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126
Found Deals and Discounts / Linux Diversity Collection
« on: December 21, 2012, 07:48 PM »
The 'Linux Diversity' collection: One kit, 10 Linux distros

If you're shopping around for a new OS, this set will give you a variety of the latest popular options.

http://www.pcworld.c...0-linux-distros.html

127
Living Room / Video games Under Scrutiny AGAIN
« on: December 21, 2012, 07:46 PM »
  And here we go again....

Video games to come under scrutiny in U.S. gun violence review

Violence in video games and other aspects of pop culture in the U.S. will be among the areas examined as part of an investigation aimed at reducing gun violence in the country.

http://www.pcworld.c...violence-review.html

128
Living Room / New Cars Must Have Middle-Man
« on: December 20, 2012, 08:45 PM »
[ Only in the U.S., where it's illegal to sell a car from the factory.....]
Tesla's sales model? It's simple: don't sell cars
Tesla Motors sells direct to consumers, which has prompted car dealerships to cry foul. Could the electric automaker change not just the cars we drive, but also how we buy them?

http://www.smartplan...e-dont-sell-cars/873

129
Living Room / Data Brokers
« on: December 19, 2012, 08:17 PM »
FTC takes aim at data brokers
Shadowy data brokers have turned online and offline data collection into a huge unregulated business. Now the U.S. Federal Trade Commission is demanding details about how these companies work.

http://www.zdnet.com...a-brokers-7000009015

130
Living Room / TPP Update
« on: December 19, 2012, 08:15 PM »
As Digital Rights Advocates Mobilize Around the TPP Negotiations, Process Becomes Even Less Transparent
The 15th round of Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement negotiations in New Zealand has concluded, locking out civil society participation in an unprecedented way. Based upon what we have seen from a leaked version of the agreement, the TPP contains language that could effectively pressure ISPs to become Internet cops and criminalize the distribution of DRM-circumvention tools even for fair uses. It would also impede parallel importation of copyrighted goods, among other things. After participating in previous rounds, we could not have imagined that the process could become any less transparent. Amazingly, it did.

https://www.eff.org/...ess-become-even-less

131
Living Room / Electronic Communications Privacy Act
« on: December 10, 2012, 08:45 PM »
Senate Committee Updates ECPA, Modifies Video Privacy Law
========================================================================

The US Senate Judiciary Committee has approved a bill that updates the
Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) and modifies the Video
Privacy Protection Act (VPPA). Both laws, passed in the 1980s, have not
kept pace with advances in Internet technology. ECPA governs law
enforcement's ability to surveil communications and conduct wiretaps.
The VPPA prevents the disclosure of consumer video watching and renting
habits without consent.

Under the revisions to ECPA, law enforcement must obtain a search
warrant before accessing email or other private electronic
communications. Currently, no warrant is required for law enforcement
to obtain remotely stored email that is more than 180 days old.

The modifications to the VPPA allow users to provide "blanket consent"
to the disclosure of their video viewing records. Under current law,
users must consent to each individual disclosure. The new amendment
allows services such as Netflix to disclose viewer records with only a
one-time consent from the account holder. An amendment by Senator Diane
Feinstein (D-CA), adopted by the Committee, has limited this opt-in
consent to two years.

EPIC favors more extensive updates to ECPA. Specifically, EPIC has
argued that locational information should also be protected by a
warrant requirement. In addition, EPIC favors strong requirements for
prompt notification following any search.

In January 2012 EPIC Executive Director Marc Rotenberg testified before
the US Senate against weakening the consent provision of the VPPA,
which has been one of the strongest statutes protecting consumers'
personally identifiable information, "The Video Privacy Protection Act
is a model privacy law. It is technology neutral and focuses on the
collection and use of personal information," EPIC stated. "The debate
over online privacy and Netflix does not exist in a vacuum. It is
becoming increasingly clear that only privacy laws actually safeguard
the privacy rights of Internet users."

