Privacy Digest - News that can impact your privacy.News that can impact your privacy.Slang List for Anti-Terror Officials Defines 'Hottie', 'Ninja Turtles'- June 23, 2008 Slang List for Anti-Terror Officials Defines 'Hottie', 'Ninja Turtles' - Via Threat Level: AT a recent counter-terrorism and fusion center conference earlier this spring, intelligence and law enforcement officials were given a number of tools to help them fight terror attacks, including a dictionary of street gang slang that was compiled by Woodman State Jail in Texas. Somehow that document fell into the hands of THREAT LEVEL. The 168-page document was compiled with assistance from...http://www.privacydigest.com/2008/06/22/slang+list+anti+terror+officials+defines+hottie+ni... Professors Siding With Jammie Thomas in RIAA Case- June 23, 2008 Professors Siding With Jammie Thomas in RIAA Case - Via Threat Level from Wired.com : A group of university professors is weighing in on the Jammie Thomas case, telling the trial judge he erred when instructing jurors that having an open share folder filled with copyrighted music amounts to infringement &8211; even absent proof that somebody else downloaded songs. A Duluth, Minnesota jury in October subsequently dinged Thomas $222,000 for "making available" 24 unauthorized songs in...http://www.privacydigest.com/2008/06/22/professors+siding+jammie+thomas+riaa+case EFF Releases Updated White Paper on Best Practices for Online Service Providers- June 23, 2008 EFF Releases Updated White Paper on Best Practices for Online Service Providers - Via EFF.org Updates: Today EFF released a revised white paper on Best Practices for Online Service Providers, an update of the 2004 OSP Best Practices white paper. In the white paper, EFF offers some suggestions, both legal and technical, for the best privacy practices for collecting, storing and disclosing data that balance the needs of OSPs and their users&039; privacy and civil liberties. OSPs are vital...http://www.privacydigest.com/2008/06/22/eff+releases+updated+white+paper+best+practices+on... EFF Urges Judge to Grant New Trial for Jammie Thomas- June 22, 2008 EFF Urges Judge to Grant New Trial for Jammie Thomas - Via EFF.org Updates: San Francisco - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and a coalition of consumer and industry groups have asked a judge to grant a new trial to Jammie Thomas, who was hit with a $222,000 judgment in a file-sharing lawsuit based in part on the recording industry&039;s bogus "making available" theory. Thomas&039; trial and the staggering financial penalty made headlines around the world. In the case, the Recording...http://www.privacydigest.com/2008/06/22/eff+urges+judge+grant+new+trial+jammie+thomas EFF minilinks for 2008-06-18- June 22, 2008 minilinks for 2008-06-18 - Via EFF.org Updates: read more » Selectable Output Control (SOC) for Video Content: It&039;s All About Control Jon Healy explains that the MPAA&039;s petition to the FCC is really about gaining control over the next generation of video technology. Counter Spy Act -- Pro-Privacy or Anti-Piracy A new bill in the Senate is designed to fight spyware -- but Ed Foster says it provides a loophole for software makers who would like the ability to...http://www.privacydigest.com/2008/06/22/eff+minilinks+2008+06+18 House Caves, Approves Fake 'Compromise' on Telecom Immunity- June 22, 2008 House Caves, Approves Fake &039;Compromise&039; on Telecom Immunity - Via EFF.org Updates: Washington, D.C. - Privacy rights and the rule of law took a serious blow today when the House of Representatives passed blanket retroactive immunity for phone companies that participated in the president&039;s warrantless surveillance program. The FISA Amendments Act, H.R. 6304, which House Leadership rushed to the floor today after its introduction yesterday, passed by a vote of 293 to 129. The Senate..http://www.privacydigest.com/2008/06/22/house+caves+approves+fake+compromise+telecom+immun... Citibank Replaces Some ATM Cards After Online PIN Heist -- Update- June 22, 2008 Citibank Replaces Some ATM Cards After Online PIN Heist -- Update - Via Threat Level: Following up on my story Wednesday about the purported hacking of a Citibank ATM server, and the subsequent arrest of two cash-rich Brooklyn men, a New York Citibank customer says he received two notices this month from Citibank warning about breaches of a "third party" ATM processing system. "These security breaches could have resulted in unauthorized access to your Citibank Banking Card...http://www.privacydigest.com/2008/06/22/citibank+replaces+some+atm+cards+after+online+pin+... Federal Court Rules That D.C. Police Unlawfully Arrested Anti-Bush Protesters On Inauguration Day- June 22, 2008 Federal Court Rules That D.C. Police Unlawfully Arrested Anti-Bush Protesters On Inauguration Day - Via American Civil Liberties Union: WASHINGTON — A federal court ruled yesterday that the District of Columbia had unlawfully arrested about 70 people during an anti-war and anti-Bush protest march on Inauguration Day 2005. The arrestees are now entitled to a trial to determine the amount of the District's monetary liability to them. The protest march began at about 11 p.m. on January 20,..http://www.privacydigest.com/2008/06/22/federal+court+rules+d+c+police+unlawfully+arrested... Obama Supports Telecom Amnesty Bill- June 21, 2008 Obama Supports Telecom Amnesty Bill - Via Threat Level: Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama supports the spy bill compromise passed by the House Friday, despite having opposed retroactive amnesty to telecoms that helped with the President's secret, warrantless wiretapping. The measure expands the government's ability to install blanket wiretaps inside domestic communication infrastructure and frees the nation's phone and internet companies...http://www.privacydigest.com/2008/06/21/obama+supports+telecom+amnesty+bill House Falls Down on the Job- June 21, 2008 House Falls Down on the Job - Via EFF.org Updates: The House of Representatives today has fallen down on the job. By passing the FISA Amendments Act (293-129, with 105 Democrats in favor), they voted to give this lame duck President an undeserved parting gift by passing immunity for telcoms that helped the President violate the Constitution by participating in the NSA&039;s massive and illegal spying program. While Speaker Pelosi and President Bush describe it as a "balanced bill" with...http://www.privacydigest.com/2008/06/21/house+falls+down+job |