While I’ve long since decided that our society is becoming much more like Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World than George Orwell’s 1984, there is something Orwellian about recent news that the watchful eye of the American security and intelligence community is surveying our electronic communications (read: the internet) of Americans for certain words and phrases. In an effort to avoid terrorist attacks (I assume), the smart guys at the Department of Homeland Security have come up with a list of words and phrases that they scan the internet to alert them to potential events that may threaten the US. [cont…]
Words to avoid? Not just the four letter type.
May 30, 2012 by Daniel Burton
Filed Under: Fourth Amendment, National Security/Intelligence Tagged With: 1984, big brother, Brave New World, Department of Homeland Security, FISA, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, Fourth Amendment, Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution, intelligence, National Conference of State Legislatures, Search and Seizure, spying, USA PATRIOT Act
Own an Android? An iPhone? Google & Apple may be tracking you.
April 21, 2011 by Daniel Burton
In fact, no maybe about it. They are. It’s scary to think, but there it is, in the Wall Street Journal: Google and Apple are gathering location information as part of their race to build massive databases capable of pinpointing people’s locations via their cellphones. These databases could help them tap the $2.9 billion market […]
Filed Under: Privacy, Tech and IP Tagged With: Android, Apple, big brother, Google, iPhone, location tracking, postaday2011, privacy, spying, Wall Street Journal, Wi-Fi
Google more considerate of your privacy?
September 15, 2010 by Daniel Burton
A few days ago, I noted that it’s a little scary how much information Google carries about its users online activities. Google hosts your email, calendars, web searches, documents, and maps (not to mention pictures of your street). And health data, too. But at least they’re conscientious about how that data is accessed. Eventually…like four months later […]
Filed Under: News Round Up, Tech and IP Tagged With: criminal charges, David Barksdale, Facebook, Gawker Media, Gmail, Google, Google Kirkland, Google Voice, law suit, minors, privacy, settlement, spying, stalking, TechCrunch, transparency, YouTube
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