Available at spyfeed.com.http://app.feed.informer.com/digest3/LD4LN6AKXF.html Respective post owners and feed distributors http://feed.informer.com/ http://privacy.org/archives/002999.html Privacy.org - The Source for News, Information, and Action http://privacy.org/archives/002999.html? Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:20 GMT Facebook announced planned changes to user privacy controls today. Chris Kelly, Facebook's Chief Privacy Officer, stated that the new policy will promote "control, simplicity and connection" for user data. The announcement states there will be no changes in term of "the... http://privacy.org/archives/002998.html Privacy.org - The Source for News, Information, and Action http://privacy.org/archives/002998.html? Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:16 GMT The Inspector Generals of the Intelligence Community released a report on the President's Surveillance Program. The report summarizes the unclassified collective results of the reviews. The Program involved the massive, warrantless surveillance of Americans in the United... http://privacy.org/archives/002997.html Privacy.org - The Source for News, Information, and Action http://privacy.org/archives/002997.html? Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:02 GMT The National Security Agency (NSA) announced plans to build a 1 million square foot facility in Utah. Reports say that the agency is attempting to decentralize operations by dispersing its work to more regions. The agency in recent years had found its highly classified work... http://www.topix.net/news/privacy/2009/07/wisconsin-legislative-committee-wants-to-close-meeting-despite-apparent-violation?fromrss=1 Privacy News http://www.topix.net/news/privacy/2009/07/wisconsin-legislative-committee-wants-to-close-meeting-despite-apparent-violation?fromrss=1? Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:28 GMT MADISON - A state Assembly committee on personal privacy doesn't want the public to take part in its tour of the Beaver Dam Wal-Mart on Tuesday in apparent violation of the open meetings law. http://feeds.wired.com/~r/WiredDangerRoom/~3/aXo1SjYXMtY/ Danger Room http://feeds.wired.com/~r/WiredDangerRoom/~3/aXo1SjYXMtY/? Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:23 GMT When North Korea threatened to launch ballistic missiles in June, the American, South Korean, and Japanese navies responded by deploying warships. Each of the five destroyers was equipped with a missile-spotting Aegis radar system. The U.S. and Japanese vessels had Standard... http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired27b/~3/a8dob_vEgp4/ 27B Stroke 6 http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired27b/~3/a8dob_vEgp4/? Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:06 GMT In a victory for authentic news sites, The Associated Press has defeated an online aggregator in a federal court lawsuit relying on 91-year-old legal theory that does not rest on copyright ownership. In a settlement announced Monday, the world's oldest and largest... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DefenseTech/~3/rN3ErElYaYg/004928.html Defense Tech http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DefenseTech/~3/rN3ErElYaYg/004928.html? Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:15 GMT Ok...so let me get this straight. Leon Panetta cancelled a secret CIA program to kill or capture Al Qaeda operatives at close range -- meaning using hit teams to do the dirty work instead of Predator drones. The Bush administration makes a presidential finding calling for... http://feeds.wired.com/~r/WiredDangerRoom/~3/-ypJhSKeUFs/ Danger Room http://feeds.wired.com/~r/WiredDangerRoom/~3/-ypJhSKeUFs/? Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:33 GMT Last week, President Barack Obama signed an agreement with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev that will pave the way for a new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty. The current START expires at the end of this year, and the new “joint understanding” commits the United States and... http://feeds.wired.com/~r/WiredDangerRoom/~3/PbJiTSYfvPw/ Danger Room http://feeds.wired.com/~r/WiredDangerRoom/~3/PbJiTSYfvPw/? Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:18 GMT Fighting flared up in the Mogadishu, Somalia again this weekend. It's the latest in a series of skirmishes pitting the Al-Shabab insurgent group against the new, U.S.-, U.N.- and African Union-backed “transitional government.” A little gun-play is nothing new in this... http://www.topix.net/news/privacy/2009/07/legislative-committee-wants-to-close-meeting?fromrss=1 Privacy News http://www.topix.net/news/privacy/2009/07/legislative-committee-wants-to-close-meeting?fromrss=1? Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:13 GMT A state Assembly committee on personal privacy doesn't want the public to take part in its tour of the Beaver Dam Wal-Mart on Tuesday. http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/07/north_korean_cy.html Schneier on Security http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/07/north_korean_cy.html? Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:45 GMT To hear the media tell it, the United States suffered a major cyberattack last week. Stories were everywhere. "Cyber Blitz hits U.S., Korea" was the headline in Thursday's Wall Street Journal. North Korea was blamed. Where were you when North Korea attacked America? Did... http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired27b/~3/Ikkbgsb_aKs/ 27B Stroke 6 http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired27b/~3/Ikkbgsb_aKs/? Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:13 GMT A South African bank has outfitted its ATMs with pepper spray to prevent criminals from bombing or tampering with the machines. But the system still has some bugs: One of the machines released its stinging payload on three maintenance workers last week. Absa Bank, one of... http://www.eff.org/press/archives/2009/07/13 EFF: Deep Links http://www.eff.org/press/archives/2009/07/13? Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:20 GMT San Francisco - On Wednesday, July 15, at 10:30 a.m., a federal judge in San Francisco will hear arguments in the government's motion to dismiss Jewel v. NSA, a case from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) challenging dragnet government surveillance of millions of... http://feeds.wired.com/~r/WiredDangerRoom/~3/CdsdSLHf7_g/ Danger Room http://feeds.wired.com/~r/WiredDangerRoom/~3/CdsdSLHf7_g/? Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:18 GMT KABUL, AFGHANISTAN — Afghanistan's civilian “surge” begins in Dubai airport’s Terminal 2, where the civilian contractors and development experts line up for outbound flights to Kabul on obscure carriers like KamAir, Safi Airways and Ariana. In one corner of the terminal,... http://www.topix.net/news/privacy/2009/07/debate-heats-up-on-financial-regulator?fromrss=1 Privacy News http://www.topix.net/news/privacy/2009/07/debate-heats-up-on-financial-regulator?fromrss=1? Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:48 GMT The plan got a boost the other day when the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Rep. http://privacy.org/archives/002994.html Privacy.org - The Source for News, Information, and Action http://privacy.org/archives/002994.html? Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:23 GMT War drivers have moved, from looking for open wireless systems to obtain free Internet access, to skimming data off IDs that use unencrypted embedded radio frequency identification (RFID) chips. Government agencies are using RFID chips to remotely and silently check the... http://feeds.wired.com/~r/WiredDangerRoom/~3/EZJwyzeL-N0/ Danger Room http://feeds.wired.com/~r/WiredDangerRoom/~3/EZJwyzeL-N0/? Mon, 13 Jul 2009 07:03 GMT Keeping U.S. and coalition forces supplied in Afghanistan requires some artful diplomatic maneuvering. Take the case of Manas Air Base: After the Kyrgyz government threatened to close the crucial supply hub, U.S. officials secured an eleventh-hour deal in late June to keep... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DefenseTech/~3/DGa82vhgw3E/004927.html Defense Tech http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DefenseTech/~3/DGa82vhgw3E/004927.html? Mon, 13 Jul 2009 06:44 GMT Advance information did not prompt a response. The U.S. Government now admits they did not properly handle the situation. Sources have revealed that the South Korean government knew in advance that the distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks that hit multiple web... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/rzYD/~3/RcyHUe8zkMw/gg-links-midjuly-2009.html Global Guerrillas http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/rzYD/~3/RcyHUe8zkMw/gg-links-midjuly-2009.html? Mon, 13 Jul 2009 06:33 GMT Some items of interest: The La Familia "mini-cartel" launched a series of hit and run commando attacks on Mexican military/police positions in Michoacan (to protest the arrest of a founder).  The 10 hour spree, replete with assault rifles and grenades, left five dead and a... http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/07/strong_web_pass.html Schneier on Security http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/07/strong_web_pass.html? Mon, 13 Jul 2009 05:38 GMT Interesting paper from HotSec '07: "Do Strong Web Passwords Accomplish Anything?" by Dinei Florêncio, Cormac Herley, and Baris Coskun. ABSTRACT: We find that traditional password advice given to users is somewhat dated. Strong passwords do nothing to protect online... http://www.topix.net/news/privacy/2009/07/as-autobahn-crash-probe-continues-two-victims-are-in-stable-condition?fromrss=1 Privacy News http://www.topix.net/news/privacy/2009/07/as-autobahn-crash-probe-continues-two-victims-are-in-stable-condition?fromrss=1? Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:35 GMT BAUMHOLDER, Germany a ' Two Baumholder-based soldiers who were seriously injured in a deadly crash in late May are in stable condition, officials say. http://feeds.wired.com/~r/WiredDangerRoom/~3/otV1U00nX6I/ Danger Room http://feeds.wired.com/~r/WiredDangerRoom/~3/otV1U00nX6I/? Sun, 12 Jul 2009 22:36 GMT This is how far the U.S. war effort in Iraq has wound down: There wasn't a single American airstrike in Iraq last month, according statistics from the U.S. Air Force. And insurgent improvised bombs, the country's deadliest threat, are down 90 percent. Iraq is still a... http://www.topix.net/news/privacy/2009/07/crims-play-name-games?fromrss=1 Privacy News http://www.topix.net/news/privacy/2009/07/crims-play-name-games?fromrss=1? Sun, 12 Jul 2009 16:21 GMT FEAR of breaching privacy laws is preventing the Government alerting police when convicted criminals switch identities. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DefenseTech/~3/kGt-Fot_K0I/004926.html Defense Tech http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DefenseTech/~3/kGt-Fot_K0I/004926.html? Sun, 12 Jul 2009 14:14 GMT Who knew? Powerpoint somewhat lacking as a military decision tool Nifty slideshow of the "Wolfpack" in Nineveh Flexibility is the key to chaos Inside the USMC's mulepacking course Good question: Where's the Afghan National Army? Badass: Automatic, fully... http://www.topix.net/news/privacy/2009/07/jail-largest-costliest-least-effective-mental-health-facility-in-region?fromrss=1 Privacy News http://www.topix.net/news/privacy/2009/07/jail-largest-costliest-least-effective-mental-health-facility-in-region?fromrss=1? Sun, 12 Jul 2009 08:12 GMT Dr. Keith Courtney, chief psychiatrist at Clark County Detention Center, talks to an inmate last month. http://p10.hostingprod.com/@spyblog.org.uk/blog/2009/07/bbc-radio-4---mi6-a-century-in-the-shadows---july-27th-2009.html Spy Blog - SpyBlog.org.uk http://p10.hostingprod.com/@spyblog.org.uk/blog/2009/07/bbc-radio-4---mi6-a-century-in-the-shadows---july-27th-2009.html? Sun, 12 Jul 2009 07:50 GMT The BBC have emailed to suggest that this forthcoming radio programme might be of interest to Spy Blog readers, especially with the recent announcement of the appointment of Sir John Sawers as the incoming Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service, and the Centenary of "the ... http://www.topix.net/news/privacy/2009/07/social-networking-site-tagged-accused-of-massive-invasion-of-privacy?fromrss=1 Privacy News http://www.topix.net/news/privacy/2009/07/social-networking-site-tagged-accused-of-massive-invasion-of-privacy?fromrss=1? Sun, 12 Jul 2009 03:01 GMT Feel secure on a social networking site? Over recent months, tens of millions of people allegedly have received e-mails telling them that friends or acquaintances were inviting them to view pictures on the Web site of a San Francisco social network, Tagged.com . Just one... http://www.topix.net/news/privacy/2009/07/chips-in-official-ids-raise-privacy-fears?fromrss=1 Privacy News http://www.topix.net/news/privacy/2009/07/chips-in-official-ids-raise-privacy-fears?fromrss=1? Sat, 11 Jul 2009 22:25 GMT EDITOR'S NOTE -- This story, part of a series on the growing industry of radio frequency identification technology and its impact on business, government, health and personal privacy in America, explores its use in passports and driver's licenses. http://p10.hostingprod.com/@spyblog.org.uk/blog/2009/07/metropolitan-police-service-war-on-photographers-advice.html Spy Blog - SpyBlog.org.uk http://p10.hostingprod.com/@spyblog.org.uk/blog/2009/07/metropolitan-police-service-war-on-photographers-advice.html? Sat, 11 Jul 2009 05:50 GMT The Register reports: Met warns officers off photographers The return of copper plate photography? By John Oates Posted in Policing, 9th July 2009 12:59 GMT The Metropolitan Police has issued guidance to its officers to remind them that using a camera in... http://p10.hostingprod.com/@spyblog.org.uk/blog/2009/07/climate-of-fear-propaganda-posters-campaign-cost-17-million-terrorism-hotline-co.html Spy Blog - SpyBlog.org.uk http://p10.hostingprod.com/@spyblog.org.uk/blog/2009/07/climate-of-fear-propaganda-posters-campaign-cost-17-million-terrorism-hotline-co.html? Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:30 GMT According to a Written Answer by the Home Office Minister Admiral Lord West of Spithead, the controversial "If you suspect it, report " terrorism propaganda campaign, involving posters and some local newspaper and local radio advertising, launched in March 2009, has cost... http://www.topix.net/news/privacy/2009/07/technology-reaches-farther-than-ever?fromrss=1 Privacy News http://www.topix.net/news/privacy/2009/07/technology-reaches-farther-than-ever?fromrss=1? Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:55 GMT Iran is very sophisticated in their Internet censorship. When Iran first started doing this, it was very unstructured and easy to get around. People had no trouble defeating the censorship methods employed by the government and it was only a minor inconvenience, but it was... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DefenseTech/~3/mZlJdtv6kS4/004925.html Defense Tech http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DefenseTech/~3/mZlJdtv6kS4/004925.html? Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:17 GMT ...they can still throw together a great fly-by. Combat employment of the same assets? Dubious. --John Noonan http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/07/friday_squid_bl_188.html Schneier on Security http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/07/friday_squid_bl_188.html? Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:45 GMT A hundred-pounder. They're still moving North. http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/07/inspectors-general-r EFF: Deep Links http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/07/inspectors-general-r? Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:08 GMT Today, the Inspectors General of five government agencies released the unclassified version of a report on the Bush Administration’s warrantless domestic surveillance program. The report was required by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Amendments Act of... http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired27b/~3/cqx6cQyeKAs/ 27B Stroke 6 http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired27b/~3/cqx6cQyeKAs/? Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:44 GMT The Justice Department needs to investigate whether the secretiveness of Bush's warrantless wiretapping program tainted terrorism prosecutions by hiding exculpatory evidence from defendants, an oversight report from five inspectors general warned Friday. The report (.pdf),... http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/07/unclassified-version EFF: Deep Links http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/07/unclassified-version? Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:02 GMT A classified report to Congress on the National Security Agency's warrantless surveillance program was submitted today -- as required by the FISA Amendments Act, passed one year ago today -- by the Inspectors General of the Justice Department, the NSA, and other agencies... http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired27b/~3/zh0y1EkeR_A/ 27B Stroke 6 http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired27b/~3/zh0y1EkeR_A/? Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:45 GMT A key Republican lawmaker on Thursday urged President Obama to launch a cyber attack against North Korea, or increase international sanctions against the communist country, in the wake of an unknown hacker's denial-of-service attacks on U.S. and South Korean web... http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/07/lost_suitcases.html Schneier on Security http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/07/lost_suitcases.html? Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:45 GMT Want to cause chaos at an airport? Leave a suitcase in the restroom: Three incoming flights from London were cancelled and about 150 others were delayed for up to three hours, while the army's bomb squad carried out its investigation, before giving the all-clear at about... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DefenseTech/~3/3ve6aePQDsk/004924.html Defense Tech http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DefenseTech/~3/3ve6aePQDsk/004924.html? Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:33 GMT I'm completely flabbergasted by this CIA program that the spooks supposedly lied to Congress about for the last eight years. Apparently the program was initiated after 9/11, but the critics are still mum on what the nature of the program was. Now I want a little... http://feeds.wired.com/~r/WiredDangerRoom/~3/1gYa-_7usGs/ Danger Room http://feeds.wired.com/~r/WiredDangerRoom/~3/1gYa-_7usGs/? Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:29 GMT The Air Force doesn't exactly want its drones powered by purple bacteria. Instead, the air service would like to use a synthetic dye, based one the microorganisms, to juice up its robotic planes. Let me explain: The U.S. armed services are on a slow crawl towards... http://feeds.wired.com/~r/WiredDangerRoom/~3/-jzct9WfBQo/ Danger Room http://feeds.wired.com/~r/WiredDangerRoom/~3/-jzct9WfBQo/? Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:29 GMT Congress and the Pentagon are locked in a battle royale over the future of the Air Force's $150 million-per-copy F-22 Raptor stealth fighter. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates thinks 187 of the jets is just plenty. House and Senate panels have moved to buy at least another... http://feeds.wired.com/~r/WiredDangerRoom/~3/rHD_yU8seis/ Danger Room http://feeds.wired.com/~r/WiredDangerRoom/~3/rHD_yU8seis/? Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:50 GMT The fight over the future of Lockheed Martin's F-22 Raptor just got a lot nastier. While Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Congress fuss over whether to buy more of the $150 million-a-copy jets (not counting development costs), allegations have surfaced of serious and... http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/07/making_an_opera.html Schneier on Security http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/07/making_an_opera.html? Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:44 GMT Commenting on Google's claim that Chrome was designed to be virus-free, I said: Bruce Schneier, the chief security technology officer at BT, scoffed at Google's promise. "It's an idiotic claim," Schneier wrote in an e-mail. "It was mathematically proved decades ago that it... http://feeds.wired.com/~r/WiredDangerRoom/~3/XmA2QwYgOv8/ Danger Room http://feeds.wired.com/~r/WiredDangerRoom/~3/XmA2QwYgOv8/? Fri, 10 Jul 2009 06:45 GMT The Pentagon's controversial plan to strike any target on the planet in under an hour could be getting a boost, from one of the U.S. military's “Holy Grail” technologies. Last month, the Pentagon modified a $12-million contract, to allow Lockheed Martin's ultrafast FALCON... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DefenseTech/~3/PLVW7uAkgcA/004922.html Defense Tech http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DefenseTech/~3/PLVW7uAkgcA/004922.html? Fri, 10 Jul 2009 06:43 GMT It has been lauded by the New York Times as “the best action movie of the summer.” The New Yorker calls it “quite a feat. A classic … that will be studied 20 years from now.” And Time gushes that it’s “a near perfect movie.” Makes me wonder if any of those reviewers even... http://p10.hostingprod.com/@spyblog.org.uk/blog/2009/07/reminder-home-office-ripa-cop-con-closes-today.html Spy Blog - SpyBlog.org.uk http://p10.hostingprod.com/@spyblog.org.uk/blog/2009/07/reminder-home-office-ripa-cop-con-closes-today.html? Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:48 GMT There is still time to send in your response (via email) to the Home Office Public Consultation on the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000: Consolidating orders and codes of practice which closes officially today, Friday 10th July 2009. Ignore the attempt to... http://feeds.wired.com/~r/WiredDangerRoom/~3/IzdJorpwKrY/ Danger Room http://feeds.wired.com/~r/WiredDangerRoom/~3/IzdJorpwKrY/? Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:45 GMT The conflict in Sudan's Darfur region gets the most headlines. But the simmering north-south conflict has the potential to eclipse Darfur. While the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) forbids both sides from rearming, strong evidence suggests the two may be tooling up... http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/07/nsa_building_ma.html Schneier on Security http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/07/nsa_building_ma.html? Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:52 GMT They're expanding: The years-in-the-making project, which may cost billions over time, got a $181 million start last week when President Obama signed a war spending bill in which Congress agreed to pay for primary construction, power access and security infrastructure. The... http://www.topix.net/news/privacy/2009/07/googles-new-os-raises-privacy-antitrust-concerns?fromrss=1 Privacy News http://www.topix.net/news/privacy/2009/07/googles-new-os-raises-privacy-antitrust-concerns?fromrss=1? Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:13 GMT Google's announcement Tuesday that it is developing an open-source operating system raised questions among privacy advocates about the amount of personal data Google will be able to collect. http://www.topix.net/news/privacy/2009/07/privacy-your-biggest-user-experience-challenge?fromrss=1 Privacy News http://www.topix.net/news/privacy/2009/07/privacy-your-biggest-user-experience-challenge?fromrss=1? Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:12 GMT "We are all in the privacy business". This was my general conclusion when working on next generation usability for the popular directory look-up portal whitepages.com website .