Lady Sued Exquifax and Handed Them Their Butts
Not only did a lady win almost $3 million for suing equifax, but now they have to pay another half million in attorney fees. The story is that Equifax refused to fix her credit report after she was a victim of identity theft.
.... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Tags: Equifax, Good Stuff, Identity TheftLow Cost GPS Stalker Device
Here's a guide on how to make a very low cost GPS tracking device useful for monitoring your own car, your loved ones, or anyone else for that mater so long as you can slip this device into their bag or car.
.... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Tags: Big Brother, GPSCongress About to Do Something Smart! Gasp!
There's a bill winding it's way through the muck in the capitol building. If this bill becomes law, it would preemptively prevent DNA-based discrimination, get this: before it becomes a problem. In the past, congress has been reluctant to pass laws that would prevent a problem before it gets out of control because they lack foresight or because .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Congress, DNAFBI Director Evades Questions From Congress On FBI Torture
I got this e-mail from a member of congress who I must have contacted at some point because I'm on his mailing list. Anyway, I think the point that he makes is valid. By the own words of the director of the FBI, if the CIA were torturing prisoners, the FBI would have a responsibility to investigate, but they .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Congress, FBIFBI at it Again. Want ISPs to Record and Store Your Activity Online
The FBI, which is proving to to be the worst thing to happen to America since dubya, is pushing for laws that will require your Internet Service Providers to record all that you do and make it available for police review.
"Records retention by ISPs would be tremendously helpful in giving us a historic basis to make .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]If You Use an Antenna To Pick Up Broadcast TV, Beware!
If you didn't already know, TV is going fully digital by February 2009. That means that all TVs, VCRs, etc that don't speak digital will be left in the lurch. You'll need to buy a converter and fortunately, the government is offering $40 coupons to all families (one per household) to defray the costs of conversion. Better yet, sometime .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Digital TVLending Tree Has Data Breach – Offers Poor Advice to Victims
Apparently a Lending Tree employee gave internal passwords to external lenders without permission. This resulted in people being offered loans by lenders who shouldn't have been able to see their data. While Lending Tree doesn't believe that this particular activity is likely to lead to ID theft, it is a problem nonetheless.
I wasn't .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Breaches, Identity Theft, Lending TreeNew Jersey Court First In Nation to Rule that We Have Right to Privacy Online
From the "Well flipping duh" committee as assisted by the "It's about freaking time" guild, a NJ court has ruled that we have privacy rights online and that "law enforcement officials need a grand jury warrant to have access to their private information".
.... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Tags: Good Stuff, New JerseyRecent Ruling Upholds Border Searches of Laptops
You can be forced to turn it on and let border agents browse around for stuff to charge you with. Isn't that nice?
.... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Tags: Big Brother, Border Search, Your RightsFBI Bullying Gets Worse
First the FBI was going to put the DNA of innocent people on permenant file, but now they're going to drag in the DNA of any relatives to the offenders as well.
He was a church-going father of two, and for more than 30 years Dennis Rader eluded police in the Wichita area, killing 10 people .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
