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What happens in Spookland, stays in Spookland

Posted February 28, 2013 - 1:59 pm

The US Supreme Court has ruled that secret NSA spying on US citizens can remain secret -- probably forever.
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Google snooped your Wi-Fi, but FCC is more angry about the coverup

Posted April 30, 2012 - 10:08 am

Google's Wi-Fi snooping didn't break federal wiretap laws because StreetView cars weren't in range long enough. It did cover up like Watergate afterward, though, refusing to let employees testify, release emails or post FCC report to avoid admitting purposeful privacy invasion
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Judge agrees shooting cellphone video is not a felony (in Illinois).

Posted March 2, 2012 - 6:06 pm

A Cook County judge this morning declared unconstitutional the broad anti-eavesdropping law under which it would be a felony to accidentally record a neighbor's voice on a video of your kids in the backyard, or video police making an arrest. One state down, 49 to go.
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Why doesn't the military have spy 'bots like the WiFI cracking plane at Black Hat?

Posted August 16, 2011 - 10:49 am

Tiny spy robots have been on the Pentagon's wish list for decades, but so far the small-plane-sized Predator is the best it's been able to do. Lockheed-Martin is demo'ing one today that's only a foot long and uses the aerodynamics of helicoptering maple seeds.
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