Google press release: Google Releases Improved Photo Management Software to Organize and Share Pictures: “Google Inc. today released Picasa 2, free photo management software that makes it simpler than ever for people to organize, edit and share their digital pictures.” Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: January 2005
FOIA Case Yields Info On Collection of Passenger Data
“EPIC has learned through Freedom of Information Act litigation that the FBI obtained 257.5 million Passenger Name Records following 9/11, and that the Bureau has permanently incorporated the travel details of tens of millions of innocent people into its law enforcement databases. The FBI made the revelation as it explained (29 pages, PDF) why it… Continue Reading
FBI’s Custom Database Project On Verge of Failure
From the New York Times, this article details how the FBI’s $170 million “virtual case file” system, hobbled by numerous delays due to technical issues, may be scrapped. Related news: Draft report suggests end for FBIs case management app Continue Reading
Employers Soon to be Required to Shred Employee Documents
From USA Today: Identity theft, new law about to send shredding on a tear Related reference: Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA) Related resources: National Association for Information Destruction and Shop n’Shed Drop-off Shredding Locator (search for shredding services in your vicinity.) Continue Reading
How to be An Effective Consumer of Presentations
Corrupt Techniques in Evidence Presentations: New Chapter from Beautiful Evidence. Below is an excerpt from the forthcoming book by Edward Tufte. “Here is the first of several chapters on consuming presentations, on what alert members of an audience or readers of a report should look for in assessing the credibility of the presenter…Corrupt maneuvers…are epidemic… Continue Reading
Is the Government Monitoring Your Web Browsing?
Press release: “Today the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the FBI and other offices of the US Department of Justice, seeking the release of documents that would reveal whether the government has been using the USA PATRIOT Act to spy on Internet users’ reading habits without a… Continue Reading
New Blog on International Law and Politics
Opinio Juris – “A weblog dedicated to reports, commentary, and debate on current developments and scholarship in the fields of international law and politics.” Authored by law professors Christopher J. Borgen, Peggy McGuinness and Julian G. Ku. [thanks Dan] Continue Reading
House Judiciary Committee Democratic Staff Report on Ohio Voting
Preserving Democracy: What Went Wrong in Ohio. Status Report of the House Judiciary Committee Democratic Staff, January 5, 2005 (102 pages, PDF): “Representative John Conyers, Jr., the Ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, asked the Democratic staff to conduct an investigation into irregularities reported in the Ohio presidential election and to prepare a Status… Continue Reading
Withdrawal of Documents from GPO Information Dissemination Programs
“GPO Information Dissemination (ID) has issued a new ID policy, “Withdrawal of Federal Information Products from Information Dissemination Collection and Distribution Programs.” The policy, ID 72, supersedes SOD 72 dated July, 22, 2002. The revised policy establishes conditions under which a document may be withdrawn, recalled, or restricted in access; it outlines GPO and publishing… Continue Reading
Human Rights Watch World Report 2005
Press release from Human Rights Watch: “The Human Rights Watch World Report 2005 contains survey information on human rights developments in more than 60 countries in 2004. In addition to the introductory essay on Darfur and Abu Ghraib, the volume contains three essays on broad human rights issues: religion and human rights, sexuality and the… Continue Reading
Who is Behind Spyware Software?
Newly published research from Ben Edelman: see Investors Supporting Spyware. He lists US companies who produce spyware, their investors and how much venture funding was provided to each project (along with links to relevant SEC filings). Associated research also from Ben: Media Files that Spread Spyware. Continue Reading
Anatomy of A Hack Attack Against Major Wireless Provider
Security Focus has an in-depth report on how a Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems and steals personal data, including social security numbers, emails, photos and Secret Service documents. [via David Reis] Continue Reading
