Anyway today i was listening to yesterday's episode of Democracy Now! with amy goodman(i listen to a TON of podcasts, feel free to link me to some good ones ;3 ) and a couple things covered:
http://www.democracynow.org/2010/10/19/headlines#12
Obama Admin Seeks Changes to Telecom Surveillance LawsThe New York Times reports the Obama administration plans to ask Congress next year to approve legislation that requires phone and broadband carriers to ensure that their networks can be wiretapped by the government. A similar law is already on the books, but officials say it has not prevented some of the nation’s major telecommunications companies from making network changes that disrupt the government’s ability to conduct wiretaps.
Facebook Admits Major Breach of PrivacyIn other technology news, the Wall Street Journal has revealed Facebook users are inadvertently providing access to their names and in some cases even their friend’s names to advertising and internet tracking companies. The issue affects tens of millions of Facebook app users, including people who set their profiles to Facebook’s strictest privacy settings.
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Anindya Ghose, associate professor at New York University: "The average person should be aware of what is going on, just in general, because whatever you post online, if there is a digital trail, that’s going to be recorded, you know, for keeps. It’s going to stay there forever. So I think the average person should know that whatever information they release on Facebook, that’s going to be available to somebody or the other at any point in time."
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