OiNK BitTorrent admin faces fraud prosecution: “ Uploaders to be hauled before the beak, too Cleveland police have charged Alan Ellis, the former administrator of the defunct BitTorrent tracker site OiNK.cd, with conspiracy to defraud…
French storm the bastille over ‘Sarkozy’s Big Sister’ database: “ Je ne suis pas un nombre Imagine, if you will, an announcement by the UK Government that it is going to create a new database…
Groups Urge Senate Not To Turn The Justice Department Into Hollywood’s Private Police Force: “As we noted earlier this summer, Senator Patrick Leahy had introduced a companion bill to the House’s dreadful Pro-IP bill, except…
British Firm Phorm Trudges Through the Deep Packet Storm: “Deep packet inspection — the secret harvesting of granular details about individual internet activity so companies can make better guesses about what to sell you —…
Bits: Dealing With I.S.P. Snooping: “A law professor argues that Internet providers are probably violating wiretap laws if they monitor the surfing of their users for advertising, but he still proposes making the laws even…
Bits: Google Tightens Data Retention Policy – Again: “Under pressure from regulators and activists, Google tightened its data retention policies, saying it would anonymize search records after nine months. (Via NYT > Technology.)
Another step to protect user privacy: “Posted by Peter Fleischer, Global Privacy Counsel; Jane Horvath, Senior Privacy Counsel; and Alma Whitten, Software Engineer (Cross-posted from the Official Google Blog) Today, we’re announcing a new logs…
Scientology critics fight YouTube takedown notices: “ Push Me F*ck You Net users are fighting back against attempts to remove content critical of the Church of Scientology (CoS) from YouTube.… “ (Via The Register –…
(Via TorrentFreak.) Europe Gets Prison Break Fix via BitTorrent: “ Last week the fourth season of Prison Break aired in the US with over 6 million viewers on TV. On BitTorrent the season premiere was…
Google says EU data laws do not catch its search logs: “Google will anonymise search engine data after nine months instead of 18 months after pressure from EU and US privacy activists and regulators. The…