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Photographs Don’t Lie and Now They Can’t Hide Either
http://blogs.takepart.com/ 2008/ 09/ 24/ photographs-dont-lie-and-now-they-cant-…The courts have actually viewed in favor of our rights and holding the government accountable! The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has stated that the US cannot conceal photos that feature abusive treatment of detainees and prisoners by US soldiers that are working in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Homeland Security Continues To Expand Border Searches: Now Can C...
http://computer-internet.marc8.com/ homeland-security-continues-expand-border-se…We've been covering the stories of how the Department of Homeland Security has a policy in place that lets it search and copy the contents of your laptop as you cross the border without any probable cause. DHS's reasoning for why it needs this power are not particularly convincing -- focusing mainly on scare mongering rather than rational argument.
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How Easily Can Your Employees Get Around Your Email Rules
http://www.deathbyemail.com/ 2008/ 09/ how-easily-can.htmlI agree with Andrew Conry-Murray's recent InformationWeek blog posting: Sarah Palin's Yahoo account is a stark reminder of how easy it is for employees to get around corporate compliance policies. The news that one of Sarah Palin's Yahoo accounts was hacked didn't distress me as much as the fact she was using personal accounts for government business.
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What BERR want from Phorm - and what we think they’re missing
http://www.openrightsgroup.org/ 2008/ 09/ 19/ what-berr-want-from-phorm-and-what…Phorm, the targeted behavioural advertising technology company, has been back in the headlines this week. The Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) have finally responded to the European Commission’s demand for an explanation of how Phorm’s technology conforms with EU data protection and privacy laws.
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Hacker Breaks Into Palin's Email and Steals Password
http://www.deathbyemail.com/ 2008/ 09/ hacker-breaks-i.htmlHow safe is your personal email account? Better yet, how safe is your password? A hacker decoded the information needed to change vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin's email account password using information found on Wikipedia.
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Sarah Palin E-mail Hacking Episode: Private or Public?
http://irregulartimes.com/ index.php/ archives/ 2008/ 09/ 18/ sarah-palin-e-mail…When news emerged yesterday that Sarah Palin’s Yahoo mail account had been broken into, John McCain campaign manager Rick Davis characterized it this way: This is a shocking invasion of the Governor’s privacy and a violation of law.
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The gripes of Rath
http://dcscience.net/ ?p=256Jump to follow-up Today is a good day for anyone who deplores dangerous confidence tricksters. In particular it is a good day for Ben Goldacre, and for the Guardian who defended him at potentially enormous expense. Matthias Rath, the Dutch (or is it German) vitamin salesman has dropped his libel action against the Guardian.
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Response to My FOIA
http://andrewferguson.net/ 2008/ 09/ 04/ response-to-my-foia/Last fall, I filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the U.S Customs and Border Protection. Well, it took them about 11 months, which is 10 months longer then the guidelines state, but I finally received my request today. The letter reads: Dear Mr.
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Higher Education meets the challenges of the public’s ‘right to know’
http://blog.twidox.com/ ?p=191Survey results show how HE institutions have coped with the first year of the Freedom of Information Act 3 January 2006. The Higher Education sector has responded both positively and successfully to the first year of the Freedom of Information Act, survey results published to mark the Act’s first anniversary reveal.
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University abandons homeopathy “degree”
http://dcscience.net/ ?p=249Jump to follow-up The first major victory in the battle for the integrity of universities seems to have been won. This email was sent by Kate Chatfield who is module leader for the “BSc” in homeopathic medicine at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN).
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