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 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 [...]

 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 I just saw something on the alt.privacy newsgroup that has managed to confirm once again that most people don’t have a clue when it comes to protecting their anonymity.
The writer was talking about how they had tested a “tips” box near the bottom of the page that has the heading: “SEND [...]

 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 [...]