Kudos to Microsoft
Last night I blogged about Outlook 2007′s apparent decision to phone home with my name. This morning I had a comment from Microsoft’s Ben Canning and have been emailing back and forth ever since with...
View ArticleTonight: Live Webcast on the NSA Spying Issue
The ACLU is hosting a live webcast on the NSA spying issue. This evening, Sunday, June 11 at 7 PM ET (4PM PT), go to: www.aclu.org/presidentialpower Watch a live webcast of our third Town Hall meeting...
View ArticleAT&T is Watching You
David Lazarus reports that AT&T updated their ironically named “privacy policy” to include statements regarding: who owns the personal information of its customers (hint: It’s not the customers.)...
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Update on the CEIP Issue
As regular readers of Grain of Salt know, Office 2007 has been trying desperately to get past my firewall and send my full name back to Redmond — a practice in stark contrast to the assurances given...
View ArticleEFF’s Spying Case Moves Forward
Excellent news: San Francisco – A federal judge today denied the government’s motion to dismiss the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s (EFF’s) case against AT&T for collaborating with the NSA in...
View ArticleMicrosoft Responds
I finally heard back from Microsoft regarding that whole potential violation of my privacy thing. After having six weeks to sort things out, they said: We haven’t been able to reproduce the problem in...
View ArticleWarrantless Surveillance is Unconstitutional
Well, you and I already knew that. But now it’s official! DETROIT – A federal judge ruled Thursday that the government’s warrantless surveillance program is unconstitutional and ordered an immediate...
View ArticleEt tu, Qwest?
A few months ago, I chose Qwest as my long-distance provider because they were the one company that chose to take a stand against the NSA’s warrantless spying. Thus I am dismayed to learn that they are...
View ArticleEFF: “Last Chance to Stop the Surveillance Bills Before the Election!”
From the EFFector: For the last two months, your phone calls and letters have helped hold back the dangerous surveillance bills in Congress. These bills threaten vigorous judicial oversight of the...
View ArticleOn the issue of retroactive immunity
From today’s “Hodes Hotline Update”: I opposed the FISA legislation because I believe it does not strike the proper balance between protecting civil liberty and security as it undermines essential...
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