Why the Metadata the NSA Has on You Matters

In response to the recent news reports about the National Security Agency's surveillance program, President Barack Obama said today, "When it comes to telephone calls, nobody is listening to your telephone calls." Instead, the government was just "sifting through this so-called metadata." The Director of National Intelligence James Clapper made a similarcomment last night: "The program does not allow the Government to listen in on anyone?s phone calls. The information acquired does not include the content of any communications or the identity of any subscriber."

What they are trying to say is that disclosure of metadata?the details about phone calls, without the actual voice?isn't a big deal, not something for Americans to get upset about if the government knows. Let's take a closer look at what they are saying:

• They know you rang a phone sex service at 2:24 am and spoke for 18 minutes. But they don't know what you talked about.
• They know you called the suicide prevention hotline from the Golden Gate Bridge. But the topic of the call remains a secret.
• They know you spoke with an HIV testing service, then your doctor, then your health insurance company in the same hour. But they don't know what was discussed.
• They know you received a call from the local NRA office while it was having a campaign against gun legislation, and then called your senators and congressional representatives immediately after. But the content of those calls remains safe from government intrusion.
• They know you called a gynecologist, spoke for a half hour, and then called the local Planned Parenthood's number later that day. But nobody knows what you spoke about.

Sorry, your phone records?oops, "so-called metadata"?can reveal a lot more about the content of your calls than the government is implying. Metadata provides enough context to know some of the most intimate details of your lives. And the government has given no assurances that this data will never be correlated with other easily obtained data. They may start out with just a phone number, but a reverse telephone directory is not hard to find. Given the public positions the government has taken on location information, it would be no surprise if they include location information demands in Section 215 orders for metadata.

If the President really welcomes a robust debate on the government's surveillance power, it needs to start being honest about the invasiveness of collecting your metadata.

Republished from the EFF under Creative Commons

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New rule lets Canadians cancel wireless contracts after two years

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SHIPROCK, N.M. (AP) ? Actor Martin Sheen has an upcoming role in New Mexico - that of mentor at a drama camp for American Indian youth.

The Farmington Daily-Times reports (http://bit.ly/11bbIpA ) the famed star will be in the Navajo Nation community of Shiprock this week, to help out with a local community camp and series of drama workshops. The "Apocalypse Now" and "Wall Street" star will be working with both children and adults.

Plans are for Sheen to work with the camp's drama clinic, which will produce a 45-minute video starring both Sheen and the children.

Every year, the Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health puts on a summer camp, Native Vision summer camp, on tribal lands.

This year, the camp will be held at Shiprock High School and the Phil L. Thomas Performing Arts Center in Shiprock.

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When Is Internet Marketing Worth Doing?

by Dan B. on June 2, 2013

By Martin Gladwin

The quick answer to the question is ?almost always? but the true answer is quite a bit more involved.

Sure Internet Marketing is worthwhile but as with any type of marketing it is only useful if it?s done well. For example you can spend thousands of dollars on a television marketing campaign but if no one sees your commercials or your commercials don?t reach your target audience and generate sales, the advertising wasn?t worthwhile. So perhaps a better answer to this question would be that Internet Marketing is worthwhile when it works. This is a rather vague statement but this article will investigate the issue further and explain how you can make Internet marketing work for your business.

One of the most basic principles of marketing is to make sure you reach your target audience. This is so important because your target audience is the people who are most likely going to be interested in purchasing your products or services. It is much easier to sell your products or services to those who already have an interest in the products and services you have to offer than it is to convince those who are not interested in your products or services at all. As an example let?s look at a business who sells fishing rods. You will want to market your products to those who enjoy fishing either competitively or as a leisure activity because among this audience you are likely to find people who may be interested in purchasing a new fishing rod. It would make sense to place an advertisement for your business on a website selling bait and tackle or a website which organizes fishing trips in exotic locations. On the other hand it wouldn?t make any sense to put your advertisement on a website selling telescopes because you are not likely to reach a large target audience here. There may be some stargazers with an interest in fishing but your advertising dollars and efforts would be better spent placing advertisements with websites more closely related to your business.

Another element to consider when buying advertising space on another Internet website is traffic ? how much traffic does the other website receive, and how good is that traffic. This is important because you want to place your advertisement on a website which is similar to your own and so it?s likely to attract a similar crowd of people but you also want your advertisement to receive enough attention too. For this reason it is important for your advertisement to appear on a website which receives a great amount of traffic each month. This will help to make sure your business is getting a great deal of useful interest through this advertising.

When it comes to advertising on the internet, there is often little difference between great advertising and spam. Some business owners get carried away trying to get as much exposure as possible and can by going overboard they end up being considered spam. Internet users who see your advertisement in a couple of key locations will likely notice the advertisement and may be compelled to visit your website immediately or may keep your website in mind for future use. However, Internet users who see your advertisement everywhere they look may view your advertisement as spam. This can be harmful because they are not likely to visit your website because they expect it to not be worthwhile.

In any Internet marketing campaign it is important to carefully monitor the results of your marketing efforts and make changes to your campaign as necessary. This is important because you want to make sure your getting the best out of your marketing efforts the only way to do this is to evaluate the results of your advertising carefully. One way to do this is to place specially coding in each one of your advertisements so you will know which advertisements are generating business for you and which ones are not. You can use this information to decide whether you should modify the ineffective website or stop running these advertisements. If you decide to modify them you will want to continue to monitor the results to determine whether or not the changes made the advertisements more effective.

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Crowdstar Picks Up An Extra $12M To Fuel Its Move Onto Tablets, Mobile

Crowdstar, the social and mobile gaming company that has built several fashion-focused titles, just picked up another $12 million from existing investors to bring two products to market later this year. As you might expect, both are mobile and Crowdstar CEO Jeffrey Tseng says the company now has a renewed focus on tablets. Competing companies like Finland’s Supercell have made tablet gaming their bread and butter, with higher engagement and player spending fueling revenue growth. We picked up the new funding through an SEC filing, but Tseng later confirmed it. “So it’s the same internal investors, but I can’t talk much about the products,” Tseng said. He said that one will be fashion-focused like Top Girl and Social Girl while the other one will be different. An early player on the Facebook platform, Crowdstar had to migrate onto iOS and Android like the rest of the industry. Zynga is making a similar transition, but as the legacy leader on Facebook, it’s had a tougher time involving job cuts and studio closures. While it was never anywhere near the size of Zynga, Crowdstar has stayed small through the transition with 70 people overall. Back in 2011, when it was crossing over to iOS, the company’s previous CEO Peter Relan said Crowdstar would have a three-prong strategy involving mobile platforms, Facebook and international reach. But since then, they’ve shifted their entire focus to mobile. “We’ve completely switched to mobile and the focus will be on tablets,” Tseng said. The new round brings Crowdstar’s overall funding to date to more than $46.5 million. It comes as marketing spending has risen on mobile platforms, bringing the cost of launching a new game into the millions of dollars. “Platform are getting to the point where the fidelity and expectations have to be higher,” Tseng said.

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