Patriots' spying scandal raises technology questions
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Why do we even need radio helmets and Wi-Fi on the sidelines? Tech has countless uses but please keep the geeks off the gridiron.
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The New England Patriots could face  severe sanctions if an NFL investigation rules that coach Bill  Belichick violated league rules by videotaping the New York  Jets defensive signals during their regular season opener.
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Mondayâs Links Ryan Wilson at the FanHouse points out that your team is in bad shape when the best thing that happens to you all day is a car accident that youâre not injured in. The Consumerist reports on how the Patriots, unable to spy on opposing teams, now have taken to spying on their fans. [...].
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A Boston sportswriter approached Chargers defensive end Jacques Cesaire last night at the team's practice facility, and Cesaire couldn't help himself. He jokingly asked the reporter if he was spying for the Patriots.
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The FBI was acting illegally when it used the USA Patriot Act to covertly obtain telephone, business and financial records about people living in the United States, according to an audit by the Justice Department. By the Associated Press.
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Deciphering the depth and breadth of the New England Patriotsâ electronic taping habits still largely rests with a former video assistant being prodded to talk from several angles.
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Concerned that the videotape seized from the Patriots ended up in the hands of Fox Sports, the NFL is conducting an internal investigation as to how the tape was released.
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The FBI failed to report accurately how many people it snooped on using anti-terror measures, officials said a government audit revealed today. Demands for banks and phone companies to hand over people's private information without telling them may also have gone beyond what is allowed by the Patriot Act, officials with access to the report told CNN.
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"Snoopware" that listens, watches and spies through cell phones is on the rise. Columnist Mike Elgan sorts through the urban legends and bad information to explain what's possible and what can be done to protect yourself.
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A member of the New England Patriots' video staff taped the St. Louis Rams' last walkthrough before the 2002 Super Bowl, a Boston newspaper reported Saturday. The NFL, however, said it was satisfied this was not another Spygate.
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By Fred Reed, The Washington Times  May 26--E-SPYING MAY BE LEGAL, BUT MORAL? Law lags technology. Moral  questions take a back seat. Just because you can do something doesn't mean  that it's a good idea. These are three laws of advancing technology.
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After a year of Men Behaving Badly (and one too-fast-to-be-true woman), Spygate barely made the list of most notable transgressions in sports. Compared with serial dopers, point shavers, dog killers, vandals, sexual harassers, and stripper-slammers, the Patriots' playing at Candid Camera was a mere naughty-naughty.
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The Internet is a creative place, so I canât speak for the authenticity of this photo, but wouldnât it be hysterical if the Patriots got caught doing something this obvious? The Patriotsâ cheating scandal has players around the league rewinding past games in their heads. Hines Ward of the Steelers said he was sure the Patriots [...].
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Assistant coach is accused of violating rules by taping opponent's hand signals. League is also investigating the way Pats used radio frequencies.
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Last week, the Patriots filed a tampering charge with the N.F.L. against the Jets because of their contract talks with the former New England wide receiver Deion Branch.
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NFL officials don't expect to impose further penalties on the Patriots for using videotaping equipment to steal opponents' signals after the team handed over all video materials.
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Any media type daring to ask Bill Belichick about the future of the Patriots might be met with daggers right between the eyes. At the moment, there is tunnel vision, focused on the Indianapolis Colts. Don't dare think or talk about anything else.