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18 Mar 2012, 11:57 pm by Michael Geist
Among the government's primary justifications for its lawful access/online surveillance bill (Bill C-30) is that since Internet providers have not been required to disclose subscriber information during an investigation, their assistance is inconsistent. [read post]
23 Jul 2007, 7:22 am
The Independent reports: ALL mobile phones will have to be registered as part of a Government plan to improve surveillance on drug dealers.Currently, any person can buy a pay-as-you-go mobile phone anonymously, which makes it harder for the gardai to track those involved in the drugs trade.In an interview with the Irish Independent, new Drugs Minister Pat Carey said registry would help to tackle the "rampant use" of mobile phones in prisons, as well as small-time dealers… [read post]
23 Jul 2007, 7:22 am
The Independent reports: ALL mobile phones will have to be registered as part of a Government plan to improve surveillance on drug dealers.Currently, any person can buy a pay-as-you-go mobile phone anonymously, which makes it harder for the gardai to track those involved in the drugs trade.In an interview with the Irish Independent, new Drugs Minister Pat Carey said registry would help to tackle the "rampant use" of mobile phones in prisons, as well as small-time dealers… [read post]
10 Jun 2019, 3:43 pm by Nathan Sheard
In the same poll, 82% of respondents said they disagree with the government being able to monitor and track a person using their biometric information. [read post]
23 Oct 2013, 9:33 am by Dave Maass
” A diverse cast of media, academic, political and legal figures and truth-speakers unite in the video to sound the alarm over unconstitutional government surveillance. [read post]
27 May 2020, 1:49 pm by Russell A. Miller
In part, the government defended the BND’s foreign operations by arguing that the Basic Law does not have extraterritorial effect. [read post]
27 May 2020, 1:49 pm by Russell A. Miller
In part, the government defended the BND’s foreign operations by arguing that the Basic Law does not have extraterritorial effect. [read post]
6 Dec 2010, 6:16 pm by Frank Pasquale
” It’s an ideal ally for others who’ve given up on government, too. [read post]
6 Dec 2010, 6:34 pm by Frank Pasquale
The flood of revelations from Wikileaks raises some difficult questions about data security and government secrecy. [read post]
5 Mar 2008, 12:04 pm
A U.S. government office in Quantico, Virginia, has direct, high-speed access to a major wireless carrier's systems, exposing customers' voice calls, data packets and physical movements to uncontrolled surveillance, according to a computer security consultant who says he worked for the carrier in late 2003. [read post]
9 Nov 2015, 1:26 pm by Riana Pfefferkorn
The Draft Investigatory Powers Bill would consolidate current laws governing surveillance and police investigations, codify the UK government’s and courts’ interpretations of what those laws permit, and in some instances extend existing law to grant new powers to government. [read post]
19 Oct 2022, 2:17 pm by India McKinney
The 2018 law was already too broad, exempting officials from following procedures that ordinarily govern electronic surveillance and hacking, such as the Wiretap Act, Electronic Communications Privacy Act, and the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. [read post]
5 May 2022, 8:42 am by Nathan Sheard
The most effective of the existing bans on government face surveillance have crucial elements in common. [read post]
23 Aug 2022, 10:24 am
” Yet, prisoners under death sentence interviewed by CPR in Tokyo Detention House have not attempted to commit suicide or escape, and no special circumstances would appear to justify their strict surveillance, giving the measure an arbitrary character.Video surveillance of female prisoners may amount to an additional violation of their right to privacy, whenever CCTV cameras in their cells are operated by male officers, as it can be inferred by the UN Rules for the Treatment… [read post]
5 Oct 2013, 3:04 pm by Ernster the Virtual Library Cat
  Meanwhile, Yahoo has been involved in an ongoing lawsuit (with co-plaintiffs Google, Facebook, and LinkedIn) that challenges federal government restrictions on providing foreign surveillance-related data with greater specificity. [read post]
20 Mar 2023, 10:00 am by Dave Maass
Despite spending more than a billion dollars since 2005, the Government Accountability Office concluded in 2017, CBP was "not yet positioned to fully quantify the impact these technologies have on its mission. [read post]
3 Apr 2012, 9:59 pm by Michael Geist
The government has placed Bill C-30, the lawful access/online surveillance bill on hold, but there is no reason to believe it is going away. [read post]
13 Mar 2014, 8:14 pm by Eva Galperin and Yan Zhu
It appears that TURBINE is neither necessary for nor proportionate to the government's aims and that the NSA intends to recapitulate their mass surveillance program by installing spyware on every computer they can get their hands on. [read post]
14 Nov 2013, 11:06 am by Maira Sutton and Maira Sutton
Are governments handing over supposedly confidential documents to selected business partners, while also undermining others' privacy through espionage and surveillance? [read post]