Archive for the 'FBI' Category
So says an article on Chicagotribune.com in which they point out what should be obvious to anyone. Now that social media such as facebook, myspace, twitter and dozens more are such a huge part of most people’s lives, the feds are spending more and more time watching them. Not only that but they’re also creating […]
March 16th, 2010 | Posted in FBI, Internet, Opinion, Privacy, Tracking | 1 Comment
Once again I’m catching up on old Slashdot mail and I ran across a headline that declared: “FBI warns of sweeping global threat to U.S. cybersecurity”
October 25th, 2008 | Posted in Current Events, domestic spying, FBI, News, Opinion, Politics, Privacy, Security, Tracking | 2 Comments
The US Attorney General is proposing new guidelines that could, according to Senators Dick Durbin of Illinois, Russ Feingold of Wisconsin, Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts and Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, the new rules would permit the FBI to use “a variety of intrusive investigative techniques with no evidence of possible wrongdoing”.
August 24th, 2008 | Posted in Current Events, domestic spying, FBI, Last Days, News, Opinion, Politics, Privacy, Security, Tracking | Comments Off on New FBI Rules Could Target Innocent People
There’s a saying to the effect that those who ignore the lessons of history are doomed to repeat it. I saw something today that I have to say is very disturbing. It was a tagline somebody used on a post: The state must declare the child to be the most precious treasure of the people. […]
May 16th, 2008 | Posted in Censorship, domestic spying, FBI, Internet, Last Days, Misc Assorted General Stuff, News, Opinion, Politics, Privacy, Security, Tracking | 8 Comments
I think it’s pretty safe to say that the fact that there are government agencies doing a lot of snooping on all manner of Internet traffic. It’s also safe to say that since 9-11 this snooping has escalated massively. Now, the FBI is trying to get access to data that the NSA has been collecting […]
May 11th, 2008 | Posted in Current Events, domestic spying, Encryption, FBI, Internet, News, NSA, Opinion, Privacy, Security, Tracking | Comments Off on FBI Wants Authority To Snoop Internet Backbone Data