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Student laptops deliver thousands of private images to school district

By Steve McGough / April 16, 2010 /

Remember the story from February where a high school sophomore and his family alleged the school district was using laptop Web cameras – issued by the school – to monitor students by taking pictures when the computers were on at home? It gets worse…

Wall Street Witch Hunts

By Dave in EH / March 20, 2009 /

Democrats in Congress usually have a “thing” for privacy rights.  Listening in on international phone-calls were one end of the conversation is a known or suspected terrorist?  That’s bad.  However, not all such intrusions are equal. McCarthy-esque intrusion into the lives of folks working on Wall Street?  Wielding  the tax code as a weapon against…

Justice Department demands list of Web site visitors – or visitor?

By Steve McGough / November 10, 2009 / Comments Off on Justice Department demands list of Web site visitors – or visitor?

Well this is somewhat interesting. The United States District Court in southern Indiana demanded information on all IP traffic to and from indymedia.us on June 25, 2008. They want subscriber data including personal identification details.

PETA and Michael Vick

By Dave in EH / March 30, 2009 /

One of the things you can always count on PETA to be in entertaining, especially if you like your humor dark and your protesters naked.  Admittedly, they’re probably best known for stripping at KFC than making sense, but, hey, who can complain about a campaign I can only call “chicks for chickens.”  Which is why…

He Said, He Said – Congress Investigates Steroid Use

By Steve McGough / February 13, 2008 / Comments Off on He Said, He Said – Congress Investigates Steroid Use

I have not thought too much about steroid use in baseball, but there is one thing that I’m certain of, Congress has specific responsibilities listed in the U.S. Constitution and there is no mention of hearing on steroids in baseball. Fox News is covering the hearings live. Here is the opening statement from Roger Clemens.…

Being watched at a mall near you … you!

By Steve McGough / November 23, 2011 /

For years, malls have used various techniques to determine what entrance people use, what stores they go to, and what stores they pass by. Now, the technology exists to track unique cell phone IDs to collect reliable data – in bulk – concerning your movements at malls and inside stores. How do you feel about…

Connecticut should not make pistol permit information available to public

By Steve McGough / September 1, 2010 /

Connecticut state law does not allow pistol permit records to be available to the public. Many states do allow this information to be released, and some media outlets – in a drive to increase page views – have published the full databases including private information simply because it’s “public record.”

Little brother is watching, too…

By Dave in EH / May 21, 2009 /

What does this story mean?  Probably that Orwell just wasn’t paranoid enough… Children as young as seven are being recruited by councils to act as ‘citizen snoopers’, the Daily Mail can reveal. The ‘environment volunteers’ will report on litter louts, noisy neighbours – and even families putting their rubbish out on the wrong day. There…

“Big Brother” is watching…

By Dave in EH / March 28, 2009 /

What is the difference between a citizen and a subject? Personally, my reflexive answer is freedom of one sort or another — the right to bear arms, the right to free speech and freedom of association, etc.  The things that a citizen has and takes for granted.  Sometimes, however, it is what the subject has…

Taxes, privacy and liberalism

By Dave in EH / December 30, 2008 /

Remember all that Democratic whining about wanting for people to drive more fuel-efficient cars? Here comes the other shoe… “A year ago, the Oregon Department of Transportation announced it had demonstrated that a new way to pay for roads — via a mileage tax and satellite technology — could work. Now Gov. Ted Kulongoski says…