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| Topic: Surveillance |
12:59 am EST, Mar 18, 2005 |
The intelligence services have never understood the need for a criminal process: their ideal world would be one in which official suspicion led straight to incarceration. This is why they so fervently oppose the idea that any of the 'evidence' they build up should be exposed to the rigours of a criminal trial, a process for the safeguarding of individual liberty with which they are, institutionally, profoundly out of sympathy. The refusal of the intelligence services to yield on the admissibility of intercept evidence, and the support they have received for this position from their political masters, is the clearest evidence we have that if this is not yet the case, it is (though they would no doubt phrase it differently) the wish of important elements in our political and security community. Short Cuts |
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British Firm Breaks Ground in Surveillance Science |
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9:11 am EST, Mar 14, 2005 |
The trend for the future will be to move the security scanners outside the airport terminal building and operate them in "stand-off mode" -- checking people from a distance before they even set foot inside. And then, Onward! -- from airports to other venues! QinetiQ -- owned 30 percent by private equity group Carlyle and 56 percent by the British government ... Ooh, the Carlyle Group! "There are always going to be issues of privacy here and they're not to be belittled, they're important." But he says smarter technology will actually make the checks less intrusive. This guy has some reading to do. The Panopticon is especially insidious precisely because you can't tell if or when you're being watched. 'Unintrusiveness' breeds paranoia and opens the door to unchecked abuse. From the citizen's perspective, it is much preferable for the "minders" to be forthcoming about their security measures. British Firm Breaks Ground in Surveillance Science |
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Chatter : Dispatches from the Secret World of Global Eavesdropping |
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9:42 am EST, Feb 15, 2005 |
How does our government eavesdrop? Whom do they eavesdrop on? And is the interception of communication an effective means of predicting and preventing future attacks? These are some of the questions at the heart of Patrick Radden Keefes brilliant new book, Chatter -- a bold and distinctive book, part detective story, part travel-writing, part essay on paranoia and secrecy in a digital age. Provocative, often funny, and alarming without being alarmist, Chatter is a journey through a bizarre and shadowy world with vast implications for our security as well as our privacy. Chatter : Dispatches from the Secret World of Global Eavesdropping |
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We know everything about you |
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| Topic: Surveillance |
9:21 am EST, Dec 30, 2004 |
The way we think about privacy is wrong. In his new book, "The Digital Person," law professor Daniel Solove looks to Franz Kafka's "The Trial" to capture the sense of hopelessness, frustration, and vulnerability created by "digital dossiers." ... we are almost entirely powerless against these vast bureaucracies ... We know everything about you |
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Mom's eavesdropping violates Privacy Act, Supreme Court rules |
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| Topic: Surveillance |
12:38 am EST, Dec 20, 2004 |
In a victory for rebellious teenagers, the Washington state Supreme Court has ruled that a mother violated the state's privacy act by eavesdropping on her daughter's phone conversation. Federal wiretap law has been interpreted to allow parents to record their child's conversations. But Washington privacy law is stricter. Washington is one of 11 states that requires consent from all parties involved before a conversation may be intercepted or recorded. "The Washington statute ... tips the balance in favor of individual privacy at the expense of law enforcement's ability to gather evidence without a warrant," Justice Tom Chambers wrote in the unanimous opinion. Mom's eavesdropping violates Privacy Act, Supreme Court rules |
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Despite Desperate Public Outcry, 'People Meter' Plans Proceed Apace |
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9:14 am EDT, Jun 18, 2004 |
The battle over ... plans to modernize ... has become far more than the typical dispute. "We've never had an attack orchestrated this way. We were not ready for this." This latest controversy centers on ... electronic devices known as people meters ... The plan is to switch Chicago, Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco to people meters this year. "If you go ahead, we will do everything possible to discredit you." "These were absolutely smart tactics. They identified the opposition's weakness and then exploited it in a short-term tactical adventure." Despite Desperate Public Outcry, 'People Meter' Plans Proceed Apace |
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12:23 am EDT, Jun 15, 2004 |
The one thing that almost everyone seems to agree on is that the American intelligence community is a mess. They ... seem at times more preoccupied with reputations, budgets, and internal power struggles than with the nation's security. Speaking of which: How long will it take for me to make it into the top 20 on the MemeStreams social network? Should we take this one to Long Bets? In the economy as a whole, competition generates innovation and creates wealth. Decentralization is often good; independence encourages responsibility. But there are some things that people can do better together than they can apart. It turns out that cooperation, not competition, is the real management challenge. Decentralization and internal competition work only if people believe, and if theyre given incentives to believe, that the organization as a whole matters more than their little part of it. MemeStreams is a community. Act like it! Team Players |
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