Legal Research

Just so you know . . .

I've talked about the importance of librarians knowing the business models behind the major sewarch engines and how libraries differentiate themselves from the Googles, Bings and Yahoos of the world (not to mention telephone carriers as well).

Here is a direct link to the Yahoo! Lawful Spying Guide

I think many librarians (and our associations) would be interested in following the following issues and reading these posts:

Yahoo Issues Takedown Notice for Spying Price List ? "Yahoo isn't happy that a detailed menu of the spying services it provides law enforcement agencies has leaked onto the web. ? Shortly after Threat Level reported this week that Yahoo had blocked the FOIA release of its law enforcement ?"

What do ISPs charge the law to spy on you?

Check out the lawful spying guides for the folloing companies at http://cryptome.org/:

ATT Lawful Spying Document,
ATT Lawful Spying Document 2
Verizon Lawful Spying Guide
Sprint CALEA Spying Delivery System
Sprint Lawful Spying Guide
Voicestream Lawful Spying Guide
Yahoo Cryptome Messages
Yahoo Demands Takedown of Yahoo Spying Guide
The Modern Spook's Data Retention Wish List
Yahoo Lawful Spying Guide
Cox Lawful Spying Guide
SBC-Ameritech Lawful Spying Guide
SBC Lawful Spying Guide
Ameritech Lawful Spying Guide
Cricket Lawful Spying Guide
Nextel Lawful Spying Guide
Pacific Telesis Lawful Spying Guide
GTE Lawful Spying Guide
NSA Ion Trap on a Semiconductor Chip

Can you imagine a library serving up our patron records as a matter of business revenue? Compare these price lists and guides to the brave librarians in Connecticut and other places who defied FBI warrants to protect patron privacy and rights.

I'll be looking for some editorials on these issues in our library press soon. Perhaps all those budget cuts can be ameliorated with a library patron lawful spying guide? (sarcasm alert)

I wonder if those software services from the big search providers include lawful spying?

Stephen

Full post as published by Stephen's Lighthouse on December 09, 2009 (boomark / email).