Obama makes use of his campaign funded primarily by ATT.

So, with this he is for warrentless wiretapping. This is not change we can believe in. I love the man, I really do. “I just want to kick him in the shin over this”, I can say this right? Eff’s take.

Randy Cohen – The Ethicist – New York Times

I agree with Mr. Cohen

The university should not pursue this investigation. Even if a student violated its code of conduct by making a homophobic slur, for the university to abandon its pledge of anonymity is a cure worse than the disease. While such remarks are vile and rightly discouraged, the actual harm here is minimal; the call-the-cops response will do greater damage, discouraging students from providing information important to the university’s function and subverting students’ trust in the university.

Analysis: Metcalfe’s Law + Real ID = more crime, less safety

Estrada and Pacheco were eventually busted, sentenced, and are currently doing time for their crimes, but their story shows exactly why the United States’ headlong rush to build government databases full of data on noncriminals (i.e., mere suspects, like OneDOJ, and the completely innocent, like Real ID) are such a spectacularly awful idea. All it takes is one bad apple with the right level of access, and the entire database is compromised.

FBI amassing largest face, fingerprint, palm database in the world – Engadget

Yeah like the government never lost private information (in millions at a time)