NSA surveillance and the dream police
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To what extent is memory subject to the state secrets doctrine? Memories are very personal things, over which we feel an intimate sense of ownership. Some people, such as spies, are sworn to secrecy over this or that incident, but, as one event or another washes over us, we typically aren't responsible one way or another for them. They are the historical cloth out of which we are cut. They are what makes us who we are.â¦
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Will companies that make antispyware software detect key loggers implanted by federal agents? We survey 13 companies and include their answers verbatim.
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Windows XP Service Pack 2 promises to raise the security bar for the sometimes beleaguered operating system. Unfortunately, one of the new features could be spoofed so that it reports misleading information
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Researchers show how objects with multimedia attributes within Second Life can unleash malware on unsuspecting users.
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The UK could "sleepwalk into a surveillance society" as a result of ID cards, the Information commissioner has warned. Send us your views.
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A security organization has suggested police use key-logging software to track communications between terrorists.
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The FBI wants to compile a massive computer database and analyze it for clues to unmask terrorist sleeper cells. Two congressmen are worried about whether the bureau will protect the privacy of U.S. citizens.
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The feds accidentally give a D.C. attorney a classified document showing that the NSA intercepted his phone calls without a warrant. When they ask for it back, they get a $2 million lawsuit along with it. By Ryan Singel.
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Sweeping powers yes, electrical power no The National Security Agency (NSA), America's ultrasecret electronic spy agency, may be on the verge of a disastrous power overload at its Maryland headquarters.â¦
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Stealth through persistence of vision A US unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) manufacturer has been granted patents on an "invisible" surveillance platform which relies on persistence of vision to achieve stealth, Aviation Week &amp; Space Technology reports.â¦
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Comment is free: Mark Lawson: Anyone stupid enough to do a computer's bidding is not losing civil liberties so much as their marbles.
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New facial-recognition software for handheld computers, which amounts to a portable mug book, is being field-tested by Los Angeles police. Civil liberties advocates warn privacy and accuracy are key issues.
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A few of my previous columns discussed my vision of creating a more secure Internet. It involved replacing the Internet's default anonymity with pervasive authentication, from the hardware initialization, through the OS and all applications, the user, and ending with a verifiable network stream. It is my strong belief that without a complete overhaul of default authentication, malicious hacking is going to continue indefinitely.
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Video diary: Life under house arrest â and round-the-clock surveillance â for  civil rights activists, Hu Jia, and his wife, Zeng Jinyan
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Rethinking privacy in an immodest age.
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Cutting-edge data mining and other intelligence tools could redefine privacy as we know it. A News.com special report.
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Some years ago, I got a job doing network support for the District Attorneyâs office in a large city that shall remain nameless. When I arrived, the network was a mess! Malware was rampant, Internet and WAN connections were saturated, and users were constantly complaining about slow computers and network performance. Even so, my attempts to enforce a mindful security policy were met with fierce resistance. The attitude among the legal staff was, âThis is my computer and my network; youâre just a computer janitor.â