Would require manufacturers to print the radiation information on packaging and instruction manuals
“Most people don’t understand they are carrying a tracking device in their pockets.”
Warning: Your Cell Phone May Be Hazardous to Your Health
“We think that based on current standards there’s increased risk of developing brain tumors in long term users — people who have used cellphones for more than 10 years — from radiation in cellphones,†says Olga Naidenko, a senior scientist at EWG, who worked on the report for about 10 months.
In the United States, the Department of Justice has sought permission to look at mobile-phone tracking information without a warrant.
~Cryptogon
In the New York Times piece below, we learn that an email database used by the NSA is called PINWALE.
Back in 2006, William M Arkin, a Washington Post blogger, published a list of hundreds of terms that were allegedly associated with NSA projects. Along with the list, he wrote:
I could write volumes about the [...]
~Infowars
NBC’s “Yo Teach!†has an authority figure preach about cyberbullying.
~Agence France-Presse
The main mobile telephone network in Iran was cut in the capital Tehran Saturday evening while popular Internet websites Facebook and YouTube also appeared to be blocked, correspondents said.
The communication cuts came after President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won a landslide re-election victory, sparking rioting in the streets by opposition supporters who claimed the result had [...]
By ANNE EISENBERG~New York Times
Look closely at recent supermarket coupons, and you may see some new markings on them near the traditional bar code: sets of neat black bars stacked in two rows.
The new symbols, called GS1 DataBars, can store more data than traditional bar codes, promising new ways for stores to monitor inventory and [...]
By Matthew Hickley~Daily Mail
The former head of MI6 has hit out at ’striking and disturbing’ invasions of privacy by the Big Brother state.
Sir Richard Dearlove, who led the Secret Intelligence Service from 1999 to 2004, claimed some were an ‘abuse’ of the law.
He attacked the ‘loss of liberties’ caused by expanding surveillance powers and described [...]
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By Justin Clarke~The Examiner
I wrote about Gavin Newsom deciding to criminalize non-recycling here, and a reader wrote in asking me how the actual enforcement would work. I didn’t know, and the questions kept building in my mind: Would the garbage collectors write tickets? Would an outsourced agency [...]
By David Kravets~WIRED
A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed lawsuits targeting the nation’s telecommunication companies for their participation in President George W. Bush’s once-secret electronic eavesdropping program.
In his ruling, U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker upheld summer legislation protecting the companies from the lawsuits. The legislation, which then-Sen. Barack Obama voted for, also granted the government the [...]
By Jason Straziuso~Associated Press
The U.S. military in Afghanistan is launching a Facebook page, a YouTube site and feeds on Twitter as part of a new communications effort to reach readers who get their information on the Internet rather than in newspapers, officials said Monday.
The effort, which officials described as a way to counter Taliban propaganda, [...]
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By Richard Wronski~Chicago Tribune
The day may be coming when Chicago-area transit riders will use their cell phones as a ticket to ride.
With a wave of their phone over a sensor, riders could board buses or trains as quick as a beep while the fare is automatically deducted from their online account. No cash, paper [...]
The FBI’s Multi-Billion “High-Tech Surveillance” Program
By Tom Burghardt~Global Research
The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s budget request for Fiscal Year 2010 reveals that America’s political police intend to greatly expand their high-tech surveillance capabilities.
According to ABC News, the FBI is seeking additional funds for the development of “a new ‘Advanced Electronic Surveillance’ program which is being funded [...]
By Kim Zetter~WIRED
FISA-court authorizations for national security and counter-terrorism wiretaps dropped last year by almost 300, a new Justice Department report to Congress shows. But the FBI’s use of “national security letters†to get information on Americans without a court order increased dramatically, from 16,804 in 2007 to 24,744 in 2008.
The 2008 requests targeted 7,225 [...]
By Kurt Nimmo~Infowars
The corporate media has linked teen idol Miley Cyrus, who plays schoolgirl rock star Hannah Montana in the hit Disney series and movie, to an unconstitutional bill now working its way through Congress.
According to Reuters, Cyrus recently posted an angry tirade on her Twitter web page in response to criticism about her weight. [...]
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Mobile location tracking lets you see where your friends are. But what about privacy?
By Michael B. Farrell~The Christian Science Monitor
Where r u? That text message, says Sam Altman, was so common that he wanted to find a way to answer it – for everyone.
As a sophomore in computer science at Stanford University, Mr. Altman [...]
