http://www.pogowasright.org/article.php?story=20090117071210700
Under Obama, feds may still snoop library files
Saturday, January 17 2009 @ 07:12 AM EST Contributed by: PrivacyNews
President-elect Barack Obama's nominee for attorney general has endorsed an extension of the law that allows federal agents to demand Americans' library and bookstore records as part of terrorism probes, dismaying a national group of independent booksellers.
Eric Holder said at his confirmation hearing Thursday before the Senate Judiciary Committee that he supports renewing a section of the USA Patriot Act that allows FBI agents investigating international terrorism or espionage to seek records from businesses, libraries and bookstores. If not renewed by Congress, the provision will expire at the end of 2009.
Source - San Francisco Chronicle
It's an asset like any other. Best Buy acquired Napster's assets.
http://www.pogowasright.org/article.php?story=20090117132743886
If you shared data with Napster, Best Buy gets it as of Feb. 17th
Saturday, January 17 2009 @ 01:27 PM EST Contributed by: PrivacyNews
From Napster's Privacy Policy:
NAPSTER PRIVACY POLICY
Effective January 16, 2009
Welcome to Napster, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Best Buy, Co., Inc. (Best Buy). We value your privacy, and we want you to know what information we collect and what we do with it.
If you need Napster Customer Support assistance, please click here. Sending an email to Napster's privacy officer will cause a delay in response and assistance.
We have an important announcement to make: As of October 25, 2009 (sic) Napster is a member of the Best Buy family of companies. Like Napster, Best Buy is committed to protecting the privacy of its customers. Beginning on February 17th, 2009, any personal or other data that you share, or have shared, with Napster may also be shared with Best Buy and/or its affiliated companies. Best Buy and its affiliated companies are not .third parties. under this Agreement and you should assume that any data that you provide to us or that we track via the service or otherwise obtain may also be shared with Best Buy and/or its affiliated companies. Best Buy's use of your data is subject to its own privacy policy, located at www.bestbuy.com/privacy. [...]
http://www.pogowasright.org/article.php?story=20090118063134695
AU: Privacy concerns over money laundering rules
Sunday, January 18 2009 @ 06:31 AM EST Contributed by: PrivacyNews
REAL estate agents, jewellers, solicitors and accountants will be required to report any suspicious financial transactions to the Federal Government but will be prohibited from telling the person involved.
Privacy advocates and lawyers familiar with the proposed changes say they will hand extensive powers to people not properly trained to make assessments of what should be regarded as a suspicious financial transaction.
Source - Sydney Morning Herald
[From the article:
"There are concerns that more personal information than ever before will be collected from more organisations than ever before," a partner in banking and finance at Deacons, Alison Deitz, told the Herald.
"There will be very limited opportunity for anyone to ever transact anonymously."
… "People will find themselves being asked for ID and if they query it, they will find themselves in trouble," Mr Waters, now a board member of the Australian Privacy Foundation, said. "The burden of proof is on the customer to prove their innocence."
… People who are reported will not be told they are under investigation or whether or not they are found to be innocent.
I hereby order politicians to become smart, logical and honest. See how well that works?
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09%2F01%2F18%2F0451249&from=rss
Electronic Medical Records, the Story So Far
Posted by kdawson on Sunday January 18, @05:24AM from the work-in-progress dept. Medicine Politics
StupidPeopleTrick writes
"After the executive order signed in 2006, states are making strides with privacy breach notification but are struggling with enacting privacy laws and finding funding.
With looming deadlines to move to e-records and e-prescribing, where will the money and the privacy standards come from?"
We should have done this years ago. Now we can easily identify those who have attained complete Mastery of anti-Security. (Although they've always done a great job of proclaiming themselves to the world.)
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09%2F01%2F17%2F1753215&from=rss
How To Suck At Information Security
Posted by kdawson on Saturday January 17, @02:22PM from the words-to-the-wise dept. Security IT
wiedzmin writes
"Great entry in today's SANS Internet Storm Center Handler's Diary — How to suck at Information Security. Some of my favorite points include: 'Assume the users will read the security policy because you've asked them to. Assume that policies don't apply to executives. Make someone responsible for managing risk, but don't give the person any power to make decisions. Expect end-users to forgo convenience in place of security. Hire somebody just because he or she has a lot of certifications. Expect your users to remember passwords without writing them down.' Very entertaining and informative read with total of about 4 dozen points. Now if I could only find a way to get management to read it."
There's also a one-page PDF on the author's site.
There's nothing in the contract (what contract?) about “due process” Do we call in the Class Action lawyers now?
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09%2F01%2F17%2F1523214&from=rss
YouTube Muting, Removing Videos Involving Warner Music
Posted by Soulskill on Saturday January 17, @11:18AM from the responsible-judgment-takes-too-long dept. Media Businesses Google Music
notseamus writes
"In the past few days, YouTube has started muting videos uploaded by users that use 'unauthorized copyrighted music' in response to Warner Music's threat over royalties, and so far appears to target only Warner Music related videos. Ars Technica also reports that after three DCMA notices YouTube will remove a user account, even when it appears to be fair use. Kevin Lee has had video essays — which he believes are fair use — removed from YouTube, and his account disabled before he could file a counter notice."
Evidence than even old dog can learn new tricks? Next week: Confession via Instant Messaging. (OMG! I did a #7 again.)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10145048-93.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5
Pope Benedict the next YouTube star?
Posted by Leslie Katz January 17, 2009 11:09 AM PST
The Vatican--which recently endorsed an iPhone prayer app and gave its blessing to gadget evangelism--is displaying further receptivity to technology with Saturday's announcement that Pope Benedict XVI will get his own YouTube channel.
According to the Associated Press, the Vatican TV Center and Vatican Radio are collaborating with Google on the project, and texts and video of the Pope's speeches, as well as news about the pontiff, will be posted directly to the channel. More details on the project will be released next week, the Vatican press office said.
Economic Stimulus! Damn! This means my cousin Billy Bubba will be rich! All he need to do is use the 14 abandoned cars in his front yard. Of course he needs to cut down that tree that's growing through the 1952 Hudson Hornet.
http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09%2F01%2F18%2F0440229&from=rss
Feds To Offer Cash For Your Clunker
Posted by kdawson on Sunday January 18, @02:32AM from the distressed-assets dept. Transportation Government
coondoggie sends along a NetworkWorld piece that begins,
"The government... wants to motivate you to get rid of your clunker of a car for the good of the country (and the moribund car industry). A 'Cash for Clunkers' measure introduced this week by three US Senators, two Democrats and a Republican, would set up a national voucher program to encourage drivers to voluntarily trade in their older, less fuel-efficient car, truck, or SUV for a car that gets better gas mileage. Should the bill pass, the program would pay out a credit of $1,500 to $4,500 for drivers who turn in fuel-inefficient vehicles to be scrapped and purchase a more fuel-efficient vehicle."
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