Virgin Media sends warning letter to file sharers – Computeractive Disconnection threat an ‘administration error’, says internet provider Andrea-Marie Vassou, Computeract!ve 03 Jul 2008 Virgin Media has sent around 800 letters to customers warning them…
Google must divulge YouTube log: “Google must hand over the log holding details of every user who has watched any video on YouTube, a US court rules.” (Via BBC News.)
America wakes up to the surveillance society: “ Who watches the watchmen’s mobile phone? Civil liberties groups in the US are demanding that the Department of Justice cough details of its use of mobile phone…
This is an article from: TorrentFreak Virgin Media: ‘Absolutely No Possibility’ of Disconnecting File-Sharers: Virgin Media, plagued by a recent flurry of bad publicity thanks to its policy of working with the music industry to…
Virgin warns 800 punters for file-sharing: “ ‘Important. If you don’t read this, your broadband could be disconnected.’ The BPI has written to 800 Virgin Media customers warning them to stop sharing music files or…
Warning letters to ‘file-sharers’: “The music industry says thousands of UK broadband users who share tracks illegally will be warned about it in letters.” (Via BBC News.)
Bits: Our Paradoxical Attitudes Toward Privacy: “A forthcoming study from Carnegie Mellon shows that people are more inclined to divulge private information online in some contexts than others. (Via NYT > Technology.)
Groups Sue U.S. Government Over Mobile Phone Tracking: “The American Civil Liberties Union and the Electronic Frontier Foundation are asking a federal court to order the Department of Justice to turn over records about the…
Court rules 90s UK.gov wiretaps violated human rights: “ Home Office: What’s it got to do with RIPA? Liberty called for an overhaul of RIPA yesterday after the European Court of Human Rights slapped the…