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Living Room / U.S. Wants More Warrantless Spying...Again
« on: March 19, 2013, 08:03 PM »

Justice Dept. to Congress: We want greater email, Facebook, Twitter snooping powers
As a US House committee prepares to meet to discuss changing outdated email privacy laws, the US government will today tell lawmakers that it wants greater powers to access email data, along with social networking data, such as Facebook and Twitter private messages.
http://www.zdnet.com/justice-dept-to-congress-we-want-greater-email-facebook-twitter-snooping-powers-7000012786

U.S. wants warrantless car-tapping
The Obama Administration is appealing the decision made by the Supreme Court that concluded that attaching GPS devices to vehicles requires a warrant.
http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/bulletin/us-wants-warrantless-car-bugs/15287

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Living Room / Internet Kill Switch
« on: March 15, 2013, 08:21 PM »

EPIC Sues DHS for Information on 'Internet Kill Switch'

EPIC has filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the
Department of Homeland Security, following the agency's failure to
produce any documents about so-called "Emergency Wireless Protocols,"
(otherwise known as Standard Operating Procedure 303 or "SOP 303").
SOP 303 describes the process that DHS would follow in order to execute
a communications shutdown in the event of a national crisis. DHS has
stated publicly that under SOP 303 an agency component "will function
as the focal point for coordinating any actions leading up to and
following the termination of private wireless network connections, both
within a localized area, such as a tunnel or bridge, and within an
entire metropolitan area." In response to EPIC's initial FOIA request,
however, DHS wrote that it was "unable to locate or identify any
responsive records."


EPIC:  FOIA Lawsuit against DHS re "SOP 303" (Feb. 27, 2013)
    http://epic.org/foia/dhs/SOP_303_Complaint.pdf


DHS: "2006-2007 NSTAC Issue Review" (2007)
    http://epic.org/redirect/031513-NSTAC-issue-review.html


EPIC:  Initial FOIA Request to DHS re: SOP 303 (Jul. 10, 2012)
    http://epic.org/foia/dhs/SOP_303_FOIA_Request.PDF


EPIC: Open Government
    http://epic.org/privacy/litigation/

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Living Room / Ad-Blockers Kicked From Google Store
« on: March 14, 2013, 06:57 PM »

Google kicks ad-blocker apps off Play store

Google has given several ad blocker apps the boot for being in violation of its developer distribution agreement.
Advertising blocking apps Ad Blocker, AdBlock Plus, AdAway and AdFree were all taken off Google Play overnight after Google enforced a term in its developer agreement prohibiting developers from disrupting others' services.

http://www.zdnet.com/google-kicks-ad-blocker-apps-off-play-store-7000012610

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Living Room / Offline Tracking
« on: March 11, 2013, 09:14 PM »

Even offline, retailers track your every move
Retailers are getting smarter about how you shop in their brick-and-mortar
stores. Find out how.

http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/bulletin/even-offline-retailers-track-your-every-move/14506

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Living Room / SMS Spam Reporting
« on: March 10, 2013, 08:02 PM »

GSMA to Recommend SMS Spam Reporting System
The GSMA will recommend that operators join a program that allows mobile subscribers to report SMS spam using short codes in an effort to gather more data on a growing annoyance.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/219705/article.html

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