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Obama Supports DNA Sampling Upon Arrest
Josh Gerstein over at Politico sent Threat Level his piece underscoring once again President Barack Obama is not the civil-liberties Knight In Shining Armor many were expecting. Gerstein posts a televised interview of Obama and John Walsh of America’s Most Wanted . The nation’s chief executive extols the virtues of mandatory DNA testing of Americans upon arrest, even absent charges or a conviction.
Continue reading »Week in tech: a chicken in every pot, 100Mbps broadband in every home
If it’s a school-issued laptop, does the school have the right to spy on kids while they’re at home via the built-in webcam? One school supposedly did, and the kid’s parents are suing for privacy violations. Administrators have since backed off the policy .
Continue reading »Making the world ‘more open and connected’
“It has been a great year for making the world more open and connected.” Who says? Mark Zuckerberg, the guy behind Social advertising company Fa$ebook. Seeing the phrase “open and connected” in the same sentence as Mark Zuckerberg is a sharp contradiction in terms.
Continue reading »Net neutrality friends and foes squaring off, Oxford-style
Proponents and opponents of new net neutrality legislation squared off in New York yesterday as part of an Oxford-style debate organized by Tech-Debate.com. The participants included Tim Wu from Colombia Law School, AT&T SVP Robert Quinn and Brad Burnham from Union Square Ventures. What’s an Oxford-style debate, you might ask?
Continue reading »Men in skirts
“It’s hard enough to get kids to concentrate on an algorithm – even without Jimmy sitting there in lipstick and fake eyelashes.” The quote is from a New York Times article slugged Can a Boy Wear a Skirt to School? and it comes in a Jenna McWilliams blog post sleeping alone and starting out early . Way back, during the summer in Toronto, I used to wear a green sarong because it was cool and comfortable.
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