Showing posts with label database. Show all posts
Showing posts with label database. Show all posts
The Health, Security & Privacy Concerns Of Smart Meters
by Alyssa Edes. Utilities across the country are installing so-called smart meters in homes and businesses to allow them to better track and manage energy use by their customers, aiming to increase efficiency, lower costs, and reduce pollution. But the advanced meters, which use wireless and digital technologies to send frequent consumption ... MOREIRS Seizes 60 Million Medical Records Without A Warrant
Think twice about what you tell the doctor. As we are being swamped with evidence of Administration wrongdoing, we should not forget to prioritize the vast amount of information we are getting. It is beyond peradventure of doubt at this time that the IRS, ordered to scrutinize the tea party closely by Democratic leaders, including ... MOREIn Case You Missed It, Congress Takes Your Internet Privacy
by Kristina Chew. To the disappointent of advocates for civil liberties and internet
freedom, the controversial Cyber Intelligence and Protection Act
(CISPA) passed
the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday by a vote of 288-127. 196
Republicans voted for the measure and almost half the House Democrats. Few would dispute that cybersecurity is not a ... MOREFBI: You Might Be A Terrorist If You Breathe
FBI sets a new standard of paranoia. The FBI published 25 pamphlets
and distributed them to people who work in the general public to give
them information on how to spot a terrorist based on a number of
“suspicious behavior” indicators. People at construction sites,
electronic stores, beauty salons, airports and other places were advised
on ... MOREACLU Says Reid Gun Bill Could Threaten Civil Liberties
by Vince Coglianese. As Senate Democrats struggle to build support for new gun control legislation, the American Civil Liberties Union now says it’s among those who have “serious concerns” about the bill. Those concerns have the capacity to prove a major setback to Sen. Harry Reid’s current gun bill, which includes language from earlier bills introduced by ... MORECharles Hurt: Government Has A Few Questions For You
Big Brother seeks to learn everything about you. Rage over the waste and injustice of agents sent by the federal government
to bang on doors of law-abiding citizens to ask probing, creepy
questions is normally something that bubbles up only every 10 years. But
ever since the federal government became a cancerous leviathan, the outrage is now ... MOREObama Has A Database On Everything About Everybody
Watch Maxine Waters discuss it on video. Here’s Maxine Waters. This was last Sunday on TV One’s Washington Watch with Roland Martin. Maxine Waters, Democrat from California. Her district is basically the Watts area of Los Angeles, and Roland Martin said, “The reality is like anything else, you’d better get what you can while Obama’s there ... MOREDavid Bier: The Coming National Identification System
Big Brother is watching you. “Maybe we should just brand all the babies.” With this joke, Ronald Reagan swatted down a national identification card — or an enhanced Social Security card — proposed by his attorney general in 1981. For more than three decades since, attempts to implement the proposal have all met with failure, but now ... MOREHow A Cop Used A State Database To Steal Pain Pills
by Michael McFall. A former Vernal police detective now
faces criminal charges stemming from his alleged theft of a couple’s
pain pills, a month after the couple filed a complaint against him in
federal court. Ben Marland Murray, 38, was charged Friday in
8th District Court with unlawful use of the controlled substance
database and possession of a controlled ... MOREBig Brother? License Plate Reader Device Sparks Debate
by Lee Davidson. Like the fictional "Big Brother" who was always watching, new machines now give police a growing ability to record license plate numbers of vehicles almost anywhere — at crime scenes, on freeways or in parking lots. So a legislative debate has begun about controlling how such data may be used, and how long it may be. ... MOREDave Gahary: Government Crosses New Privacy Line
Feds collect data on those not suspected of crimes. Documents obtained under Freedom of Information Act requests and interviews conducted with officials at numerous government agencies by The Wall Street Journal
uncovered the behind-closed-doors creation this year of “a government
dragnet, sweeping up millions of records about U.S. ... MOREMark Steyn: The Doctor Won't See You Now
American health care is in a bureaucratic death grip. A few years ago, my small local hospital asked a Senate staffer if she could assist them in obtaining federal money for a new building. So she did, expediting the process by which that particular corner of northern New Hampshire was deemed to be “under-served” and thus eligible for the fed gravy. ... MOREJohn W. Whitehead: Smile, The Government Is Watching
Next generation identification. “You had to live—did live, from habit that became instinct—in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and, except in darkness, every movement was scrutinized.”—George Orwell, 1984. Brace yourselves for the next wave in the surveillance state’s steady incursions into our lives. It’s ... MOREAdam Levine: Government's Epic Fail On Privacy
94 Million Americans exposed to identity theft. When you hear a number like "94 million" in the news, it's usually
because somebody won the lottery. This time around, no such luck. This
94 million is the number of Americans' files in which personal
information has been exposed, since 2009, to potential identity theft through data breaches
at government ... MOREVIDEO: Should Government Track Your Political Activity?
Technology takes 1974 legislation to a new level.
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