Analysis: Pending a Telecom Immunity Vote, Spy Ruling Lacks Muscle: “A federal judge’s ruling late Wednesday appears to favor lawsuits challenging the Bush administration’s once-secret eavesdropping program. But a closer look reveals the 59-page decision…
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…
Judge Orders YouTube to Give All User Histories to Viacom: “Google must turn over records of everyone who has watched YouTube videos to Viacom, which is suing the internet giant for copyright infringement. A rights…
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…
Obama Voters Protest His Switch on Telecom Immunity: “Thousands of Barack Obama’s backers are using the online organizing tools his campaign created to protest his recent support for expanding government surveillance powers. (Via NYT >…
Bits: Lawsuit Seeks Government Cellphone Tracking Data: “Two civil liberties groups sued the U.S. Justice Department to force the agency to disclose how the government tracks individuals using their cellphone data (Via NYT > Technology.)
Child Predator’s Encrypted Files Stumps Feds: “Computer crimes expert Gus Dimitrelos’ efforts to crack an encryption code on the computer of an alleged child predator have been thwarted.” (Via XBIZ.com | News & Articles.)
Congress still afraid to define ‘internet gambling’: “ Whatever it is. It’s illegal The intellectual haze that envelopes American internet gambling policy thickened the past week, as lawmakers failed to define what exactly constitutes ‘unlawful’…