FBI can secretly activate your webcam, without you being any the wiser – ex-official – Pogo Was Right Blog.
Update: Juan Cole offers a useful juxtaposition: FBi Laptop Camera Snooping and Orwell’s 1984: Side by Side Comparison. Click through for the graphic.
LET IT be recorded for posterity: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s support for granting “tuition equality” to the state’s undocumented immigrants spanned precisely 44 days. His support for the idea was born Oct. 12 and lasted through his Nov. 5 reelection victory, when he managed to win just more than half the Hispanic vote. It died abruptly on Nov. 25, as Mr. Christie pivoted from New Jersey’s general election to his preparations for the 2016 Republican primaries. On to Iowa!
From a WashPo Editorial of all places.
Can’t say I at all get the anti-Google marketing campaign by Microsoft running under the “Scroogled” monicker. But I do like this mug.
(Spotted via snarky story at the Inquirer.)
Jon Stewart skewers the annual flare-up of the ‘war on Christmas’ propaganda.
(I’d embed it if I could figure out how.)
Kevin Sack’s A Lost Boy Grows Up is the story of a Sudanese ‘lost boy’ come to America who, many years later, decides he wants to be an Atlanta policeman. It isn’t easy, but he’s chasing his American Dream.
(Yet another example of why we should favor a more welcoming immigration policy.)
Edward Hasbrouck is reporting daily from Ibrahim v. DHS, a fascinating and important case about the no-fly lists. Must-reads for anyone interested in privacy, civil liberties — or intending to attempt air travel.
Shocking day one event: TSA allegedly (and, day two suggests, in fact) prevented a key witness (a US citizen) for the complainant to fly to the trial to testify. At present the evidence is only hearsay; if the witness ever makes it to the trial–sounds like a bad thriller doesn’t it?–then we’ll have sworn testimony.
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