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{ Monthly Archives } October 2008

Handheld fingerprint readers and the British surveillance state

Hundreds of years ago, with the passage of the Magna Carta, Great Britain took a bold step in outlining basic civil liberties for the common man. Unfortunately, over the past few years, the UK has switched from being a basic rights trend-setter, to a surveillance innovator. What ever happened? Last year, a troubling new law […]

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2008 10 29 csoghoian Uncategorized Comments (2)

CALEA Status

I recently spent a surprisingly difficult afternoon trying to figure out the current status of CALEA (Computer Assistance for Law Enforcement Act), the 1994 law that requires telecommunications companies to build tools into their telephone networks that allow them to respond quickly and fully to law enforcement requests for wiretaps. CALEA is a hugely important […]

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2008 10 23 hal Uncategorized Comments Off on CALEA Status
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