos up and also keep your account in good standing. With this in mind, we’ve updated the C...
more OiNK BitTorrent admin faces fraud prosecutionFrom: feeds.feedburner.com
Post Date: 2008-09-11 07:06:50
OiNK BitTorrent admin faces fraud prosecution : “
Uploaders to be hauled before the beak, too
Cleveland police have charged Alan Ellis, the former administrator of the defunct BitTorrent tracker site OiNK.cd, with conspiracy to defraud the record industry.…
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(Via The Register - Public Sector .)
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more French storm the bastille over ‘Sarkozy’s Big Sister’ databaseFrom: feeds.feedburner.com
Post Date: 2008-09-11 07:05:47
French storm the bastille over ‘Sarkozy’s Big Sister’ database : “
Je ne suis pas un nombre
Imagine, if you will, an announcement by the UK Government that it is going to create a new database to track anyone over the age of 13, who has been ‘active in politics or the trade unions or who has a significant role in business, the media, entertainment or social or religious institutions’. Let’s say 20 million individuals who the authorities believe are &...
more US Groups Urge Senate Not To Turn The Justice Department Into Hollywood’s Private Police ForceFrom: feeds.feedburner.com
Post Date: 2008-09-11 06:58:27
Groups Urge Senate Not To Turn The Justice Department Into Hollywood’s Private Police Force : “As we noted earlier this summer, Senator Patrick Leahy had introduced a companion bill to the House’s dreadful Pro-IP bill, except that Leahy’s bill went further. Beyond just adding a ‘Copyright Czar’ position to the White House, it would authorize the Justice Department to start prosecuting civil copyright infringement lawsuits. In other words, it would ha...
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