‘EU shocked & angry by unaccountable US surveillance’

The recent NSA leaks have awakened many Europeans to the “disturbing” privacy violations regularly committed by the US that their own governments facilitated and may have benefited from, Jim Killock, the executive director of Open Rights Group, told RT – READ SCRIPT http://on.rt.com/8k60nx

Federal Lawyer Crows After Imposing $22.5 Million Government Fine on GOOGLE

As the New York Times reports, “The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday fined Google $22.5 million to settle charges that it bypassed privacy settings in Apple’s Safari browser to show advertisements, and violated an earlier privacy settlement with the agency.”

As one can imagine, the federal lawyer on this case was pleased to win this case. And it’s historic: “The fine is the largest civil penalty ever levied by the commission, which has [...]

Why The NSA Can’t Be Trusted to Run U.S. Cybersecurity Programs

Electronic Frontier Foundation
July 31, 2012

This week, the Senate will be voting on a slew of amendments to the newest version of the Senate’s cybersecurity bill. Senators John McCain and Kay Bailey Hutchison have proposed several amendments that would hand the reins of our nation’s cybersecurity systems to the National Security Agency (NSA). All of the cybersecurity bills that have been proposed would provide avenues for companies to collect sensitive information on [...]

This Internet giant is now admitting to outrageous privacy violations

From LewRockwell.com:

Google knew software for its Street View fleet could secretly collect personal data, including e-mails, pictures, and text messages from unprotected wi-fi networks, it has been claimed.

Documents seen by America’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC) apparently show an engineer created the snooping technology called gstumbler which could capture data from inside residents’ homes as teams toured the country.

One particular document shows that the engineer flagged up privacy implications and said [...]

California Recall … Beginning of the End for Smart Meters?

Thursday, November 03, 2011 – by Staff Report

PG&E BEGINS REMOVING ‘SMART’ METERS DUE TO HEALTH EFFECTS … Widening Call for Immediate Return of Analogs; Disconnection of “Mesh” Wireless Network. SANTA CRUZ, CA—Just as PG&E enters the final phase of its deployment of wireless “smart” meters in California, the largest of the state’s Investor Owned Utilities (IOU’s) has reversed course, quietly beginning to replace the ‘smart’ meters of those reporting health [...]