Free Talk Live - spying

We don’t spy on Americans, just anti-government American

davidfordhere — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 01:13:17 +0000

Law enforcement intelligence-processing fusion centers have long come under attack for spying on Americans. The Arkansas director wanted to clarify the truth: centers only spies on some Americans – those who appear to be a threat to the government.

Senate bill rewrite lets feds read your e-mail without warrants

lonelyhope — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 15:40:33 +0000

Proposed law scheduled for a vote next week originally increased Americans' e-mail privacy. Then law enforcement complained. Now it increases government access to e-mail and other digital files.

Burning Man fans say cops too heavy-handed

Mattfree88 — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 18:40:05 +0000

Burning Man fans say cops too heavy-handed

Burned at Burning Man? Revelers say heavy hand of law a downer at Nevada desert festival

David Levin represents entrepreneurs, investors and developers in his legal practice.

Is Microsoft Spying On You Via Skype Or Not?

Mattfree88 — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 17:35:50 +0000

Is Microsoft Spying On You Via Skype Or Not?

Back in May, we brought you news that Microsoft had moved Skype from P2P to its own dedicated Linux-based servers. At the time, it was funny because Microsoft was using Linux servers instead of Windows Servers to host Skype, but things have become a little more worrisome since then.

Police Made 1.3 Million Surveillance Requests on Cell Phones in 2011

pmfalcon — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 03:34:53 +0000

Law enforcement agencies in the U.S. made more than 1.3 million requests for consumers’ cellphone records in 2011, an alarming surge over previous years that reflected the increasingly gray area between privacy and technology. Cellphone carriers, responding to inquiries from a member of Congress, reported responding to as many as thousands of police requests daily for customers’ locations, text messages and call details, frequently without warrants.

Twitter says government requests keep rising

ecigarettes — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 01:05:43 +0000

Twitter said in its first transparency report that the number of government requests for user information or to block content is rising in 2012. "We've received more government requests in the first half of 2012, as outlined in this initial dataset, than in the entirety of 2011," Twitter's legal policy manager Jeremy Kessel said in a blog post on Monday. The overwhelming number of requests came from the United States, accounting for 679 of the 849 requests for user information. In 75 per cent of the US cases, Twitter gave some or all information.

National Database Planned to Combat Cellphone Theft

pmfalcon — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 00:17:19 +0000

Police departments, the FCC and the wireless phone industry have devised a plan to fight smartphone thefts: the creation of a central database to track stolen phones and prevent them from being used again, which will allow wireless providers to disable and block further use of a device once it is reported stolen. Legislation from Congress that would make it a federal crime to tamper with a PHONE'S UNIQUE IDENTIFIERS in an attempt to evade the blocking process.

Beware the unholy alliance of state and internet - FT.com

Deslock Darkstar — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 07:16:52 +0000

Surveillance means safety. This is the argument wherever and whenever governments seek new powers to monitor their citizens. Proposed legislation in the UK to enable police and intelligence services to access emails, Skype calls and Facebook messages is another such example. It is also another case of the unnecessary and dangerous expansion of state power, in collaboration with companies, into our online – and offline – lives.

These Are The Prices AT&T, Verizon and Sprint Charge For Cell Wiretaps

iamodd999 — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 06:51:18 +0000

If Americans aren’t disturbed by phone carriers’ practices of handing over cell phone users’ personal data to law enforcement en masse–in many cases without a warrant–we might at least be interested to learn just how much that service is costing us in tax dollars: often hundreds or thousands per individual snooped.