US Senate:  Bill to Update ECPA and VPPA (HR 2471)
    http://epic.org/redi.../120712-HR-2471.html

EPIC:  Senator Feinstein's Amendment to HR 2471
    http://epic.org/priv...nstein-Amendment.pdf

EPIC:  Testimony of Marc Rotenberg on VPPA (Jan. 31, 2012)
    http://epic.org/priv...e-VPPA-Testimony.pdf

EPIC: Testimony of Marc Rotenberg on ECPA (June 24, 2010)
https://epic.org/pri...ement_2010-06-24.pdf

EPIC:  Electronic Communications Privacy Act
    http://epic.org/privacy/ecpa/

EPIC:  Video Privacy Protection Act
    http://epic.org/privacy/vppa/

132
Living Room / Privacy Abuse
« on: December 08, 2012, 08:25 PM »
Verizon patent application for TV snooping tech rejected
The U.S. Patent Office has delivered a 'non-final' rejection of a Verizon patent application for a controversial technology that would serve targeted ads to TV viewers based on what they're doing or saying in front of their sets.

http://www.pcworld.c...g-tech-rejected.html

We're all clueless about privacy, FTC is told at hearing
Web and mobile device users have little understanding about how much of their personal data is collected online, making it difficult to rely on free-market competition for solutions to privacy concerns, privacy experts told the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.

http://www.pcworld.c...told-at-hearing.html

Privacy in America continues to erode online, report says
The Wall Street Journal has been looking at this issue, and in its latest report it says companies are increasingly connecting consumers real-life identities to where they hang out online.

http://www.pcworld.c...ine-report-says.html

133
Living Room / Anti-Addiction Drug
« on: December 04, 2012, 07:03 PM »
A new prescription to treat prescription drug abuse
Prescription drugs have arguably become more dangerous to addicts than street drugs. The pharmaceutical industry may have uncovered a treatment that reduces dependence by restoring the functions that opioids disrupt.

http://www.smartplan...tion-drug-abuse/7251

134
Living Room / Patenting Human Genes
« on: December 03, 2012, 08:53 PM »
[  These people are out of their minds.....]
Supreme Court: We'll decide if human genes can be patented
The Supreme Court will make the decision as to whether corporations have the right to patent genes they discover.

http://www.smartplan...can-be-patented/7214

135
Living Room / Samsung & Dell Printers backdoor
« on: November 28, 2012, 06:55 PM »
Samsung printers contain hardcoded backdoor account, US-CERT warns

Printers manufactured by Samsung have a backdoor administrator account hard coded in their firmware that could enable attackers to change their configuration, read their network information or stored credentials and access sensitive information passed to them by users.
http://www.pcworld.c...nt-uscert-warns.html

136
Living Room / Oh Canada, your flu deaths are a farce
« on: November 26, 2012, 05:52 PM »
Flu deaths reality check.  Credibility of flu models disputed
By Kelly Crowe, Nov 25, 2012 5:14 PM ET
Do thousands of Canadians really die every year from the flu? The flu folks keep saying so. I've already heard it repeated several times this year and flu season has just started. This is what the Public Health Agency of Canada said in a recent press release: "Every year, between 2,000 and 8,000 Canadians die of the flu and its complications."

http://www.cbc.ca/ne...lu-deaths-crowe.html

137
Living Room / Ban Killer Robots Now!
« on: November 20, 2012, 07:55 PM »
Should we 'ban killer robots before it's too late'?

The Human Rights Watch has issued a plea for governments to preemptively ban autonomous drones capable of killing.

http://www.smartplan...re-its-too-late/6135

  You just can't make this stuff up.....

138
Living Room / Corporations crippling U.S.
« on: November 17, 2012, 07:25 PM »
How corporations are crippling U.S. prosperity

A dearth of competition in major U.S. industries and severely corrupt policy-making have led to depressed wages and stifled innovation, a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist says.

http://www.smartplan...g-us-prosperity/2633

139
Living Room / DHS Monitoring For Dissent
« on: November 10, 2012, 07:55 PM »
DHS Privacy Compliance Review Fails to Address Monitoring of Dissent

The Department of Homeland Security has released a new Privacy
Compliance Review of the agency's Social Media Monitoring Initiative.
As with previous Privacy Compliance Reviews, DHS found its own social
media monitoring program to be compliant with the self-developed
privacy requirements laid out in a 2011 Privacy Impact Assessment.
Previously undisclosed documents obtained by EPIC through a FOIA
request and subsequent lawsuit revealed that DHS is monitoring social
network and media organizations for dissent and criticism of the Agency.
Neither the current Privacy Compliance Review, past reviews, nor the
initial Privacy Impact Assessment directly address EPIC's concern about
DHS's "dissent monitoring". EPIC's lawsuit against the agency, which
seeks disclosure of records detailing the Agency's media monitoring
activities, is ongoing.


