http://www.databreaches.net/?p=4164
CO: Boulder Kia dumps 10 bins full of personal info
May 19, 2009 by admin Filed under: Business Sector, Exposure, Paper, U.S.
Vanessa Miller of Daily Camera reports that Boulder police have chained up 10 recycling bins outside the now-defunct Anderson Kia car dealership after learning that the bins were stuffed with personal information from the dealership’s former customers. All of the folders reportedly contained Social Security numbers, driver’s license information, photos, phone numbers and financial information for Kia customers. The dealership closed in January.
Oops, or deliberate?
http://www.pogowasright.org/article.php?story=2009052004590361
'Swedish anti-piracy and privacy laws clash'
Wednesday, May 20 2009 @ 04:59 AM EDT Contributed by: PrivacyNews
Sweden’s recently enacted anti-file sharing law will be rendered totally ineffectual when the government implements new rules on the storage of personal data next year, according to the head of a Swedish internet provider.
Source - The Local
[From the article:
The reason is that the type of data ISPs would be forced to store for six months under an amended IPRED-law can only be released to police and prosecutors to aid in the investigation of a serious crime.
But such data could not, according to the government’s proposal, be handed over to copyright holders as evidence to aid in lawsuits against illegal file sharers – which is precisely the power that anti-piracy groups have sought.
Perhaps they thought she might steal the secret of the telephone?
http://www.pogowasright.org/article.php?story=20090520050812448
De: Firm snooped into sex lives
Wednesday, May 20 2009 @ 05:08 AM EDT Contributed by: PrivacyNews
A German telecoms giant has been caught secretly snooping into its job applicants' sex lives. Deutsche Telekom authorised Stasi-style spying, according to a 2004 document entitled Company Security Personnel Screening.
It said the company hired private German investigators to spy on a female manager for a Croatian telecoms company who applied for a job at DT’s subsidiary in the country.
.... The document also reveals the company used the German intelligence service as a source in their analysis of the employee.
Source - The Sun
It's not Google after all...
http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/05/19/1846258&from=rss
Wolfram|Alpha's Surprising Terms of Service
Posted by kdawson on Tuesday May 19, @03:56PM from the badges-coming-soon dept.
eldavojohn notes that Groklaw is highlighting the unexpected Wolfram|Alpha ToS — unexpected, that is, for those of us accustomed to Google's "just don't use it to break the law, please" terms. Nothing wrong with Wolfram setting any terms they like, of course. Just be aware.
"We've seen people comparing Wolfram's Alpha to Google's Search from a technical standpoint but Groklaw outlined the legal differences in a post yesterday. Wolfram|Alpha's terms of use are completely different in that it is not a search engine; it's a computational service. The legalese says that they claim copyright on the each results page and require attribution. So for you academics out there, be careful. Groklaw notes this is interesting considering some of its results quote 2001: A Space Odyssey or Douglas Adams. Claiming copyright on that material may be a bold move. There's more: if you build a service that uses their service or deep-links to it, you may be facilitating your users to break their terms of use, and you may be held liable."
Delete doesn't mean delete...
http://www.pogowasright.org/article.php?story=20090519155831828
Deleted Tweets found living in the hereafter
Tuesday, May 19 2009 @ 03:58 PM EDT Contributed by: PrivacyNews
Careless Twitterers are in for a healthy dose of Web 2.0 reality with the advent of a site that shows it's not really possible to purge errant tweets, as the microblogging site might have them believe.
It has long been plenty easy for world+dog to find a user's deleted posts by using Twitter's advanced search page. Now, a site called Tweleted offers an interface that makes it even simpler. Plug in the name of any Twitter user and it will display all recently deleted items.
Source - The Register
Does this explain why the number of warrants issued for wiretaps (see annual report to congress) went down?
http://www.pogowasright.org/article.php?story=20090519132441587
FBI Use of Patriot Act Authority Increased Dramatically in 2008
Tuesday, May 19 2009 @ 01:24 PM EDT Contributed by: PrivacyNews
The number of FISA-court authorizations for national security and counter-terrorism wiretaps dropped last year by almost 300, a new Justice Department report to Congress shows. But the FBI’s use of so-called “national security letters” to get information on Americans without a court order increased dramatically, from 16,804 in 2007 to 24,744 in 2008.
Source - Threat Level
“I did not have hacking relations with that hard drive!”
http://www.databreaches.net/?p=4181
Data with personal info missing from National Archives
May 19, 2009 by admin Filed under: Government Sector, Lost or Missing, U.S.
The Associated Press reports that the National Archives has lost a computer hard drive containing personal information from the Clinton administration, including Social Security numbers and addresses. The missing drive also contains other sensitive information.
For you movie down-loaders...
http://www.pakblogger.com/windows-media-player-2009-codec-pack-play-all-media-formats-in-wmp/
Windows Media Player 2009 Codec Pack: Play All Media Formats In WMP
May 20, 2009
… The formats that you can play after installing it include Audio CDs, DVDs, (S)VCDs, XCDs. It also adds support to play many other formats including AC3, 3GP, AAC, AVI, APE, AVI, DivX, 3ivx, h.264, DAT, x264, AVC, Nero Digital, FLV, DTS, FLAC, HD-MOV, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MP3, MP4, MPC, M4A, MOD, MP3, MKV, MKA, OFR, MTM, TTA, OGG/OGM, S3M, VOB, Vorbis, WavPack, ATRAC3, XviD, WV, XM, WV ad UMX.
Yes this Code Pack will allow you to play almost all formats in Windows Media Player so that your WMP is only solution you need to play any kind of media format.
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