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InternetNews August 23, 2010	Facebook Touts Places Privacy Controls Responding to early criticism about the privacy settings of its new location-based service Places, Facebook takes pains to point out the various ways that people can control their information.
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National Defense September 2009 Stew Magnuson	DHS Inspector General Slams Secure Border Initiative Oversight The Department of Homeland Security's inspector general has faulted Customs and Border Protection for failing to properly oversee work on the Secure Border Initiative.
National Defense June 2010 Stew Magnuson	Technology Continues to Flow to Southwest Border While the Department of Homeland Security conducts a program review of its troubled border fence program, Customs and Border Protection has not stopped deploying new sensors in the Southwest.
InternetNews November 30, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas	ACLU Issues Warning on RFID Passports The American Civil Liberties Union claims the U.S. government is rushing the rollout of insecure, RFID-enabled passports in hopes of creating a de facto global identification standard.
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BusinessWeek November 27, 2006 Gene G. Marcial	Ametek: On The Alert For Radiation With the democrats taking control of Congress, some investors expect speedier action on customs and border protection. They are betting on homeland-security stocks.
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National Defense February 2009 Stew Magnuson	DHS Leaders Inherit Litany of Procurement Woes There is a new administration and a new Congress. But will it be a new day for the way the Department of Homeland Security acquires technology?
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InternetNews June 14, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas	IBM Addresses RFID Privacy Radio frequency identification technology promises to speed supply chain operations by automating the tracking of goods. But its potential to track people has privacy advocates crying foul.
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National Defense March 2006	`Real ID' Controversy Heats Up Lines are being drawn in the battle over what new standards will be put in place when the Real ID Act of 2005 goes into effect two years from now.
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