- Fri Feb 5 9:16 AM PST 2010 FBI wants records kept of Web sites visited
Internet providers should keep logs for two years, says head of FBI's digital evidence section. But what about the practical and privacy issues?
- Wed Feb 3 9:37 PM PST 2010 Police survey provides glimpse of Net-surveillance figures
A relatively small group of 100 police working on Internet investigations reports submitting as many as 22,800 legal requests for information a year to Internet providers.
- Wed Feb 3 4:00 AM PST 2010 Police want backdoor to Web users' private data
A survey, part of a broader lobbying effort, finds cybercrime fighters want to "exchange legal process requests and responses to legal process" through a police-only "nationwide computer network."
- Wed Dec 16 4:00 AM PST 2009 Keeping Uncle Sam from spying on citizens
As Center for Democracy and Technology lawyer, Greg Nojeim works to keep government from using national security as excuse to violate citizens' online privacy.
- Fri Oct 16 12:46 PM PDT 2009 Six charged in tech insider-trading scheme
Employees of Intel, IBM, and McKinsey have been charged by federal prosecutors with providing insider information to hedge fund managers.
- Mon Jul 6 3:28 PM PDT 2009 Jammie Thomas asks for new trial
Lawyers for the Minnesota woman ordered last month to pay $1.92 million in damages for the illegal sharing of 24 copyrighted songs say judgment is "grossly excessive."
- Sun Jul 5 6:13 AM PDT 2009 Report: Problems stymie U.S. cyberspy protection
Technical and privacy issues are plaguing the U.S. government's work on the overarching system to protect federal computer networks from cyberspies, according to The Wall Street Journal.
- Fri Jun 26 8:51 AM PDT 2009 Week in review: Steve Jobs' secret transplant
Apple's CEO gets a liver transplant and comes back to work, new details emerge on Windows 7 pricing, and Facebook adds new bells and whistles into the live stream. Also: Teen "sexting."
- Mon Jun 22 11:45 PM PDT 2009 Tech giants deny helping Iran eavesdrop
A Nokia-Siemens joint venture denies allegations it provided Internet wiretapping gear to Iran, leaving many to wonder who's aiding the Internet snoops? Or are their Net restrictions entirely homemade?
- Thu Jun 11 1:03 PM PDT 2009 Jammie Thomas suffers pretrial setback in copyright case
Federal judge has denied a motion made by defendant's lawyers to suppress evidence gathered by MediaSentry. Judge also won't allow her to argue fair use.




