My Way News - Few Delays As New Border ID Rules Begin
AP reports: "U.S. and Canadian citizens entering the country are no longer allowed to simply declare to immigration officers at border crossings that they are citizens. Instead, those 19 and older must show proof of citizenship, such as a passport or a 'trusted traveler' card issued to frequent border crossers. Driver's licenses must be accompanied by proof of citizenship, such as a birth certificate."
2008/01/31
2008/01/26
My Way News - Microchips Everywhere: a Future Vision
AP reports: "With tags in so many objects, relaying information to databases that can be linked to credit and bank cards, almost no aspect of life may soon be safe from the prying eyes of corporations and governments, says Mark Rasch, former head of the computer-crime unit of the U.S. Justice Department."
AP reports: "With tags in so many objects, relaying information to databases that can be linked to credit and bank cards, almost no aspect of life may soon be safe from the prying eyes of corporations and governments, says Mark Rasch, former head of the computer-crime unit of the U.S. Justice Department."
2008/01/25
My Way News - EU Justice Chief Proposes Security Plan
AP reports: "The European Union's top justice official on Friday proposed replicating U.S. border security measures in Europe, with plans to fingerprint and electronically record the entry and of all visitors."
AP reports: "The European Union's top justice official on Friday proposed replicating U.S. border security measures in Europe, with plans to fingerprint and electronically record the entry and of all visitors."
2008/01/24
Jamaica Gleaner News - National ID coming - Golding wants Jamaicans registered, moves to make country more manageable
Jamaica Gleaner reports: "Speaking yesterday at a post-Cabinet retreat press conference at Jamaica House, Mr. Golding said the national identification system would be introduced in the 2008/2009 fiscal year. He said this would require every Jamaican who is resident in the country to be registered and be assigned a unique number from the date of birth."
Jamaica Gleaner reports: "Speaking yesterday at a post-Cabinet retreat press conference at Jamaica House, Mr. Golding said the national identification system would be introduced in the 2008/2009 fiscal year. He said this would require every Jamaican who is resident in the country to be registered and be assigned a unique number from the date of birth."
My Way News - Cheney Wants Surveillance Law Expanded
AP reports: "At the heart of the controversy is whether the government's wireless surveillance program violated provisions of the original FISA law that requires warrants for wiretaps whenever one of the parties involved in the communication resides in the United States."
AP reports: "At the heart of the controversy is whether the government's wireless surveillance program violated provisions of the original FISA law that requires warrants for wiretaps whenever one of the parties involved in the communication resides in the United States."
2008/01/22
My Way News - EU Official Says IP Address Is Personal
AP reports: "IP addresses, a string of numbers that identifies a computer, should generally be regarded as personal information, the head of the European Union's group of data privacy regulators said Monday."
AP reports: "IP addresses, a string of numbers that identifies a computer, should generally be regarded as personal information, the head of the European Union's group of data privacy regulators said Monday."
Date for mandatory ID cards in Britain put back to 2012: opposition - Yahoo! News
AFP reports: "Britons will not be required to have ID cards until 2012, two years later than originally planned, the opposition Conservatives claimed on Tuesday, citing leaked government documents they obtained."
AFP reports: "Britons will not be required to have ID cards until 2012, two years later than originally planned, the opposition Conservatives claimed on Tuesday, citing leaked government documents they obtained."
2008/01/17
My Way News - UK Says It Wants to Tackle Net Terror
AP reports: "But Internet service providers and experts say they could be accused of corporate censorship and face a mess of lawsuits if they must carry out any government order to aggressively police the Internet."
AP reports: "But Internet service providers and experts say they could be accused of corporate censorship and face a mess of lawsuits if they must carry out any government order to aggressively police the Internet."
2008/01/15
Washington Wire - WSJ.com : Dancing Spychief Wants to Tap Into Cyberspace
The Wall Street Journal reports: "At issue, McConnell acknowledges, is that in order to accomplish his plan, the government must have the ability to read all the information crossing the Internet in the United States in order to protect it from abuse. Congressional aides tell The Journal that they, too, are also anticipating a fight over civil liberties that will rival the battles over the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act."
The Wall Street Journal reports: "At issue, McConnell acknowledges, is that in order to accomplish his plan, the government must have the ability to read all the information crossing the Internet in the United States in order to protect it from abuse. Congressional aides tell The Journal that they, too, are also anticipating a fight over civil liberties that will rival the battles over the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act."
2008/01/14
Security agencies in talks on global criminal database: UK police - Yahoo! News
AP reports: "British security agencies have been in talks with the US Federal Bureau of Investigation over plans for a global database of major criminals and suspected terrorists, a police spokesman told AFP Tuesday."
Comment: If it's just the U.S. and the British who can place names into the database, that would be one thing, but if other countries, more repressive countries, can place names into the database, I see the potential for great abuse. Missionaries, democracy activists and human rights workers are seen as subversives in many parts of the world. How tempting would it be for a country to put the names of such people into the database?
