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This is Topic: Privacy and Surveillance
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DOT wants to commit surveillance and be exempt from Privacy Act
Posted by Renfield on Wednesday, February 19, 2003 - 02:08 PM 6345 Reads
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PrivacyActivism.org has an action alert about the Massive surveillance system proposed by US Department of Transportation.
The Department of Transportation (DOT) intends to establish a system of record under the Privacy Act of 1974. DOT proposes to add a system of records to the list of DOT Privacy Act Systems of Records that are exempt from one or more provisions of the Privacy Act. Public comment is invited.
Cryptome.org has the full text of the proposal. PrivacyActivism.org has a sample letter and further explanation of why your comments matter.
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Homeland Security sees wireless internet use as National Security Threat
Posted by Renfield on Sunday, December 08, 2002 - 08:06 AM 1700 Reads
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Wired.com has a story wherein cybersecurity czar Richard Clarke declares that open 802.11b (wireless internet/apple airport) is a national security threat.
Essentially, the Federal Government is telling wireless users that "Homeland Security is putting people in place who will be in a position to say, 'If you're going to get broken into ... we're going to start regulating,'" said Cable and Wireless security architect Shannon Myers in a panel dubbed "Homeland Security vs. Wi-Fi."
Myers was one of several consultants for President Bush's Critical Infrastructure Protection Board, which is finalizing its National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace.
Of course, NYCWireless.net has this to say:
from http://www.nycwireless.net/buildnode_faq.html#Anchor_faq4a
Won't a public network be abused by spammers and drug dealers? Shouldn't access be restricted?
This question was best answered by a post from Thalia on Slashdot:
"I am tired of the usual diatribe from security people that bandwidth is this great outlet for danger. Any system could be used for DOS, DDOS, Spam, spoofing, hacking onto other machines in the park, secret Chinese spy deals, and more. Get over it.
Some would liken IP connectivity to a printing press, and argue the company providing the press must watch each item printed against copyrighted, subversive, or pornographic works. Others would argue it is like electricity, a utility that is provided fairly cheaply after the initial wiring is installed, and need not be charged for at all for small amounts. The few who see it as a wilderness, full of abuse and crime and desparados checking for weakness tend to sell computer security services."
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DARPA's Total Information Awareness plan includes Biometrics
Posted by Renfield on Wednesday, November 20, 2002 - 10:27 AM 3611 Reads
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DARPA's Total Information Awareness plan, which intends to keep track of everything every person in America says, does, thinks, writes, both online and off, now has biometrics in the plan. See the plan.
Biometrics are the science of using a human unique characteristic (hair, fingerprint, retina) as a means of identification. This is flawed and untrustworthy, as detailed by Bruce Schneier, Electronic Privacy Information Center, and M. Tatsumoku, who proved that 11 different types of fingerprint readers could be fooled with less than $10 worth of materials, and fooled with guards watching, even.
Once someone clones/spoofs/steals your biometric identifier, it's stolen for life.
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Problems with keeping lists of citizens...
Posted by Renfield on Tuesday, November 19, 2002 - 11:29 AM 3229 Reads
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Ann Davis of the Wall Street Journal has an article published at WSJ. The sum of it can be read here http://politechbot.com/p-04169.html. The FBI sent out a list of people a year ago of people they wanted to question. Now they're learning a hard lesson.
What it amounts to is this: once you distribute a list of people, and that list gets passed around, the original maintainer of the list loses control of its contents. Imagine all the problems inherent in having similar or the same name as a person with bad credit, having your identity stolen, and now transfer those problems to a list being passed around under the heading "suspected terrorist."
It's a case like this that really shows the falsehood of the old saw, "if you're innocent, you should have nothing to fear"
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Warrants served by Fax now okay, says 8th Circuit
Posted by Renfield on Tuesday, November 19, 2002 - 11:14 AM 3426 Reads
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The Eighth Circuit ruled(PDF) today that service of a warrant on an ISP by fax complies with the "reasonableness" requirements of the Fourth Amendment.
EPIC filed an amicus brief (PDF) in the case, arguing that police officer presence is required during the service of a warrant under such circumstances.
EPIC argues that the service of a search warrant by fax machine doesn't adequately safeguard Fourth Amendment guarantee of a "reasonable" search, because U.S. search and seizure law has mandated officer presence at the service of a warrant since the 1700s. For more information, see EPIC's Bach Page.
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Cyber Security amendments to Homeland Security?
Posted by Renfield on Thursday, November 14, 2002 - 10:30 AM 3361 Reads
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The Cyber Security Enhancement Act (CSEA), voted down by the Senate in July, was added to the Homeland Security Bill at the last minute before debate on the bill began. Among other things, the CSEA expands police power to conduct Internet or telephone eavesdropping without first obtaining a court order, and offers Internet providers more latitude to disclose information to police. It also calls for life in prison to punish "malicious" hackers. The entire article is here. In July, the full House approved CSEA by a 385-3 vote.
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Safire nails it: Homeland Security could end privacy for 300 Million Citizens
Posted by Renfield on Wednesday, November 13, 2002 - 09:42 PM 3964 Reads
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William Safire has an editorial in the NY Times, which lays the facts out clearly. John Pointdexter, disgraced Admiral of Iran-Contra fame, wants to effectively end privacy for 300 Million Americans. He will do this without any oversight from Congress or Judiciary, if he gets his druthers.
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Sen. DeWine bill would end privacy for non-citizens
Posted by Renfield on Tuesday, September 10, 2002 - 10:35 AM 3198 Reads
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http://news.com.com/2010-1071-948283.html?tag=politech
Declan McCullagh writes at News.com:
Watch out if you're in the United States and you're not a citizen and don't hold a green card. In the war on terrorism, your privacy could be the next casualty.
Up until now, FBI agents have had to claim that they had "probable cause" to believe that a non-American was connected with a crime and was also a member of an international terrorist group. If DeWine and Schumer get their way, mere "suspicion" of any terrorist link is good enough.
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FBI has a funny definition of privacy and seizure : Technology
Posted by Renfield on Monday, September 09, 2002 - 08:28 PM 3587 Reads
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http://online.securityfocus.com/columnists/105
Common sense tells us that the fact that the hackers used an FBI-provided computer to log into their Russian computer does not translate into permission to steal and later utilize their passwords to break in. A diminished expectation of privacy while using a networked computer should not translate into a relinquishment of privacy on anything that can later be derived from the stolen data.
Above the Law? hmmmm....
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