Tag: NSA
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Your face may already be in the database for facial recognition
Facial recognition technology is here and it might have your picture already. One would assume that if you have a twitter account and use your real picture, it has already been scooped up. Not surprising, really. Just another instance where you shouldn’t expect much privacy on the Net. National Security Agency Seal (Photo credit: DonkeyHotey)…
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Facebook getting your friends to data mine for them.
facebook engancha (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Facebook has added a feature so that you can ask friends whether or not they are in a relationship. It sounds like a way to help the somewhat creepy, but as always advertising is likely the key.The new feature applies to any field in a user’s profile that they’ve not…
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NSA admits spying on Congress
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont wrote to the NSA asking if the agency collects the telephone records of members of Congress, and CNN received a response claiming that they do collect congressmen’s phone records because “Members of Congress have the same privacy protections as all U.S.…
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The top conspiracy of 2013
National Security Agency Seal (Photo credit: DonkeyHotey) For conspiracy theorists who believe that Big Brother is watching them, the revelations of NSA contractor Edward Snowden seemed to confirm their worst fears. Snowden leaked a staggering amount of information about NSA surveillance programs, including PRISM. The fallout included a diplomatic row caused by allegations that German…