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Ben Feigert

Some Malls Tracking Shoppers Through Their Cell Phones This Holiday Season - 0 views

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    By John P. Mello Jr., PCWorld Nov 25, 2011 9:06 AM For some mall shoppers, Black Friday has become Track Friday. Thanks to a snoopy piece of tech from a U.K. company called Path Intelligence, some malls in Europe, Australia, and the United States will be tracking shoppers' movements today through their cell phones.
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London riots: BlackBerry to help police probe Messenger looting 'role' - 3 views

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    Did the encrypted (and difficult to surveil) BB Messenger service allow recent riots in England to grow out of control? What role should government play in tracking communications technology, during normal or extraordinary times? To what extent should private companies assist in government investigations, and is it justifiable under the laws of one country, but not in another?
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Protect Our Right to Anonymity - 0 views

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    An editorial arguing that government should *not* have the authority to surveil private citizens via GPS. Also that it's important to draw a sharp line now, before gov't goes farther into facial-recognition and internet-based surveillance.
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