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Bills Would Mandate Warrant for GPS Tracking, Cellphone Location Data – Threat Level
Two comprehensive bills introduced Thursday in the House and Senate would compel law enforcement agents to obtain a warrant before affixing a GPS tracker to a vehicle, using a cell site simulator to locate someone or obtaining geolocation data from third-party service providers. Original post on wired.com Comments on reddit.com
Northern Virginia officials worry CIA facility may scuttle bid to land FBI headquarters
Northern Virginia officials worry clandestine CIA site could block effort to lure FBI headquarters. Original post on washingtonpost.com Comments on reddit.com
Texas proposes one of nation’s “most sweeping” mobile privacy laws
If signed into law, cops would finally need a warrant to get location data. Original post on arstechnica.com Comments on reddit.com
Mystery of how homing pigeons find home solved – Technology – science – Science – LiveScience
The mystery of how homing pigeons are able to navigate home may have been solved. The birds use low-frequency sound waves to make a mental map of their location, new research suggests. Original post on nbcnews.com Comments on reddit.com
Editing the genome with high precision
A new technique developed at MIT can edit DNA in precise locations (credit: Christine Daniloff/iMol) Researchers at MIT, the Broad Institute and Rockefeller Original post on kurzweilai.net Comments on reddit.com
A Microsoft Research Project Offloads GPS Data and Calculations to the Cloud to Save Battery Life.
A Microsoft Research project offloads data and calculations to save battery life. Original post on technologyreview.com Comments on reddit.com
WSJ: Retailers adjusting online prices based on location and perceived income
Retailers such as Staples are modifying the prices displayed on their websites depending on the shopper’s location. In an investigation, The Wall Street Journal discovered that Staples is… Original post on theverge.com Comments on reddit.com
Your Cellphone Is Spying on You
How the surveillance state co-opted personal technology Original post on reason.com Comments on reddit.com
Senator Franken Wants Us to Know When Our Apps Are Tracking Us: – Anita Ramasastry – Verdict
Justia columnist and U. Washington law professor Anita Ramasastry comments on Senator Al Franken’s proposed legislation that would regulate cyberstalking and geolocation apps—some of which are installed in a given device without notice of their presence being provided to the user. As Ramasastry explains, some of the chief concerns in this area of law include the possible stalking of domestic violence victims, and the safety of children. As Ramasastry explains, this topic not only sparked Franken’s interest, but also is of interest to the FTC, and the Senate Judiciary Committee. Original post on justia.com Comments on reddit.com
Sen. Franken Wants Apps To Get Explicit Permission Before Selling Your Whereabouts To Random Third Parties
Senator Al Franken of Minnesota isn’t the hugest fan of the fast and loose economy growing up around our location data, so he’s pushing a location privacy bill that would require companies to get your permission to see where you are and to get your explicit permission to provide your whereabouts to third parties. Original post on forbes.com Comments on reddit.com
Southern Nevada woman is arrested on suspicion of trying to vote twice
Investigators arrested a Southern Nevada woman for allegedly trying to vote twice at two different early voting locations. Roxanne Rubin was taken into custody as she arrived for work at the Riviera hotel-casino, investigators said. Original post on lasvegassun.com Comments on reddit.com
Verizon draws fire for monitoring app usage, browsing habits – Politics and Law
‘We’re able to view just everything that they do,’ Verizon Wireless exec has boasted. Privacy groups say initiative — including linking databases showing whether customers own pets — may violate wiretap law. Read this article by Declan McCullagh on CNET News. Original post on cnet.com Comments on reddit.com
EFF Asks Appeals Court to Rehear Cell Site Tracking Case – Electronic Frontier Foundation
Tropical Storm Isaac: Google launches special map with latest info
The Google Crisis Response team has launched a special map providing useful information for anyone concerned about Tropical Storm Isaac. Original post on digitaltrends.com Comments on reddit.com
Magnitude 6.4 – SIMEULUE, INDONESIA
USGS Earthquake Hazards Program, responsible for monitoring, reporting, and researching earthquakes and earthquake hazards Original post on usgs.gov Comments on reddit.com
Facebook Camera app really, really wants to know your location – Internet & Media – CNET News
Facebook’s slick new camera app goes on strike if you don’t give it access to your location. Here’s why. Read this blog post by Eric Mack on Internet & Media. Original post on cnet.com Comments on reddit.com
BBC News – Trefael Stone reveals stone age burial chamber
Archaeologists are to exhume and analyse human bones found under a prehistoric monument in Pembrokeshire recently identified as the cap on a burial site. Original post on bbc.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
Apple News; Siri Results Altered and Damning Emails Surface in the Price Fixing Issue
Well, well, well; it looks like Apple has been caught altering the data that Siri returns to their users when asked specific questions. Last week it w… Original post on decryptedtech.com Comments on reddit.com
DOJ: Requiring warrant for cell phone tracking would ‘cripple’ law enforcement – Computerworld Blogs
The Justice Department told a congressional committee that law enforcement and prosecutors would be crippled if they were required to obtain a search warrant for cell phone location tracking information. What happened to probable cause, the Fourth Amendment and a reasonable expectation of privacy? Original post on computerworld.com Comments on digg.com
On the horrors of getting approval for an ice-cream parlour in San Francisco – Boing Boing
Dog skull dates back 33,000 years
If you think a Chihuahua doesn’t have much in common with a Rottweiler, you might be on to something. Original post on physorg.com Comments on reddit.com Other physorg.com posts Other posts in Science
Dumb hacker tweets FourSquare location while hacking Ashton Kutcher – Computerworld Blogs
Idiots, the world is full of them and sometimes that includes stupid social media hackers. Several high profile Twitter accounts were hacked yesterday, including Ashton Kutcher, the Huffington Post, and actor Eric Stonestreet. But Kutcher’s hijacked accounts highlight the hacker’s extraordinary degree of dumbness by tweeting his FourSquare location. More