Memory is a record.
People only have substance within the memories of other people. And that’s why there were all kinds of myself. There weren’t a lot of myself per se, I was just inside all sorts of people, that’s all.

Hackers steal info from 1.3 million Washington Post accounts

An unknown group of hackers targeted the Washington Post’s jobs section last week and made off with 1.3 million user e-mail addresses. An FAQ released by the Post on Thursday addresses what happened and how users will likely be affected.

How Your Private Emails Can Be Used Against You in Court

A cybersecurity scholar argues that the power to subpoena information that consumers have stored in the cloud is overly broad.

"The Court’s decision in [United States vs. Antoine] Jones could have a significant impact on everyone’s privacy because most of us are carrying a tracking device everyday: our cell phone."

The ACLU, on the Supreme Court’s decision to consider whether GPS tracking without a warrant is unconstitutional. Next term, the high court will weigh a Justice Department appeal of a court ruling that threw out the life sentence of a Washington, D.C., man who was convicted of distributing cocaine. Police reportedly tracked Jones’ movements for a month using a GPS tracking device they planted on his car — something the federal appeals court in Washington ruled was a violation of the Fourth Amendment. The DOJ contends GPS tracking on public streets is critical for law-enforcement investigations.
During the second half of last year, Google received 14,201 requests for data on its users and it complied with 76% of those requests, according to its Transparency Report.The U.S. government asks for user data more than any other country, with 4,601 requests. Of that, Google complied fully or partially 94% of the time. Google says it is getting more and more data requests from governments because it is rolling out more and more products, and adding new users. In the first half of the year Google had 13,424 requests for data.The data requests are normally related to criminal investigations.

During the second half of last year, Google received 14,201 requests for data on its users and it complied with 76% of those requests, according to its Transparency Report.

The U.S. government asks for user data more than any other country, with 4,601 requests. Of that, Google complied fully or partially 94% of the time.

Google says it is getting more and more data requests from governments because it is rolling out more and more products, and adding new users. In the first half of the year Google had 13,424 requests for data.

The data requests are normally related to criminal investigations.

Despite All the Attention, LulzSec Hackers Failed

But did LulzSec’s “message” get through? I’d have to say no. The Arizona hack seemed the deadly serious exception to the rule, in a series of incidents that for the most part amounted to annoyances for all concerned. In the span of 50 days, LulzSec proved it was neither original, nor technically adept, nor intellectually focused enough to be motivated by anything that approached a coherent ideology. The available evidence suggests the group’s members were a bunch of misguided young people with too much time on their hands and precious few constructive outlets for their considerable energy.

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motherjones: TSA Searches: Not just for the airport anymore! A TSA program has conducted 8000 surprise searches of people getting on the subway, boarding ferries, or even driving their own car! And because TSA works with Immigration and Border Patrol, after being searched some people are asked about their immigration status and deported. Remember, this is for your own safety! Just don’t forget your papers. or even driving their own car!or even driving their own car! Get out of my car and get probable cause or better yet, get a warrant.And also, this is one of the reasons why I carry my passport with me. What the ever-loving actual fuck, people.

motherjones:

TSA Searches: Not just for the airport anymore!

A TSA program has conducted 8000 surprise searches of people getting on the subway, boarding ferries, or even driving their own car! And because TSA works with Immigration and Border Patrol, after being searched some people are asked about their immigration status and deported. Remember, this is for your own safety! Just don’t forget your papers.

or even driving their own car!

or even driving their own car!

Get out of my car and get probable cause or better yet, get a warrant.

And also, this is one of the reasons why I carry my passport with me. What the ever-loving actual fuck, people.