By Martin Bosworth It’s heartening to see how Democrats and the American public alike are rallying behind the idea that the major telecom companies should not be immune from prosecution for their […]
Dodd threatens filibuster of FISA bill
By Martin Bosworth “Why does Harry Reid hate America and freedom?” That’s the question I was asking myself after S&R reader “Dee Loralei” pointed out in comments to my post yesterday that […]
Democrats’ spines turn to jelly on warrantless spying once again–but there’s still hope
By Martin Bosworth It was largely expected, but no less disappointing to wake up this morning and find out that Senate Democrats on the Intelligence Commitee agreed to carry water for the […]
Verizon to the government: “Our customer information…let us show you it.”
In response to an inquiry launched by House Democrats as to the role the major telecoms played in abetting the NSA surveillance program, Verizon came out yesterday and admitted that it had […]
The NSA was spying on Americans before 9/11, and telecoms were in on it
By Martin Bosworth That’s the accusation levied by disgraced former Qwest CEO Joe Nacchio, who claims that he was approached by officials from the Bush administration to bring his company into an […]
“Data Shadows” and online privacy
By Sunfell I learned a new word yesterday: “Data Shadow”. It’s the footprint your activity data makes on the infosphere- your credit, cell phone and banking records, and your tracks on the […]
Democrats sell out America thanks to spy bill vote
By Martin Bosworth What an absolute disgrace this is: The Senate bowed to White House pressure last night and passed a Republican plan for overhauling the federal government’s terrorist surveillance laws, approving […]
Scrogues Converse: Open-space, Identity and the Missing Web
Scrogues Converse is our new feature where scrogues engage in informed discussion of fringe topics fast approaching from the grey fog behind you. In our first conversation Martin Bosworth and Gavin Chait […]
Truth, lies and Alberto R. Gonzales
I’m a big fan of Al’s . . . I think Al has done a good job under difficult circumstances. The debate between he and the Senate is something they’re going to […]
Microsoft again earns the moniker “Micro$haft”
Slashdot’s nightly headlines brought this bit of news from Information Week and Ars Technica to my attention last night: Microsoft submitted an adware patent back in 2006 that will use “context data” […]