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Thursday technology links round-up

Today's tech round-up will be short, even though there is more than enough material to keep you reading forever. 

Obama administration wants school teachers to snoop on their kids?

Congress is meeting this week to finalize its terrible National Defense Authorization Act, which will undoubtedly include measures requiring military detention of "terrorism suspects," and leave the door open to the indefinite detention of American citizens without trial.

Judge vacates restraining order against city

Here's the decision in full. Relevant portion, absent full analysis:

Indefinite detention appears to be here to stay

UPDATE: Though many people are speculating that the Obama administration will veto the portion of the bill that allows Executive Branch authority to decide whether it can indefinitely detain US citizens, as the administration itself has hinted, this video clip featuring Senator Levin's remarks on the floor of the Senate suggests otherwise.

Arrests imminent at Occupy K Street march?

Good for Google

Facebook glitch allows anyone to view supposedly ‘private’ photos

A user on a bodybuilding forum has posted what he says are instructions for successfully working around a Facebook user's privacy settings, enabling anyone to view someone's private photos. It's a simple process, and it appears to work. Apparently someone decided to punish Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg for this privacy breach by using the hack to swipe his private photos, posting them online, accessible to all.

Android glitch allows hackers to listen to your phone conversations

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