Bob CollinsIf you’re planning on flying, try not fidget, use a computer, reverse your direction in an airport, have a ‘jump’ in your Adam’s apple or a ‘cold penetrating stare.’ Otherwise, you might be the target of a secret spying program that is shadowing unsuspecting regular travelers, the details of which were revealed today by the Boston Globe.
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Tag: Privacy
There’s more than the Wetterlings’ reputation and the reputation of journalists at stake with what comes next; there’s also the willingness of victims and others to assist investigators in the future. Read more →
If you can’t trust the Amazon delivery person inside your home, who can you trust, America? Read more →
The Minnesota Court of Appeals today threw out the conviction of a Brooklyn Park man, arrested on drug charges, because police violated his right to privacy when using a drug-sniffing dog to sniff outside his apartment door.
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Using Google today? The cops may be watching. Read more →
What amendment to the U.S. Constitution is treated most cavalierly?
There’s an argument to be made that it’s the Fourth Amendment. Read more →
If you ever wanted to assess the difference between DFL senators Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken, this week’s vote to allow authorities to access phone logs, email records, cell-site data used to pinpoint locations, and your browser’s history without a warrant is a good place to start.
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In many ways, the debate surrounding a candidate’s proposal that we track Muslims is a debate that, perhaps, should have been held 20 years ago, before we became data and, more importantly, before we willingly became data. Read more →
This video from Duluth that’s been circulating for a few days ought to play right into the debate over the privacy concerns of police body camera video, but for some reason it’s not.
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Rejecting a dissenting justice who said the nature of trash has changed, the Minnesota Supreme Court today ruled that you should have no expectation of privacy when putting your trash at the curb, saying the Minnesota Constitution does not provide greater privacy protection of trash than the U.S. Constitution. Read more →
If you value your medical privacy, try not to get Ebola.
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It was as if America had finally given up on privacy this week when Sen. Diane Feinstein called out the Obama administration and the CIA for allegedly spying by breaking into the computers of members of Congress, reportedly trying to find out who inside the CIA leaked information about torture to the politicians who are Read more →
The Lakeville Area School District is going to reconsider its opt-out policy on student surveys after some parents this week objected to a recent survey which included personal questions about family members. Read more →
When the thieves started extracting data, the company saw the alarms go off, BusinessWeek reports. And a security team in Minneapolis was alerted.
So what happened? Nothing.
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