DHS:  Privacy Review of Social Media Monitoring (Nov. 8, 2012)
    http://epic.org/redi...nitoring-review.html


DHS:  Privacy Investigations & Compliance Reviews
    http://www.dhs.gov/p...s-compliance-reviews


DHS:  Media Monitoring Capability Desktop Reference Binder (2011)
    http://epic.org/redi...nitoring-binder.html


EPIC:  FOIA Request re: DHS Media Monitoring (April 2011)
    http://epic.org/foia...-monitoring/#request


EPIC:  EPIC v. Department of Homeland Security: Media Monitoring
    http://epic.org/foia...hs-media-monitoring/

140
Living Room / Challenges to Police 'Dog Sniffs'
« on: November 10, 2012, 07:52 PM »
Supreme Court Hears Challenges to Police 'Dog Sniffs'
=======================================================================

The US Supreme Court has heard oral argument in two cases challenging
the use of police drug-detection dogs. In Florida v. Jardines, the
defendant challenged the Miami Police Department's warrantless use of
a drug-detection dog to sniff for drugs at his front door. In Florida
v. Harris, the defendant challenged the physical search of his
automobile on the grounds that the preceding "alert" by a drug-
detection dog was not sufficient to establish probable cause. Both
cases require the Court to consider the impact on Fourth Amendment
privacy rights when police use advanced investigative techniques.

The Court first considered the use of dogs to detect contraband nearly
30 years ago in the case United States v. Place. At the time, Justice
Sandra Day O'Connor stated that a dog "alert" over seized luggage in an
airport does not constitute a "search" under the Fourth Amendment
because it "discloses only the presence or absence of narcotics, a
contraband item." In the 2005 case Illinois v. Caballes, the Court
upheld the use of drug-detection dogs to sniff lawfully detained
automobiles. During the Jardines argument Justice Anthony
Kennedy made clear that he was unwilling to extend the so-called
"contraband exception" into the realm of the home. "I just don't
think that works," he concluded during his first comment.

EPIC filed a "friend of the court" brief in Florida v. Harris, arguing
that investigative tools like drug-detection dogs, airport body
scanners, electronic sniffers, and digital intercept devices should be
used only to justify searches based on concrete evidence that they are
reliable. "When an agent uses an investigative technique to uncover
predicate facts used to justify a search," the brief states, "that
agent should be able to demonstrate that the technique is tested,
reliable, and has been properly used and maintained. Without such
proof there can be no probable cause." EPIC's brief particularly
focused on a recent report by the National Academy of Sciences, which
highlighted significant reliability problems in forensic sciences due
to a lack of national standards. "The perfect search, like the
infallible dog," EPIC said, "is a null set. "The Court will rule on
both Jardines and Harris sometime before the end of the term in
June 2013.


EPIC:  Florida v. Harris
http://epic.org/amicus/harris/


EPIC:  Florida v. Jardines
http://epic.org/amicus/jardines/


EPIC:  "Friend of the Court" Brief in Harris (Aug. 31, 2012)
http://epic.org/amic...PIC-Amicus-Brief.pdf


US Supreme Court:  Oral Argument Transcript in Jardines (Oct. 31, 2012)
http://epic.org/redi...rdines-argument.html


US Supreme Court:  Oral Argument Transcript in Harris (Oct. 31, 2012)
http://epic.org/redi...harris-argument.html

141
Living Room / FISA Surveillance Case
« on: November 10, 2012, 07:47 PM »
Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Surveillance Standing Case
========================================================================
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments October 29 in Clapper v.
Amnesty International, a case challenging the interception of
communications of US persons under foreign intelligence surveillance
laws. A federal appeals court previously ruled in favor of a group of
plaintiffs, including human rights advocates, journalists and attorneys,
and held that the financial and logistical costs they incurred in order
to avoid government surveillance were sufficient to establish standing
under the Constitution. US Solicitor General Donald Verilli, arguing on
behalf of the United States and the Director of National Intelligence,
claimed that plaintiffs could not establish a sufficiently concrete
injury because they did not know if they had been subject to
surveillance.

The surveillance in question is authorized under the Foreign
Intelligence Surveillance Amendments Act of 2008, which allows the
federal government to conduct mass surveillance of communications,
including communications of American citizens, without a warrant or
particularized suspicion. Attorneys for Amnesty International argued
that such sweeping governmental surveillance is contrary to established
Fourth Amendment principles and threatens the privacy of all Americans,
particularly those engaged in international communications.

