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	<description>The TSA top 10 catches include snakes, turtles and birds (but NO terrorists)</description>
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		<title>Your tax dollars at work</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2012/02/04/your-tax-dollars-at-work-5/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2012/02/04/your-tax-dollars-at-work-5/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:18:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The FBI is circulating a set of flyers purported to identify suspicious behaviors that indicates possible terrorist activities that therefore should be reported to the FBI by all good citizens.  The flyers are headlined &#8220;Communities Against Terrorism&#8221; and there are &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2012/02/04/your-tax-dollars-at-work-5/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Supreme Court blocks at least some warrantless GPS tracking</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2012/01/23/supreme-court-blocks-at-least-some-warrantless-gps-tracking/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2012/01/23/supreme-court-blocks-at-least-some-warrantless-gps-tracking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:02:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The US Supreme Court today unanimously blocked GPS tracking by law enforcement without a warrant, at least in certain cases.  The decision concluded that GPS tracking did constitute a &#8220;search&#8221; within the meaning of the fourth amendment, but various groupings &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2012/01/23/supreme-court-blocks-at-least-some-warrantless-gps-tracking/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Top 10 TSA &#8220;good catches&#8221; of 2011 (updated)</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2012/01/04/top-10-tsa-good-catches-of-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2012/01/04/top-10-tsa-good-catches-of-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 19:29:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What do the billions of dollars we spend on the TSA bring us in terms of results? Well, from the TSA&#8217;s official blog, comes the TSA&#8217;s own list of their top 10 good catches in 2011. Yes, a number of &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2012/01/04/top-10-tsa-good-catches-of-2011/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Massive wiretap case can proceed</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/12/30/massive-wiretap-case-can-proceed/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2011/12/30/massive-wiretap-case-can-proceed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 16:48:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Electronic Frontier Foundation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jewel v NSA]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a case claiming that the Federal government (with the active participation of some of the telcos) illegally wiretapped millions of Americans following the 9/11 attack could proceed on the merits. The &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/12/30/massive-wiretap-case-can-proceed/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>85 year old woman strip searched at airport</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/12/04/85-year-old-woman-strip-searched-at-airport/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2011/12/04/85-year-old-woman-strip-searched-at-airport/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 13:53:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Details here. And more here. An 85-year-old woman said Saturday that she was injured and humiliated when she was strip searched at an airport after she asked to be patted down instead of going through a body scanner, allegations that &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/12/04/85-year-old-woman-strip-searched-at-airport/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Patriot Act clouds cloud computing</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/12/04/patriot-act-clouds-cloud-computing/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2011/12/04/patriot-act-clouds-cloud-computing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 13:44:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cloud computing is growing rapidly and it is already a big business. But, it turns out, US-based cloud computing companies are facing a grave threat from the Patriot Act. Foreign governments and cloud competitors are claiming that data stored on &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/12/04/patriot-act-clouds-cloud-computing/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Tech quote of the day</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/12/04/tech-quote-of-the-day-63/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2011/12/04/tech-quote-of-the-day-63/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 13:36:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We do recognize the power and value of this data. We’re very aware that this information is sensitive. It’s a treasure trove. &#8211; Andrew Coward, chief marketing officer of Carrier IQ.  The company stands accused of capturing extensive data from &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/12/04/tech-quote-of-the-day-63/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>No mobile phone privacy (updated x3)</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/11/30/no-mobile-phone-privacy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:27:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=15848</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As reported in Wired, a new report (together with a related video) shows how software called Carrier IQ is secretly installed on millions of cellphones, with no notice to the users. The software seems clearly to log virtually all actions &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/11/30/no-mobile-phone-privacy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>How evil is Facebook?</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/11/30/how-evil-is-facebook/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 11:02:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Facebook has violated the privacy rights of its users (in ways designed to make more money for Facebook) repeatedly. The violations have been so bad that Facebook has agreed with the Federal Trade Commission to respect privacy rights of its &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/11/30/how-evil-is-facebook/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Privacy victory</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/11/17/privacy-victory/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 12:48:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A US District Court Judge in Texas has ruled that obtaining cellphone records without a warrant is unconstitutional. In her ruling, Judge Lynn N. Hughes states: The records would show the date, time, called number, and location of the telephone &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/11/17/privacy-victory/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>An Internet for the 1%</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/11/13/an-internet-for-the-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:24:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lauren Weinstein, in a post to the Privacy Forum mailing list, details the means, methods and goals of a complete extra-judicial regulation of the heretofore free operation of the Internet. His post is a warning and points to real danger. &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/11/13/an-internet-for-the-1/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Be careful what you ask for</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/10/30/be-careful-what-you-ask-for/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 12:58:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hasan M. Elahi has a fascinating op-ed in today&#8217;s New York Times. He describes how in 2002, despite being an American citizen, he was stopped in Detroit upon entering the country and grilled for hours by Federal agents who believed &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/10/30/be-careful-what-you-ask-for/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>TSA takes note (updated x2)</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/10/25/tsa-takes-note/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 11:24:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=15358</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Some TSA worker, while going through a passenger&#8217;s suitcase, noticed a small sex toy. And he left a note. This is beyond stupid, but it demonstrates, once again, the security theater that is the TSA. Oh, and by the way, &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/10/25/tsa-takes-note/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Secret laws, secret memos</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/10/10/secret-laws-secret-memos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 10:20:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Laws in the United States should not be secret. Laws should be subject to judicial review. Operational details of military actions need not be disclosed but the law and rules governing the military, the Department of Justice or any other &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/10/10/secret-laws-secret-memos/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Simple human decency</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/10/03/simple-human-decency/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 15:48:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The TSA has a complete lack of simple human decency. The latest demonstration was its humiliation of a breast cancer survivor at a TSA checkpoint.]]></description>
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		<title>Facebook lies?</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/10/02/facebook-lies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2011 14:25:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check this from Michael Arrington. Facebook continues its attack on privacy. It has always been unconcerned with its users&#8217; privacy and it continues to up the ante. Related articles Facebook tracks your every move, even after logging out (lpaszli.wordpress.com) Facebook &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/10/02/facebook-lies/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>How long does your mobile carrier keep your data?</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/09/29/how-long-does-your-mobile-carrier-keep-your-data/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 11:34:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes indefinitely. Check out the details from this formerly secret Justice Department memo. The nation’s major mobile-phone providers are keeping a treasure trove of sensitive data on their customers, according to newly-released Justice Department internal memo that for the first &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/09/29/how-long-does-your-mobile-carrier-keep-your-data/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Kindle Fire and privacy (updated)</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/09/29/kindle-fire-and-privacy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 11:15:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The software on the Kindle Fire includes a new web browser called Silk, designed by Amazon.  It is designed to use Amazon&#8217;s online computing resources to speed downloads for users. Sounds good. However, this also means that every web page &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/09/29/kindle-fire-and-privacy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>More scummy Murdoch behavior</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/09/28/more-scummy-murdoch-behavior/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 14:42:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal, a Murdoch publication and part of the family that brought you phone hacking in the UK (and the US?), has announced that they are changing their privacy policy to explicitly allow them to match up personally &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/09/28/more-scummy-murdoch-behavior/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>FISA constitutional challenge survives</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/09/22/fisa-constitutional-challenge-survives/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 12:17:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A constitutional challenge to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) has survived an en banc rehearing in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.  The challenge was brought by human rights groups, lawyers and journalists who claim to have been wiretapped &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/09/22/fisa-constitutional-challenge-survives/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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