privacy

Article: Monitoring America - The Washington Post on the U.S. Intelligence Industry

Nine years after the terrorist attacks of 2001, the United States is assembling a vast domestic intelligence apparatus to...

Article: Secretary Napolitano Announces Expansion of "If You See Something, Say Something" Campaign to Walmart Stores Across the Nation

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today announced the expansion of the Department's national "If You See Something, Say...

Article: Race Is On to 'Fingerprint' Phones, PCs

David Norris wants to collect the digital equivalent of fingerprints from every computer, cellphone and TV set-top box in the world.Companies are developing digital fingerprint technology to identify how we use our computers, mobile...

Article: Homeland Security Using Child Protective Services to Snoop?

Is The Govternment trying to Find out, Who has What now? I ask, because – Child Services Interviewed My Child – Wanted to Know if We Had Solar Panels, Exactly Where We Go Camping and Hiking , If have Alternative Energy, If Food Stored, Then Came to my...

Article: Review of the TSA X-ray backscatter body scanner safety report: hide your kids, hide your wife

I am a biochemist working in the field of biophysics. Specifically, the lab I work in (as well as many others) has spent the better part of the last decade working on the molecular mechanism of how mutations in the breast cancer susceptibility...

Article: Homeland Security shuts down dozens of Web sites without court order

The Homeland Security Department's customs enforcement division has gone on a Web site shutdown spree, closing down at least 76 domains this week, according to online reports.While many of the web domains were sites that trafficked in...

Article: Smile, if you're in downtown Houston

The city is installing 250 to 300 cameras at downtown intersections in an effort to prevent and fight terrorism and crime, part of a security initiative sponsored by the U.S....

Article: New concerns arise over body scanners

Aviation security experts say the machines may miss items that metal detectors catch. Airline passengers may also be able to hide materials in the groin or body cavities.As the government begins deploying whole-body imaging machines to...

Article: Apple Collecting User Info on Apple devices

Apple Inc. has changed a clause in it’s privacy policy agreement that allows the Californian...