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Submission + - Law enforcement guidebooks leaked

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sunbird

on Wednesday December 02, 2009 @01:34AM

sunbird writes: "Buried in comments to a blogger's post about his research regarding Sprint's release of GPS records to law enforcement are the law enforcement guidance manuals issued by yahoo (pdf), facebook (pdf), and myspace. (pdf) Each provides helpful hints for law enforcement regarding the specific data available (some of which may be obtained with a mere subpoena and without any judicial scrutiny), and even sample request language to use in different circumstances. According to the manual, facebook retains IP information about its users for 30 days and has an application called "Neoprint" to deliver a handy packet of information about subscribers, including profile contact information, mini-feed, friend listing (with friend's facebook ID), group listing and messages. There is little oversight of this practice in the U.S. because the Department of Justice does not report the number of pen registers issued, notwithstanding a 1999 law requiring reports, and there is no reporting requirement for court orders issued under the Stored Communications Act."

Submission + - Law enforcement guides leaked (twitter.com)

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sunbird

on Wednesday December 02, 2009 @12:36AM

sunbird writes: "Buried in comments to a blogger's post about his research regarding Sprint's release of 8 million GPS records to law enforcement in one year are the law enforcement guidance manuals issued by yahoo, facebook, and myspace. Each provides helpful hints for law enforcement regarding the specific data available (with a mere subpoena and without any judicial scrutiny), and even sample request language to use in different circumstances. According to the manual, facebook retains IP information about its users for 30 days and has an application called "Neoprint" to deliver a handy packet of information about subscribers, including profile contact information, mini-feed, friend listing (with friend's facebook ID), group listing and messages. Law enforcement may also request a "photoprint:":
The Photoprint is a compilation of all photos uploaded by the user that have not been deleted, along with all photos uploaded by any user which have the requested user tagged in them.

This may explain how, as previously reported here, a Canadian insurer was able to rely on private photos from a woman's facebook page to cancel her insurance."

Submission + - Technology and resistance in Pakistan (rabble.ca)

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sunbird

on Friday November 23, 2007 @03:29AM

sunbird writes: "I'm living in Pakistan right now working at the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, an NGO, and despite what you might think from media coverage in the west, there is still significant resistance to Musharraf's second coup. One author is describing the critical role played by technology and media in organizing efforts here, especially among newly-politicized students. Organizers here are using SMSs, blogs, and flash protests (1 | 2) to confound and evade the police. Some of the most current information about events here is often found on blogs (See 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6); although the Pakistani English-language press (1 | 2 | 3 | 4) has done a decent job covering the crisis too, notwithstanding draconian media restrictions that forbid publication of anything that "brings into ridicule or disrepute" the president."

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