Video: TrapWire working with surveillance cameras and online

WikiLeaks revealed that the U.S. government is using surveillance cameras all over the U.S. to track people. An anti-censorship campaigner explains that not only do they use cameras, they are also tracking people on the Internet.

Digital Journal reported yesterday on the WikiLeaks release of more Stratfor files, relating to the TrapWire project.

Since this release, the WikiLeaks website and its mirror sites have been constantly hammered by a sustained DDoS (distributed denial of service) attack, making it almost impossible for people to access and download the files... read more and watch video.

High school principal accused of ‘spying’ on Facebook resigns

Turns out the principal may have had a false Facebook page with 300 friends, many from the same high school. This made it easy for her to spy on students' posts.

Interacting with students on social media networks, if allowed, requires caution and professionalism. Just as it would in a classroom situation.

However, in Clayton, Missouri several students and their parents apparently accepted a Facebook friendship request from one "Suzy Harriston". There was a nondescript profile photo, but the "person" apparently had more than 300 friends. Many of these friends were from Clayton High School, so people accepted the requests... read full article.

Google's street view car wifi snooping was not an accident

A government report shows that Google's Street View cars were collecting emails and other data from WiFi users all over the world. Google leaders were informed about this, but the company insists it was 'inadvertent'.

The BBC reports that a recent report filed by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) shows that during 2007-2010, the web giant was collecting emails and other sensitive personal information (including passwords) using its Street View cars and that this was neither a mistake, nor the work of an unauthorized engineer.. read full article.