CNBC’s Rick Santelli explains why he is disturbed by invasion of privacy issues, at the Fed, IRS and Bloomberg and his worries that when it comes to Obamacare, the IRS will use political tests to determine who gets health care.
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The nation’s police chiefs have adopted a code of conduct for their use of drones, including letting any images captured by unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs, be open to inspection by the public, and that the images not be stored unless they are evidence of a crime or part of an ongoing investigation. The chiefs also said that if they plan to fly drones over an area where they are likely [...] Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) released a draft bill on Wednesday that would require drone operators to meet certain privacy standards. The bill would require the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to consider privacy issues in its rule-making process for granting licenses to commercial drone operators. The bill would also require the drone operators to disclose the kinds of data they plan to collect and how they plan to use it. Police are already allowed to [...] Officials met Google on Monday and will meet with Apple on Friday U.S. officials have warned Google and Apple of privacy concerns as the companies fly ‘military-grade spy planes’ over cities to gather data for 3D map services. Staffers for Senator Charles Schumer, a Democrat from New York, met with Google executives on [...] Facebook takes a lot of flack over its privacy issues, so it seems only fitting that the ever-watchful eye of China’s media would inadvertently catch the company’s famously private CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, out on vacation with his wife-to-be. The footage is from a documentary called Chinese Police which aired recently on China’s CCTV network. However, the video makes no mention of Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, who appear in the [...] DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Think about all the personal information we keep in our cell phones: It’s something to consider after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit ruled it is now legal for police to search cell phones without a warrant. Former Dallas FBI Agent Danny Defenbaugh said the ruling gives law enforcement a leg up. “I think not only will it help them, but it could be life saving,” said the former [...] Ron Schenone How would you like to wake up some morning only to find a tattoo on your arm that says Intel Inside? The idea first started to gain traction back in 2002, when one company (Allied Digital Solutions via a subsidiary) sought FDA approval for its VeriChip, a radio-frequency identification (RFID) device. The purpose of the implant was to make it possible to identify a person — someone [...] President Obama is putting plans in motion to give the Commerce Department authority to create an Internet ID for all Americans, a White House official told CNET.com. White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard Schmidt told the website it is “the absolute perfect spot in the U.S. government” to centralize efforts toward creating an “identity ecosystem” for the Internet. The National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace is currently being drafted by the Obama [...] Questions about what social networks mean for personal privacy and security have been brought to a head by research at Carnegie Mellon University that shows that Facebook has essentially become a worldwide photo identification database. Paired with related research, we’re looking at the prospect where good, bad and ugly actors will be able identify a face in a crowd and know sensitive personal information about [...] (Reuters) – Dozens of police departments nationwide are gearing up to use a tech company’s already controversial iris- and facial-scanning device that slides over an iPhone and helps identify a person or track criminal suspects. The so-called “biometric” technology, which seems to take a page from TV shows like “MI-5″ or “CSI,” could improve speed and accuracy in some routine police work in the [...] |
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