From CNet: A recent article in the London Review of Books revealed that a number of private companies now sell off-the-shelf data-mining solutions to government spies interested in analyzing mobile-phone calling records and real-time location information. These companies include ThorpeGlen, VASTech, Kommlabs, and Aqsacom--all of which sell "passive probing" data-mining services to governments around the world.
More proof that privacy is dead. We now need laws that require that any organization using this software be disclosed to the public including their purpose for using the software and whom they intend to "probe".
More proof that privacy is dead. We now need laws that require that any organization using this software be disclosed to the public including their purpose for using the software and whom they intend to "probe".
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