A student at UMass Dartmouth had an unexpected visit after he requested a book that was on the fed’s watch list. The book? Mao Tse-Tung’s “The Little Red Book.”
“The professors said the student was told by the agents that the book is on a “watch list,” and that his background, which included significant time abroad, […]

Cory posted a great timeline of the events surrounding Sony’s rootkit. This has been incredible to watch unfold. Every single day something new and more embarassing for Sony has been reported. If you don’t know about it, or have had trouble following it, check out the timeline at boingboing.
To follow up on this, the […]

Here’s a short anecdote from a guy that escorted his girlfriend to a screening of “Derailed”. He explains all of the security and harassment they had to go through just to see a movie at the theater.
“People who submitted to the search (everyone from
what I could tell) had their cellphones taken from
them and checked […]

c|net has a great quote from Montana Supreme Court Justice James C. Nelson. While he upholds a case involving police snooping through a mans trash with out a warrant (something thats been legal even before the Patriot Act), he goes on to make a commentary on the world we currently live in and put up […]

I was recently turned on to a must watch documentary produced by Alex Jones, famed TV and Radio reporter. It examines the use of a false sense of insecurity by governments to gain more power over its people. Something that many, absolutely including myself, believe is going on right now by our current administration. This […]

Looks like Benetton has reneged on its idea of using RFID tags in most of its clothing. They didn't give an explicit reason for it, but said they “reserve the right to use them in the future.” Whatever the hell that means. To figure out what I'm blogging about tune in here.
UPDATE: www.boycottbenetton.org contacted me […]

I was extremely impressed to read about librarians passing out leaflets and posting signs to educate people about the Patriot Act.
For the uninformed, the Patriot Act is a 342 page bill written, voted, and signed into law by congress and our President in less than 5 weeks. Just one part of this law allows the […]

Benetton has announced that they will be sewing RFID tags into all of their clothes. RFID tags are passive wireless devices that can be individually found with scanners. While RFID tags are a great technology allowing companies to inventory whole boxes of items without and individual approach, they also allow other people to find out […]