Spy Chief Trying to EXPAND Surveillance Powers
They're trying to get even more power and less oversight? And I thought this Mike guy was doing such a good job so far. Here's one that caught my eye:
Give telecommunications companies immunity from civil liability for their cooperation with Bush's terrorist surveillance program. Pending lawsuits against companies .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]White House “Lost” E-mails – Evade Recordkeeping?
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Tags: Accountability, Congress, George BushHow to Tell When It’s Bait and Switch
This is useful. A short write-up on how to tell when someone can get away with not giving you what was advertised vs when you can force them to honor a deal to their detriment. Here's the interesting part:
Employs compensation methods that discourage or penalize sales people for selling the bait. Vista Comatibility Mode – Good News And Bad
Good news: Here's an article on how to use Vista's compatibility mode to run older software.
Bad news: According to all the comments on the article, it doesn't work at all (which matches my experience with the XP compatibility mode).
.... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Tags: Microsoft, Windows, Windows VistaDepartment of Defense Seeks Public Comment on Predatory Lending
According to Public Citizen, the DoD has proposed some rules that severely limited the scope of protections as suggested by consumer protection groups. Up to June 11th, you can submit your ideas about the proposal to them directly (information about sending in the comments is on the last page of the proposal).
.... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Tags: Predatory LendingPrivacy Advocate Teaches State a Lesson – Posts Senators’ Private Data
This lady found Social Security Numbers on a state website. She's threatened to publicly release detailed instructions on how to find them like she did and to expose the SSNs of several important people in the state if they don't fix the problem.
A spokesman for the office .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Data Brokering, Identity Theft, Internet, Senators, State Records, VirginiaMaryland Passes Paper Vote Bill!
You may recall that Maryland was considering passing some laws requiring paper voting. According to the TrueVoteMD newsletter:
In the closing hours of the 2007 legislative session, a four-year effort to require paper ballots for Maryland's voting system passed the House and the Senate unanimously.
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The final bill ensures that any new voting system certified for .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Enterprise Rentals – Insurance Selling Guide
Here's a sheet they use for upselling people on what many consider to be worthless insurance.
Tags: Scams - Ripoffs - Dirty TricksMore States Defy National ID Card
It looks like the ball is starting to roll.
New Hampshire, North Carolina, and Arkansas have joined the list of states evaluating proposals to ban implementation of the controversial Real ID act. The Failure of the President’s ID Theft Task Force
The 2006 Presidentially mandated joint task force led by the Attorney General and head of the FTC were responsible for providing actionable steps to curb the ID Theft risk, but failed to do so. I watched as their preliminary recommendations went from recommending credit report freezes to omitting it to practically discouraging them. If they weren't incompetent, they're sellouts.
Tags: Accountability, Federal Trade Commission, FTC, Identity Theft, Incompetence, Regulation