MetaFilter posts tagged with FBI and privacy

Secret Warrants Granted Without Probable Cause

rxrfrx — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 23:32:12 -0800

Secret Warrants Granted Without Probable Cause

falafelfilter: FBI data mining bad ideas

tarheelcoxn — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 22:35:54 -0800

The idea was that a spike in, say, falafel sales, combined with other data, would lead to Iranian secret agents in the south San Francisco-San Jose area. I've read this article twice now because I was laughing too hard the first time. If I were more paranoid I might actually seriously ask what sort of data mining the FBI is doing, but... falafel sales! via. Seriously though. My homework for Thursday is to read and respond to an article on HIPAA requirements and prescription compliance programs. Privacy and government stupidity are very much on my mind.

Representatives from AOL, Microsoft, Google, Verizon and Comcast talk to US government

|n$eCur3 — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 14:59:54 -0800

Newsfilter. Surveillenve of everything you do online: "It was clear that they would go beyond kiddie porn and terrorism and use it for general law enforcement." Offline: "I'm John Doe, and if I had told you before today that the F.B.I. was requesting library records, I could have gone to jail." Previously, here. On your phone? We've already discussed that, too.

FBI adds to wiretap wish list

fluffycreature — Mon, 15 Mar 2004 06:59:08 -0800

Proposal to have companies rewire their networks to support easy wiretapping by police "A far-reaching proposal from the FBI, made public Friday, would require all broadband Internet providers, including cable modem and DSL companies, to rewire their networks to support easy wiretapping by police. The FBI's request to the Federal Communications Commission aims to give police ready access to any form of Internet-based communications. If approved as drafted, the proposal could dramatically expand the scope of the agency's wiretap powers, raise costs for cable broadband companies and complicate Internet product development." Read more about the FBI's proposal at Cnet.com. or MSNBC. But where is the actual proposal?

FBI in the library

Espoo2 — Sun, 22 Jun 2003 23:45:59 -0800

The FBI has not been here. Librarians, who can be required by the FBI to submit library records of private citizens under the PATRIOT Act--and who are prohibited from making these requests public--have invented some clever, legal strategies to fight back. (via japanesejoint.com)

Ty Webb — Thu, 30 May 2002 09:29:21 -0800

Government Will Ease Limits on Domestic Spying by F.B.I. (NY Times link) As part of a sweeping effort to transform the F.B.I. into a domestic terrorism prevention agency, Attorney General John Ashcroft has decided to relax restrictions on the bureau's ability to conduct domestic spying in counterterrorism operations, senior government officials said today. Here's the Wash. Post's take on the story.

rushmc — Sat, 24 Nov 2001 09:17:37 -0800

WE ARE WATCHING YOU. "The FBI added that its research is 'always mindful of constitutional, privacy and commercial equities,' and that its use of new technology can be challenged in court and in Congress." No really, go ahead, try and stop us if you don't like it. That's your (snicker, snicker) right.

baylink — Sun, 16 Jul 2000 18:05:36 -0800

It is time for Louis Freeh to lose his job. Carnivore, indeed. This has got to stop.