June 25th, 2008 . by admin
This is a provision with huge reach, and was slipped into the bill this week. Not only does it affect nearly every credit card transaction, such as Visa, MasterCard, Discover, and American Express, but the bill specifically targets payment systems like eBay’s PayPal, Amazon, and Google Checkout, that are used by many online businesses.
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June 25th, 2008 . by admin
According to a legislative notice from the U.S. Senate, a new Housing Bill (HR 3221) contains a provision that will require nearly every online credit card transaction to be reported directly to the Internal Revenue Service.
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June 18th, 2008 . by admin
Homeowners were released from custody at 3am after being held without charges for up to 14 hours. They are being told they will no longer be able to access their property without violating a trespassing law.
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June 18th, 2008 . by admin
A group of four people were arrested in Philly, and detained for 12 hours while their house was being illegally searched for any evidence of wrongdoing.
Actual quote from the Police Captain: “They’re a hate group. We’re trying to drum up charges against them, but unfortunately we’ll probably have to let them go.”
Guilty until proven innocent?
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May 23rd, 2008 . by admin
Fingerprints are considered to be among the most personal of information, and fingerprint databases created and proposed in the name of national security have generated much debate.
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May 15th, 2008 . by admin
Charter Communications, the fourth-largest cable system in the United States, has started telling its high-speed Internet customers that it is going to keep track of every site they visit on the Web. The cable company will sell the data to a firm called NebuAd, which in turn will use it to show ads to Web-surfing Charter.
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May 15th, 2008 . by admin
The Air Force wants a suite of hacker tools, to give it “access” to–and “full control” of–any kind of computer there is. And once the info warriors are in, the Air Force wants them to keep tabs on their “adversaries’ information infrastructure completely undetected.” The government is growing increasingly interested in waging war online.
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April 25th, 2008 . by admin
This instructable shows how to deactivate those nasty RFID chips in your credit cards, passports and other devices that may give your personal information away to people with less than honorable intentions.
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April 18th, 2008 . by admin
If you don’t pay your transit ticket, Vancouver, BC police will be after you with a power electronic device that is deadly on some people. This is another example of Police using unwarranted force at their own discretion.
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April 15th, 2008 . by admin
Arrested for dancing at the Jefferson Memorial. Go out to celebrate the birth of the most hardcore, anti-authoritarian of the Founding Fathers, and get hauled off in handcuffs.
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