In September 2012, EPIC, joined by 32 legal scholars and technical
experts and six privacy and open government organizations, filed a
"friend of the court" brief in the case, arguing that the plaintiffs'
concerns were well-founded considering the NSA's surveillance
capabilities and the US government's failure to establish sufficient
public reporting requirements for lawful surveillance.

In May 2012, EPIC testified before the House Judiciary Committee on the
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Amendments Act of 2008. EPIC
Executive Director Marc Rotenberg made a number of recommendations to
the Committee, including requiring public dissemination of a Foreign
Intelligence Surveillance Act report, similar to the reports released
for other forms of electronic surveillance,  and implementation of a
publication procedure for important decisions of the Foreign
Intelligence Surveillance Court.


US Supreme Court:  Oral Argument Transcript in Clapper  (Oct. 29, 2012)
    http://epic.org/redi...pper-transcript.html


Second Circuit Court:  Decision in Clapper (Mar. 21, 2011)
    http://epic.org/redi...lapper-decision.html


EPIC et al.: "Friend of the Court" Brief in Clapper (Sept. 24, 2012)
    http://epic.org/amic...PIC-Amicus-Brief.pdf


EPIC:  Clapper v. Amnesty Int'l USA
    http://epic.org/amicus/fisa/clapper/


DNI James R. Clapper, Jr.:  Brief in Clapper v. Amnesty (July 2012)             
    http://epic.org/amic...lapper/DNI-Brief.pdf 


Amnesty International et al.:  Brief in Clapper (Aug. 2012)
    http://epic.org/amic...esty-et-al-Brief.pdf


EPIC:  Testimony Before US House re: FISA Amendments (May 31, 2012)
    http://epic.org/redi...-amdt-statement.html 


EPIC:  Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)
    http://epic.org/privacy/terrorism/fisa/



142
Living Room / Popular Wrench Fights a Chinese Rival
« on: November 10, 2012, 07:00 PM »
Sears steals patented tool from an American and competes with the same tool, only made in China.
http://finance.yahoo...rival-004542621.html

143
Living Room / Apple's difficult products
« on: November 07, 2012, 09:23 PM »
How Apple makes products difficult -- and expensive -- to repair
Gallery: In recent years, Apple has attracted a lot of criticism for making devices that are difficult to repair, and complicated to recycle. Let's take a look at why.

http://www.zdnet.com...to-repair-7000006810

144
Living Room / Read Your Brain Waves
« on: November 07, 2012, 09:21 PM »
[ I read about this technology and it's progress about 5 years ago.]

Op-Ed: Future surveillance technology will read your brain waves
Surveillance technology evolves as mind reading from brain recordings technology decode 'neural fingerprints,’while scientists successfully develop technology to ‘hack’ into our brains to obtain private data.

http://www.digitaljo...335142#ixzz2BWKe53yy

145
Living Room / You Might Be A Terrorist
« on: November 07, 2012, 09:18 PM »
You might be a terrorist if:

https://www.networkw.../taxonomy/term/34007

146
Living Room / Microsoft Provides Funding For Surveillance
« on: November 07, 2012, 09:13 PM »
Microsoft provides fusion center technology and funding for surveillance
Did you know Microsoft helps fund the National Fusion Center Association which, in turn, helps police departments buy surveillance tech?

http://www.networkwo...community/node/81735

147
Living Room / Big Data Spying
« on: November 07, 2012, 09:10 PM »
When does Big Data become a tool to spy on consumers?
Where should businesses draw the line when it comes to data mining?

http://www.smartplan...py-on-consumers/4815

148
Living Room / Campaign Ad Awards
« on: November 06, 2012, 05:57 PM »
The 2012 FactCheck Awards
Our Election-Day sampler of funny, scary and just plain bizarre campaign ads.

http://factcheck.org...12-factcheck-awards/

149
Living Room / Anonymous Protest Canada's surveillance
« on: November 04, 2012, 06:12 PM »
[ Looks like Anonymous are the new Freedom Fighters.]
Anonymous protests planned over government surveillance
The shadowy hacker collective is upset over the tracking and profiling of citizens.

http://www.pcworld.c...nt-surveillance.html

150
Living Room / NSA Wiretapping Secrets
« on: November 03, 2012, 08:04 PM »
There's no reason other than they don't want interference.

NSA Claims 'Privilege' 62 times in 1 Court Document to EFF
The NSA has claimed the 'state secret' dozens of times in a submission to the Court in EFF's litigation over warrantless wiretapping.

http://blogs.compute...1-court-document-eff

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