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Four Months for Friending on Facebook-> 0

Submitted by NewAndFresh on Thursday August 26 2010, @10:59AM

NewAndFresh writes "On August 3, 2010, Rod Coronado was sentenced to four months in federal prison for allegedly violating the terms of his probation, i.e., for “associating” with Earth First! cofounder and former Greenpeace U.S.A. Director Mike Roselle, by accepting his “friendship” on Facebook... (There is no current evidence that the FBI surreptitiously surveiled Mr. Coronado’s Facebook account.) ..."
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SPAM: Cybersecurity is Not Your Gig, NSA! 0

Submitted by NewAndFresh on Tuesday February 09 2010, @06:44PM

NewAndFresh writes "The NSA and Google are working on a deal for the military agency to help protect the information giant's data networks. This comes at a time when the NSA is angling to get a major piece of cybersecurity action. The only problem is, despite what the agency would have us believe, the NSA is mainly a spy agency, not a cybersecurity agency."
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