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EPIC Sues For Govt. Data Collection Info

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Privacy and civil liberties advocacy group Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) said that it asked a federal court Monday to order the release of records that detail the sale of personal information to law enforcement agencies. EPIC said in its complaint . . .

Security Vs. Privacy

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State motor-vehicle offices will propose that drivers' licenses incorporate biometrics. Is that the same as a national ID card? Calls for creating a national ID card system, which advocates say would make it harder for terrorists to move undetected within U.S. . . .

Carnivore: Turning Snooping Into Art

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It's a privacy-busting boogeyman to civil libertarians, an anti-terror panacea to lawmakers. And now Carnivore, the FBI's infamous Internet surveillance program, has become an inspiration to a group of the Web's leading artists. In a collaborative art project called, creatively . . .

Antivirus firms: FBI loophole is out of line

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Antivirus software vendors said Monday they don't want to create a loophole in their security products to let the FBI or other government agencies use a virus to eavesdrop on the computer communications of suspected criminals. Under a project code-named "Magic . . .

Web privacy outfit makes comeback bid

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SafeWeb is considering bringing its anonymous surfing service back from the dead in response to calls from enthusiastic users. A victim of the economy or a victim of war? The company shut down its free service last month because of the . . .

Plugging security over privacy

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Palmer is the CEO of ICaughtYou, a private Bonita Springs, Fla.-based company that allows corporations to monitor their employees' Internet usage. His company has been one of the unsuspecting beneficiaries of the terrorist attacks. Even before Sept. 11, the downturn in . . .

Judge considers use of wiretap evidence

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A federal magistrate is expected to decide this month whether wiretap evidence collected by Canadian agents can be used against people charged with smuggling cigarettes to help finance a Lebanese guerrilla group. The issue takes on added importance as the United . . .

EFF Update on Sklyarov Case

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This is an update from the status conference held today in the case against Dmitry Sklyarov (a visiting Russian programmer arrested in the US for allegedly violating the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act by writing, in Russia, software that is legal . . .

'Lantern' Backdoor Flap Rages

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Network Associates has been snared in a web of accusations over whether it will place backdoors for the U.S. government in its security software. Since Network Associates (NETA) makes popular security products, including McAfee anti-virus software and Pretty Good Privacy . . .

Project Echelon: Orbiting Big Brother?

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Hints and speculations about the true nature and capabilities of these "all ears" spacecraft have reached folkloric proportions. Some reports suggest that cell phone traffic, ground line chats and faxes, telexes and satellite telecommunications links, as well as Internet emails . . .

FBI eyeing Carnivore for telecoms?

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The Federal Bureau of Investigation has asked telecommunications companies to make changes in their state-of-the-art networks to make it easier for the FBI to conduct surveillance, according to a report. The FBI, which hopes to gain the same access to voice . . .

Anonymizer.com Celebrates "1 Billion Pages Protected" Milestone

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This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. sent in a timely press release about the availability of their Anonymizer service. "Anonymizer.com today announced that more than 1 billion Web page views have been protected with the company's Anonymous Surfing service since its launch in . . .

Watchfire, PwC unveil tools to help with privacy

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While pushing a joint privacy management product to enterprises Monday, Watchfire Corp. and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) also raised a new specter for the holiday e-buying season. New York-based PwC along with Watchfire, in Ottawa, said their product, WebCPO, can help companies . . .

Do-it-yourself Internet anonymity

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Along with the recent government hysteria over terrorists, we've seen legislative measures and 'emergency powers' inviting law-enforcement agencies worldwide to conduct Internet surveillance on an unprecedented scale. But because the state-of-the-art of electronic dragnets makes it difficult if not impossible to . . .

Researcher scans the security scene

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Privacy is still important -- it's just that other things have become more important since Sept. 11, says Richard Smith, who has become a leading researcher on how technology invades our privacy. Smith, 47, is leaving his post as chief technology . . .

Privacy expert resigns to focus on security

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Well-known privacy watchdog Richard Smith said Wednesday that he is leaving his post at the Privacy Foundation to research security issues following the Sept. 11 attacks, one sign of the country's shifting focus from protecting privacy to ensuring safety.. . .

Space-based Big Brother tracks workers

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Employees who work in risky situations could benefit from mobile technology that uses satellites to pinpoint the location of remote staff. Anglo Communication's Advisor uses global positioning system (GPS) technology to locate a worker's GSM phone and reports its position to . . .