Tag: pennsylvania
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10/14 Defcon: Settlements, Citizenship & Commercial Gain
School district pays $610k to settle webcam spying lawsuits // Comcast pushes bot alert program nationwide // Facebook is ‘killing privacy for commercial gain’
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police state updates: surveillance & apple pie
fbi raids on antiwar activists – intimidation, not investigation* fbi launches mass raids of antiwar activists’ homes* feds expand war of terror, raid antiwar activists* spying on its citizens: as american as apple pie* the mysterious institute that spied on pennsylvania anti-drilling activists* pennsylvania’s homeland security chief goes in hiding* video: counter-terror operation stops trucks…
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Gadsden Flags Start Disputes Around The Country
An Arizona man is in trouble with his homeowners’ association over flying the Gadsden flag, which features a coiled rattlesnake and the words “Don’t Tread on Me.” The flag has been adopted by members of the tea party movement for its association with the American Revolution…
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Defcon 9/2: Cyborg, Spy School, Asteroids
Intel developing improved mind reading computers // Pentagon may apply preemptive warfare policy to the internet // Judge says Pennsylvania district must pay $260k in spying case // Our terrifyingly crowded solar system – How the asteroids are closing in
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philadelphia attempts $300 ‘business privilege tax’ on bloggers
or: it’s always money in philadelphia from nbc philadelphia: Taking a step closer to an eerie Orwellian state where creativity is crushed in the name of “the greater good,” the city of Philadelphia is demanding that bloggers pay $300 for the privilege of writing on the Internet. This $300 “business privilege license” is for all…
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no charges in pennsylvania school’s webcam spygate
related: young people will have to change their names to escape ‘cyber past’ warns google ceo from threat level: Federal authorities announced Tuesday they will not prosecute administrators connected to a webcam spying scandal at a suburban Philadelphia school district. Prosecutors and the FBI opened an inquiry following a February privacy lawsuit accusing Lower Merion…
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Americans Renounce Citizenship to Avoid IRS
At the US Embassy in London, there is a waiting list that none of the officials likes to discuss. On the list are Americans hoping to give up their citizenship, as they seek shelter from the Internal Revenue Service.
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Defcon 7/29: Leaky Lawsuits
100 million Facebook pages ‘leaked’ on torrent site // ‘Minority Report’ technology used by UK police to predict crimes // Tokyo trials digital billboards that scan passers-by // 2nd student sues school district over webcam spying
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Police State Updates: Mobs, Ads & a State of Emergency
What an out-of-control mob looks like // Pentagon revives Rumsfeld-era domestic spying unit // Pennsylvania town simulates aerosolized anthrax attack // Obama strategy for G20 keeps toxic derivatives in charge of world economy
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Police State Updates: Tattle On the Cattle
TSA agent steals cash from wheelchair-bound woman // New terror monitors: parking attendants // UC Berkeley asking incoming students for DNA // UK to kill national ID card program
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Voters Back Anti-DC, Anti-Establishment Candidates
With the electorate’s intense anger reverberating across the country, this is all but certain: It’s an anti-Washington, anti-establishment year. And candidates with ties to either better beware.
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Defcon 5/6: Global Cooperation & Orwellian Legislation
Summit in Dallas targets cybercrime – sponsored by Goldman Sachs & Microsoft, etc // IBM’s city sim trains planners to tackle future problems for growing urban centers // Cyber attacks hyped to justify net regulation // Report reams admins for secretly snapping student pics
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17Yr-Old Phillies Fan Tasered: Why Police Are Using Tasers More Often
Did the 17-year-old field-runner who got tasered by a Philadelphia police officer at the Phillies-Cardinals game at Citizens Bank Park Monday night have it coming? Or did the police officer struggling to keep pace go too far by firing 50,000 volts at the towel-waving kid in order to crumple him in front of nearly 45,000…
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Ira Einhorn, Earth Day Co-Creator, Was Well-Connected ‘Unicorn Killer’
Today is Earth Day, a holiday created to honor the planet and to raise the consciousness of man’s effect on the environment. Philadelphia has a very strong tie to this day. One of its native sons, Ira Einhorn, was a co-founder of the environmentalist jubilee. But Mr. Einhorn has another line on his resume. In…
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Webcamgate Expands As Lawyers Say 1000s of Pictures Taken
A webcam spying scandal at a suburban Philadelphia school district is broadening, with lawyers claiming the district secretly snapped thousands of webcam images of students using school-issued laptops without the pupils’ knowledge or consent.