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National Security Agency spends $2 million on Google
Why did the citizen-spying National Security Agency pay Google $2 million? According to a contractobtained through the Freedom of Information Act and parsed by Blogoscoped, the NSA purchased "four Google search appliances, two-years replacement warranty on all of them, and 100 hours of consulting support." I know, kind of a letdown. But we sincerely hope that won't stop the conspiracy theorists from creating another paranoia-fueled video like the classic we've embedded below. More »
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ISPs agree on how to spy on you
Verizon, AT&T and Time Warner Cable executives told Congress yesterday they would not track user behavior online unless given explicit permission, but that they would prefer to police themselves, instead of having to deal with government oversight. Because that would be Orwellian. [Wired]
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Valley falls behind Europe in doggie-DNA law enforcement
The city of Vercelli in Italy joined Cologne, Dresden and Tel Aviv this week by adopting a canine DNA test to identify, you know, dog poop. It involves spit-sampling every dog in town to create a DNA database. Owners who don't pick up after their pups will be identified and fined. I'm warning you, folks: This is how it starts. Next thing you know your office manager will be spit-testing everyone to find out who put M&Ms in the espresso maker. It's still not too late to write in Ron Paul for President and stop all this. (Photo by Roofer 1)
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Guy who sued Facebook joins Facebook
Harvard alum Divya Narendra is on Facebook, one of his classmates noticed today. The social network started at that Ivy League school, so his joining it wouldn't be notable — except Narendra started ConnectU, the social network from which Narendra and his cofounders say fellow Harvard man Mark Zuckerberg stole the idea for Facebook. The other two founders are Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, who rowed in the Beijing Olympics and are also very tall. Narendra didn't take advantage of Facebook's excellent privacy features and has his profile exposed to the entire New York network. Narendra has been less vocal than the Winklevosses about ConnectU's continuing fight with Facebook, but according to his Facebook wall, which we've pasted below, Narendra's freinds still can't believe he joined the site. Also below: Guess which company Narendra did not include in the "Education and Work" section of his profile: More »
1 in 10 colleges checks applicants' online profiles
From a Kaplan survey, 10 percent of admissions officers surveyed at top-tier colleges admit to using social network profiles as an additional tool to evaluate applicants. Within that group, 38 percents say the kids' online profiles negatively affected their chances of getting in. Some of the admissions officers interviewed say that they don't go out of their way to peek into the students' lives online but wouldn't hesitate to Google more information. [Chicago Tribune] (Photo by star5112)
Indian government now knows where all its Blackberry users are
Various agencies in the Indian government — including its intelligence bureau — together have managed to crack Blackberry's encryption to monitor and track the ubiquitous mobile devices. Blackberry users communicating with each other or other devices on most of India's phone networks — though currently not with its state-owned telcos — can be monitored. Research in Motion did not contribute any technical data to the Indian government and has not yet commented. [IT Examiner] (Photo by Editor B)
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How visiting 4chan busted the alleged Palin hacker
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