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Baltimore’s aerial surveillance continues unchecked

General NewsAdvocates, Baltimore, Bloomberg, Defense, Hearing, lawmakers, officials, Police, Privacy, spy, surveillance, vehiclesuperadmin

Dec 2016

in late October, a group of Maryland legislators met with police officials, attorneys, privacy advocates, and policy analysts to discuss creating a legal framework to govern aerial surveillance programs such as the one the Baltimore Police Department had been using to track vehicles and individuals through the city since January.

“What, if anything, are other states doing to address this issue?” Joseph Vallerio, the committee’s chairman, asked the panel.

Read the Full Article: Source – Bloomberg
Time For Truth: (Bloomberg) – Baltimore's aerial surveillance continues unchecked

Why EU may battle May over the Snooper’s Charter

Politics, UKAdvocates, Crime, Investigator, Minister, Power, prime minister, Security, snooper, surveillance, Terror, Theresasuperadmin

Nov 2016

Theresa May finally got her surveillance powers through the U.K. parliament — and with it, she has a whole new problem to overcome in the U.K.’s split from Europe.

Westminster gave a green light to the Investigatory Powers Bill on Wednesday, granting government security services wide-ranging powers to monitor people’s phones and computers.

Read the Full Article: Source – Politico
Time For Truth: (Politico) – Why EU may battle May over the Snooper’s Charter

Illegals demand Obama issue mass pardons amid Trump deportation fears

General NewsAdministration, Advocates, Childhood, Donald Trump, Fears, Immigrants, Legal, Migrants, President, Young Adultsuperadmin

Nov 2016

Illegal immigrants are preparing to ask President Obama to pardon some 750,000 Dreamers, saying such a move is their last, best hope to stave off what they fear will be a wave of deportations once Donald Trump takes the Oval Office.

Community leaders have planned a rally in New York on Wednesday to make the request.

Read the Full Article: Source – The Washington Times
Time For Truth: (The Washington Times) – Illegals demand Obama issue mass pardons amid Trump deportation fears

Is Facebook’s Facial-Scanning Technology Invading Your Privacy Rights?

TechnologyAdvertising, Advocates, Facebook, Facial Recognition, google, Network, Privacy, privacy rights, Search Engine, social network, Software, Technologysuperadmin

Oct 2016

Facebook Inc.’s software knows your face almost as well as your mother does. And like mom, it isn’t asking your permission to do what it wants with old photos.

While millions of internet users embrace the tagging of family and friends in photos, others worried there’s something devious afoot are trying block Facebook as well as Google from amassing such data.

Read the Full Article: Source – Bloomberg
Time For Truth: (Bloomberg) – Is Facebook's Facial-Scanning Technology Invading Your Privacy Rights?

FBI director: Cover up your webcam

General News, USAdvocates, Conference, Data, Government, james comey, Privacy, Terroristsuperadmin

Sep 2016

The head of the FBI on Wednesday defended putting a piece of tape over his personal laptop’s webcam, claiming the security step was a common sense one that most should take.

“There’s some sensible things you should be doing, and that’s one of them,” Director James Comey said during a conference at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

Read the Full Article: Source – The Hill
Time For Truth: (The Hill) – FBI director: Cover up your webcam

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