Privacy Digest - News that can impact your privacy.News that can impact your privacy.Fingerprints recovered from bullets after firing- June 24, 2008 Fingerprints recovered from bullets after firing - Via Science guardian.co.uk : Scientists have developed a technique for retrieving fingerprints from bullet casings and bomb fragments after they have been fired or detonated. The new method, which relies on subtle corrosion of metal surfaces is already being applied for the first time anywhere in the world by two British police forces. The patterns of corrosion remain even after the surface has been cleaned, heated to 600C or even painted...http://www.privacydigest.com/2008/06/24/fingerprints+recovered+bullets+after+firing Old Media Fails Readers With 'Fake Neutrality,' Says Arianna Huffington- June 24, 2008 Old Media Fails Readers With 'Fake Neutrality,' Says Arianna Huffington - Via Threat Level: Traditional media outlets have failed their readerships miserably by hiding behind a fake curtain of neutrality, when the facts often stack up more heavily in favor of one naked "truth," charged liberal activist and online publisher Arianna Huffington Monday morning at a conference in New York City about politics and technology. "The main problem with the old media is that they've given...http://www.privacydigest.com/2008/06/24/old+media+fails+readers+fake+neutrality+says+arian... Credit Card Firm Cut Limits After Massage Parlor Visits, Feds Allege- June 24, 2008 Credit Card Firm Cut Limits After Massage Parlor Visits, Feds Allege - Via Threat Level: Government regulators are suing a sub-prime credit card issuing firm, alleging that the company secretly profiled its customers' transactions and reduced the credit limits of those who used the cards at bars, marriage counselors and tire retread stores. The Federal Trade Commission filed the complaint against CompuScore in a federal court in Atlanta on June 10, alleging the Visa-card marketing service.http://www.privacydigest.com/2008/06/23/credit+card+firm+cut+limits+after+massage+parlor+v... House Grants Telecom Amnesty, Expands Spying Powers- June 24, 2008 House Grants Telecom Amnesty, Expands Spying Powers - Via Threat Level: The Democratic-controlled House of Representatives quickly passed a bill Friday that will expand the government's ability to install blanket wiretaps inside the United States. It will also put an end to the lawsuits filed against the nation's telecoms for helping the government spy on Americans without getting the necessary court orders. The vote hands a significant victory to the White House, a few months after House...http://www.privacydigest.com/2008/06/23/house+grants+telecom+amnesty+expands+spying+powers AppleScript.THT Trojan Horse- June 24, 2008 AppleScript.THT Trojan Horse - Via Your Mac Life - The Internet's 1 Mac Broadcast!: From SecureMac SecureMac has discovered multiple variants of a new Trojan horse in the wild that affects Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5. The Trojan horse is currently being distributed from a hacker website, where discussion has taken place on distributing the Trojan horse through iChat and Limewire. The Trojan horse runs hidden on the system, and allows a malicious user complete remote access to the system, can...http://www.privacydigest.com/2008/06/23/applescript+tht+trojan+horse Bell Canada Ordered To Justify Traffic-Shaping Practices- June 24, 2008 Bell Canada Ordered To Justify Traffic-Shaping Practices - Via Slashdot: Your Rights Online: somecanuckchick writes "The Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has ordered Bell Canada to justify its traffic-shaping practices. The Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission on Thursday told the company it has until June 23 to make public data that was marked confidential in a May 29 filing. Bell had said it needed to keep quiet the information, which..http://www.privacydigest.com/2008/06/23/bell+canada+ordered+justify+traffic+shaping+practi... A Scholarly Look at the 'Making Available' Dispute- June 24, 2008 A Scholarly Look at the 'Making Available' Dispute - Via Threat Level: THREAT LEVEL has been writing heavily about the concept of "making available" as it applies to peer-to-peer copyright infringement. At issue is whether the Recording Industry Association, which has sued more than 20,000 persons, can win a lawsuit by demonstrating that somebody was "making available" the industry's copyrighted works on the Kazaa network or other file sharing programs. Hollywood says 'yes' because it's...http://www.privacydigest.com/2008/06/23/scholarly+look+making+available+dispute Recording Industry Decries AM-FM Broadcasting as 'A Form of Piracy'- June 24, 2008 Recording Industry Decries AM-FM Broadcasting as 'A Form of Piracy' - Via Threat Level: The recording industry and U.S. radio companies have squared off for decades about whether AM and FM radio broadcasters should pay royalties to singers, musicians and their labels. But now the debate is getting meaner; there's more at stake as the recording industry seeks new income avenues in the wake of wanton peer-to-peer piracy and declining CD sales in part due to the iPod and satellite radio. A U.S...http://www.privacydigest.com/2008/06/23/recording+industry+decries+am+fm+broadcasting+form... EFF to Testify at Congressional Hearing on Electronic Searches at U.S. Borders- June 24, 2008 EFF to Testify at Congressional Hearing on Electronic Searches at U.S. Borders - Via EFF.org Updates: Washington, D.C. - On Wednesday, June 25, at 9 a.m., members of the U.S. Senate Judiciary hearing will hold a public hearing on laptop searches and other privacy violations faced by Americans at the U.S. border. Senior Staff Attorney Lee Tien of the Electronic Frontier Foundation will appear at Wednesday&039;s hearing to urge more congressional investigation and oversight of the Department of..http://www.privacydigest.com/2008/06/23/eff+testify+congressional+hearing+electronic+searc... Computer scientists scour your holiday photos- June 23, 2008 PC Pro: News: Computer scientists scour your holiday photos - Via PC Pro (UK): Hundreds of thousands of images on Flickr are being used to teach a program to determine the geographic location of an image, simply by looking at it. "Estimating geographic information from an image is an excellent, difficult high-level computer vision problem whose time has come," explains a paper written by James Hays and Alexei Efros of Carnegie Mellon University. The program attempts to mimic the way that...http://www.privacydigest.com/2008/06/23/computer+scientists+scour+your+holiday+photos |