A Peculiar Blog

Welcome back!I just read something on Slashdot that should be a great big red flag to anyone that has any interest in email privacy at all.
The 11th Circuit court handed down a decision in Rehberg v. Paulk which severely limits how much fourth amendment protection there is for Email. The decision was that constitutional [...]

 Powered by Max Banner Ads Time was when the classic image of somebody bugging somebody electronically involved finding a Sam Spade wannabe in some hole in the wall office with little more than a filing cabinet or two, a bottle of scotch and a huge desk that served as a place to store a box of [...]

 Powered by Max Banner Ads The latest thing in Big Brother technology is a rather “special” mobile phone that uses a combination of GPS technology and Software that analyzes data from the phone’s accelerometer which enables employers to track employees on an unprecedented level, even to the point of being able to tell what an employee [...]

 Powered by Max Banner Ads If at any point you had the idea that Obama was some kind of a champion of human rights and civil liberties, you might want to check this piece on Wired and think again.
Not only does he come out in favor of requiring DNA testing for everybody that’s arrested for any [...]

 Powered by Max Banner Ads I was reading through some accutane reviews (my “helpful” neighbor just won’t shut up until I look over all 347 sites he’s found in his “research”) when I ran across an article on Boston.com that caught my eye.
Police fight cellphone recordings
Witnesses taking audio of officers arrested, charged with illegal surveillance
As it [...]