Comment Re:Wait 'til the insurance companies get this ... (Score 1) 126
The US Congress has already started regulating some of these misuses. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_Information_Nondiscrimination_Act
Comment And NASA's budget is what? (Score 1) 233
With a budget of $18 Billion (so says wikipedia), they can find a way to fit in the $15 Million if they are actually planning an interplanetary mission.
Submission + - Is Your Printer Spying on You?
gnujoshua writes: "In 2005, the EFF alerted the world to how laser printers are spying their users by providing tracking information in the form of a unique smattering of barely detectable yellow dots that appear on every printout. Revitalizing this issue, the Computing Counter Culture Group at the MIT Media Labs has launched Seeing Yellow. They provide instructions to see the tracking dots, as well as provide you with a list of clever questions, and appropriate contact information so that you can confront your laser printer manufacturer. Let's act before this issue slips through the cracks again and send the message that manufacturers' must respect our privacy and our right to anonymous free speech."
