Tag Archives: Cell Phones

ASCAP : Ring-a-Ding-Ding! Ka-Ching.

Posted on July 10, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Graphic by Larry Ray / The Rag Blog.ASCAP wants to be paid when your phone rings …these are the same folks who crisscrossed America threatening and intimidating small business owners for having a radio playing in their small shop, diner … Continue reading →

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Your Digital Trail and the New Big Brother

Posted on December 1, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

About 100 students at M.I.T. are trading privacy for a smartphone that tracks their calls, messages and movements. Photo by Jodi Hilton / NYT. Even its practitioners acknowledge that, if misused, collective intelligence tools could create an Orwellian future on … Continue reading →

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Twitter: Diabolical Terrorist Tool?

Posted on October 26, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

Army surveillance photo of Twitter terrorist conspiring with comrades.Army report: ‘Twitter was recently used as a countersurveillance, command and control, and movement tool by activists at the Republican National Convention.’By William Michael Hanks / The Rag Blog / October 26, … Continue reading →

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Landmark Ruling : Cell Phone Location Protected by Fourth Amendment

Posted on September 16, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

Boston artist Nick Rodrigues’ Personal Cell Phone Booth won’t protect him from triangulation or global positioning.Chalk up one small victory for privacyBy William Michael Hanks / The Rag Blog / September 15, 2008 A powerful and easily-implemented feature of cell … Continue reading →

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