High-tech surveillance networks are providing police and government with the ability to monitor streets, parks and businesses like never before. Police in Sandy have such a system and call it a deterrent to crime. Still, others say it's an invasion of privacy.
A 20-year-old woman stalked through the Internet and killed. Thousands of e-commerce customers watching as their credit card numbers are sold online for $1 apiece. Internet chat rooms where identities are bought, sold and traded like options on the Chicago Board of Trade.
This news report talks about how the government may be stepping over the line when is comes to security, and how that collides with our personal freedom.
Facebook comes out with a new and easy to read guide on what information they have access to, and actually backup. Information such as what you search, what you say, and your aliases are, are all being kept. This information is considered, "non-personally identifiable information" and can be useful for marketing, the government, and anyone else who might want to dig up information.