privacy
Robot Spiders, Dragonflies, Snakes to Aid Soldiers in War Zones
As if warfare weren’t already creepy enough, BAE Systems, a British defense company, has released a promotional video of robotic spiders, dragonflies and snakes it is developing to aid soldiers in combat zones. The robotic creatures are being funded by a $38 million contract with the U.S. Army that is part of a massive, and [...]
FBI Loses war on Internet Archive
The Internet Archive, a project to create a digital library of the web for posterity, successfully fought a secret government Patriot Act order for records about one of its patrons and won the right to make the order public, civil liberties groups announced Wednesday morning.
The FBI sent a national security letter, or NSL, to the [...]
PA Couple Sues Google For Violation Of Privacy.
The AP (4/4, Mandak) reported, “A western Pennsylvania couple has sued Google Inc., saying pictures of their home on its Web site violate their privacy and devalued their property.” Images of the home Aaron and Christine Boring “bought in the Pittsburgh suburb of Franklin Park in October 2006 appeared on Google’s ‘Street View’ feature, which [...]
