What happened to the “Land of the Free”?

In our fear-ridden society, the “Land of the Free” has gone the way of the “Home of the Brave,” according to George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley.

Thursday technology links round-up

• Guys, gals and everyone else: cover your webcam when you aren't using it, pretty please? There are many creeps out there, and government spooks, who can use tricky software to hack into your webcam and look at you in your private zones. Just do it. A piece of post-it note cut up works just fine, as you can see:

Data-mining: terrorism prevention or social control?

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Minnesota’s “Gangnet” database shut

Minnestoa's Community Justice Project, along with the NAACP and ACLU, has succeeded in putting a stop to that city's version of the Commonwealth's MassGangs database, "Gangnet". Police say they weren't using the database, but community groups hail it as a victory in the war against unchecked spying.

Thursday technology links round-up

Missing the point: PERF and the surveillance industrial complex

Thursday technology links round-up

This week's technology round-up is a doozy. You've been warned.

• First, a video on third party tracking. It's pretty cool and involves zombies. Watch it if you have 45 min.