Ben Fried, Chief Information Officer for Google, has confirmed the rumors that its mapping satellite will be flying over Fresno on Monday, June 16th.

The flyover will take place at approximately 10:17 a.m. and snap 16.5 square kilometer photos of the Fresno metropolitan area in a matter of a few seconds.

With the majority of the Democrats caving in to the Bush administration's demands for full immunity for the telecom companies for-profit collusion in the NSA's illegal wiretapping program, it seems to be clear that the Fourth Amendment and federal antiwiretapping laws are no longer enough to keep our communications secure. Laws stating that "thou shalt not listen to your customers phone calls" no longer seem to have any bite.

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[TODAY'S BLOG]
Things I didn't have time to do Monday: I: "Net Neutrality" @ five

October 3, 2007 6:00 PM - comments (2)

Five years ago Monday, Congress (I believe) for the first time heard the word "Network Neutrality." As Tim Wu has described, in the summer of 2002, he and I talked through how the campaign to support "end-to-end" neutrality might be extended. (See, e.g., "The Policy Implications of End-to-End.") He then ran with the reframing of "Network Neutrality," and thanks to his great work, and others, the idea has stuck.