MPAA Hacker Spied on The Pirate Bay | TorrentFreak
The same hacker that worked for the MPAA to bring down TorrentSpy (and who switched to the P2P side after a while) is revealing that he was also hired to collect information on The Pirate Bay as well.
(tags: p2p torrentspy thepiratebay MPAA hacking surveillance legal)

New Quebec licences […]

Telco won’t install fiber network, sues to prevent city from doing so
A legal battle may be brewing as Bridgewater Telephone argues that the city of Monticello can’t use bonds to raise funds for a government-led deployment of cable because it unfairly competes with business. Bridgewater has previously refused to lay cable.
(tags: internet business bridgewater ISPs […]

Canada, IT & Telecoms, SCC Confirms Privacy Commissioner Cannot Order Production Of Privileged Documents - Stikeman Elliott LLP - 21/07/2008, Information Security & Risk Management, Information Technology Law, Outsourcing, Intellectual Property, Data Prot
The Supreme Court indicated that the Commissioner does not have the power to order the production of any documents…the Commissioner must note in […]

U.S. Passport Cards being distributed : SecureID News
Passport cards are RFID-enabled, and are intended to facilitate frequent travel of Americans living in border communities. L-1 Identity Solutions are producing the cards, and Unisys Corp is deploying the readers.
(tags: L-1 RFID passport America Unisys citizenship travel)

How reliable is DNA in identifying suspects? - Los Angeles Times
Kathryn […]

Copyright Q&A with Tom King, NDP candidate for Guelph
(tags: copyright Guelph canada c-61 NDP government)

Rogers latest ISP to “help” customers with DNS redirects
Rogers is redirecting customers who fail to accurately type a DNS to an ad-laden site. It is a question as to whether or not this violates network neutrality principles.
(tags: Rogers ISP Canada netneutrality […]

ODIN to handle RFID for UNISYS border contract : SecureID News
ODIN technology has been tagged for Homeland Security’s RFID program that will place RFID in license plates to streamline border passage.
(tags: RFID Homeland America security license)

After Security Breach, Harvard Unveils New IDs
After a Harvard student was found to have made counterfeits of university swipe cards […]

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Paris Hilton targeted in CD prank
Banksy replaces CDs in Paris Hilton’s new album with his own doctored CDs.
(tags: Banksy ParisHilton UK art culture prank)

Congress asks Embarq about selling customer info
It is believed that Embarq may have secretly tested NebuAd’s behavioural advertising system. Congress is beginning a brief investigation into this […]

Security checks rile drivers in Beijing
I’m impressed that the Chinese are terming their security rings the ‘lines of defence’. This strikes me as either a really poor translation of what the rings are called or a unsettling militarization of what we would perceive as a civil security matter.
(tags: China olympics military security risk safety surveillance)

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Executive Summary - Privacy Commissioner of Canada - Law School Admission Investigation
The Privacy Commisioner of Canada has found that LSAT’s collection of fingerprints for the purposes of deterring would-be cheaters is in violation of Canadian privacy laws after applying the four-point test.
(tags: Canada PrivacyCommissioner LSAT Law Government privacy)

Facebook accused of violating user trust, breaking Canadian […]

NY attorney general gets more ISPs to block alt.* newsgroups
More ISPs are being approached by the NY AG to get them to block/decomission their usenet alt.* newsgroups. AT&T is one of the partners that has agreed.
(tags: censorship internet netneutrality isp politics AT&T)

p2pnet news » Blog Archive » Sandvine FairShare traffic throttling
(tags: Sandvine netneutrality bandwidth)

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