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Google Changes their Security Practices
Google To Anonymize.
Google will begin removing one fourth to half of each IP address after 18 months to 2 years to anonymize user data.
The government has been asking ISPs to hold data for a year or more. Read more about it here and here.
My question is how long Google was actually keeping data before and is this new policy really a privacy enhancing move or is Google actually capitulating to government requests to keep more data for longer?
Supreme Court: Passengers, Too, Can Contest Unlawful Traffic Stops
Passengers in vehicles pulled over by the police have just as much right as drivers to challenge the legality of the traffic stop and its consequences, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled on June 18.
By ACLU of Northern California
Released DHS Regulations on Real ID Fatally Flawed: ACLU Calls for True Protections for Californians
The American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California, today, called on lawmakers to push for a major overhaul of the Real ID Act, calling it a “real nightmare” for Californians. The Department of Homeland Security’s recently proposed delay for implementing the act would do nothing to prevent a national identity card system that violates personal privacy and increases identity theft, all while creating bigger bureaucratic messes, longer lines, and higher fees at the Department of Motor Vehicles.
BlackHat Presenters Threatened with Patent Suit for Exposing RFID Vulnerabilities
HID Global Corporation has threatened to sue IO Active, a computer security company based in Seattle, with patent infringement if it gives its planned presentation at the BlackHat Convention this Wednesday, February 28, 2007, in Washington D.C. The presentation discusses vulnerabilities of HID RFID cards and demonstrates a handheld RFID cloner developed by the company to highlight these vulnerabilities.
Montana House Joins Maine
On Wednesday, January 31, the Montana House passed an anti-REAL ID bill on a vote of 99-1. The bill is expected to head to the Senate next week. The text of the bill can be found here.
Maine Becomes First State to Reject Flawed Real ID Act
For more information about the Maine resolution rejecting Real ID, please visit Real Nightmare and the National ACLU website.
For more information about SB 30, please visit our Technology and Civil Liberties Page at Don’t Chip Our Rights Away!
Video Surveillance Should Not Have Been Expanded
The San Francisco Police Commission may not approve surveillance cameras unless it finds that the potential for deterrence outweighs community concerns. The San Francisco Police Commission approved 25 new surveillance cameras around the city despite the fact that there was no evidence for the potential for deterrence and dozens of people came to the Police Commission meeting to voice their opposition.
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