Recently in Eavesdropping Category

It used to be that students were fearful of their teachers, thinking that they could see everything they were doing even when their backs were turned -- as though they had eyes on the backs of their heads.  It seems as though one school has taken that idea a little too far and started taking advantage of the eyes they gave to students for free to spy on them when the kids thought they were in the privacy of their own home.

I have had my Gmail account for nearly six years now -- thanks to an early invitation from master publisher David Boles. I chose the username "gordond" because I wanted to see if it was available. For many years I only chose the username 'gdavides' based on the assigned username I got at Peddie -- it was based on the first letter of my first name and the following seven letters of my last name.

Every single day someone somewhere is violating your email privacy.  The violators might not even intend on penetrating your cone of silence, but their carelessness can lead to no other end than virtually bleeding you out.  You might think your email address is secure, but if someone has access to your private information and then includes those personal markers in a misdirected email intended for you, but sent to someone else -- any sense of security you have worked to protect is inherently broken.

We already know that there are cameras all around us. You are hardly ever private when you use social networking sites. You know about how your criminal past may easily come back to haunt you. But did you know that dropping a seemingly harmless slip of paper could also open a door to destroy your privacy?

Can you put Pandora back in the box?  The FISA folks appear to think s,o because they are trying to force retroactive immunity for the telecoms.  The EEF is fighting that idea in court: