Thursday technology link round-up
- DHS is creating another giant "terrorist" database, and guess what? They are exempting it from the Privacy Act. Why? Cuz they say so.
Privacy Matters | Page 180 of 185
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Face recognition and the London trouble
Forbes' tech and privacy blogger Kashmir Hill has an interesting take on what's going on in London right now. Scary.
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“Augmented reality”: from a photo on the street to your social security number?
CBS has published a pretty scary assessment of facial recognition technology. When paired with data mining software and publicly available data on the internet, it appears as if a dedicated and competent person could find out a whole lot about you if they simply have a photograph of your face. The story cites a recent Carnegie Mellon University/Heinz College study:
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Senate Select Intelligence Committee quietly votes to extend FAA
As everyone expected them to do, the members of the secretive Senate Select Committe on Intelligence have attached a two and a half year extension of the controversial FISA Amendments Act (FAA) to the routine Intelligence Authorization Act, the bill that funds the intelligence operations of the US government.
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The Unintended Consequences of the King Hearings
On July 27 Rep. Peter King held his third Congressional hearing on the “radicalization” of Muslim Americans, putting the spotlight on Somali American youth. Only one Somali speaker gave testimony, Ahmed Hussen from Canada. Below Abdinasir Egal, a researcher with African Rights Monitor and organizer of the Somali Diaspora Youth Conference in Boston in mid July, voices his concerns.
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Is the TSA getting ready to implement Israeli-style security at US airports?
According to Politico, yup. The Israeli system relies heavily on racial profiling.
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ShareMeNot!
A new Firefox add-on, ShareMeNot, prevents Facebook and Google+ from installing cookies on your computer before you choose to interact with the programs by clicking "Like" or "+1". Get it here.