AP reports: "British security agencies have been in talks with the US Federal Bureau of Investigation over plans for a global database of major criminals and suspected terrorists, a police spokesman told AFP Tuesday."
Comment: If it's just the U.S. and the British who can place names into the database, that would be one thing, but if other countries, more repressive countries, can place names into the database, I see the potential for great abuse. Missionaries, democracy activists and human rights workers are seen as subversives in many parts of the world. How tempting would it be for a country to put the names of such people into the database?
My Way News - Britain to Fingerprint Visa Applicants
AP reports: "Logging and checking visitors' biometric information is one of the central planks of the government's new immigration strategy, which includes the introduction of an Australian-style points system intended to encourage skilled immigrants, the creation of police-like border force and fines for bosses who do not ensure their employees are legally entitled to work in Britain."
AP reports: "Logging and checking visitors' biometric information is one of the central planks of the government's new immigration strategy, which includes the introduction of an Australian-style points system intended to encourage skilled immigrants, the creation of police-like border force and fines for bosses who do not ensure their employees are legally entitled to work in Britain."
My Way News - Video Ads Are Planned for Grocery Carts
AP reports: "Microsoft Corp. is bringing digital advertising to the grocery cart. The software maker spent four years working with Plano, Texas-based MediaCart Holdings Inc. on a grocery cart-mounted console that helps shoppers find products in the store, then scan and pay for their items without waiting in the checkout line."
AP reports: "Microsoft Corp. is bringing digital advertising to the grocery cart. The software maker spent four years working with Plano, Texas-based MediaCart Holdings Inc. on a grocery cart-mounted console that helps shoppers find products in the store, then scan and pay for their items without waiting in the checkout line."
2008/01/10
My Way News - 666 Draws Comment in House of Commons
AP reports: "The beast of the Book of Revelation intruded into the banter of the House of Commons on Thursday when a motion calling for the disestablishment of the Church of England was numbered 666."
Comment: I'm not sure what to make of this, but it's seems noteworthy, Bible prophecy being mentioned, even quoted, in an AP newswire report. Strange days indeed.
AP reports: "The beast of the Book of Revelation intruded into the banter of the House of Commons on Thursday when a motion calling for the disestablishment of the Church of England was numbered 666."
Comment: I'm not sure what to make of this, but it's seems noteworthy, Bible prophecy being mentioned, even quoted, in an AP newswire report. Strange days indeed.
My Way News - New Security Rules for Driver's Licenses
AP reports: "Americans born after Dec. 1, 1964, will have to get more secure driver's licenses in the next six years under ambitious post-9/11 security rules to be unveiled Friday by federal officials."
Comment: Just to clarify, I'm not suggesting that this is the Mark of the Beast or in any way sinister, it's just an example of the post-9/11 trend in more mandatory ID requirements, and the Mark is (or rather, will be) the most extreme form of mandatory ID.
AP reports: "Americans born after Dec. 1, 1964, will have to get more secure driver's licenses in the next six years under ambitious post-9/11 security rules to be unveiled Friday by federal officials."
Comment: Just to clarify, I'm not suggesting that this is the Mark of the Beast or in any way sinister, it's just an example of the post-9/11 trend in more mandatory ID requirements, and the Mark is (or rather, will be) the most extreme form of mandatory ID.
2008/01/08
My Way News - ACLU Rips Plan to Track R.I. Students
AP reports: "A tech company with ties to a school district plans to test a tracking system by putting computer chips on grade-schoolers' backpacks, an experiment the ACLU ripped Monday as invasive and unnecessary."
AP reports: "A tech company with ties to a school district plans to test a tracking system by putting computer chips on grade-schoolers' backpacks, an experiment the ACLU ripped Monday as invasive and unnecessary."
2008/01/07
Daily Kos: State of the Nation
Daily Kos reports: "Oh this is just priceless. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screeners are learning to recognize a special set of forbidden facial expressions. If your face slips into one of these during a TSA inspection, you will be taken aside and given a more detailed screening."
This is an eerie post because they contrast actual TSA policy with a quote from George Orwell's, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Orwell called it facecrime.
Daily Kos reports: "Oh this is just priceless. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screeners are learning to recognize a special set of forbidden facial expressions. If your face slips into one of these during a TSA inspection, you will be taken aside and given a more detailed screening."
This is an eerie post because they contrast actual TSA policy with a quote from George Orwell's, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Orwell called it facecrime.
2008/01/02
My Way News - US Near Bottom of Global Privacy Index
AP reports: "Individual privacy is under threat around the world as governments continue introducing surveillance and information-gathering measures, according to an international rights group. [...] The survey considered such factors as legal protections, enforcement, data sharing, the use of biometrics and prevalence of closed-circuit cameras."
AP reports: "Individual privacy is under threat around the world as governments continue introducing surveillance and information-gathering measures, according to an international rights group. [...] The survey considered such factors as legal protections, enforcement, data sharing, the use of biometrics and prevalence of closed-circuit cameras."
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