Archive for October 26th, 2010

Body scanners unveiled at JFK Airport; Homeland Security Sect. Janet Napolitano doesn’t volunteer

Tuesday, October 26th, 2010

Christina Boyle
New York Daily News
October 25, 2010

Airline passengers might want to consider a trip to the gym before heading to the airport now that high-tech body scanners have been unveiled at Kennedy Airport.

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano yesterday hailed them as an important breakthrough for airport security and the fight against terrorism.

Yet when it came to testing the devices – which produce chalky, naked X-ray images of passengers – she turned the floor over to some brave volunteers.

New York Daily News

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Google finally admits that its Street View cars DID take emails and passwords from computers

Tuesday, October 26th, 2010

Google on Tuesday released a statement by CEO Eric Schmidt saying he “misspoke” during an interview last week on CNN, when he said users concerned with its Street View mapping service should “just move.”—Washington Post

By Vanessa Allen
Last updated at 8:33 AM on 25th October 2010

Google was accused of spying on households yesterday after it admitted secretly copying passwords and private emails from home computers.

The internet search giant was forced to confess it had downloaded personal data during its controversial Street View project, when it photographed virtually every street in Britain.

In an astonishing invasion of privacy, it admitted entire emails, web pages and even passwords were ‘mistakenly collected’ by antennae on its high-tech Street View cars.

Read More at Daily Mail-UK

SEE ALSO: MapCrunch: It’s Chatroulette Meets Google Street View, Update: Google CEO Schmidt says he ‘misSpoke’ on Street View privacy concerns

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