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Ex-Cisco employee pleads guilty to second-degree murder in ‘Google Maps case’

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Ex-Cisco engineer Brad Cooper, whose first-degree murder conviction for the 2008 strangulation slaying of his wife Nancy was overturned last year based on disputed Google Maps-related evidence, today pleaded guilty to second-degree murder.

According to North Carolina media reports, Cooper will be sentenced to 12 to 15 years in prison and has agreed to allow the adoption of his two young daughters by Nancy Cooper’s sister. Whether the sentence includes time served was not clear.

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Report: NSA tracks and maps American citizens’ social connections

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Do you remember when, at Def Con 20, Dark Tangent, aka Jeff Moss, asked NSA Chief General Keith Alexander about the agency keeping dossiers on Americans?
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How to use Bing Maps for ‘fun’ geo-stalking

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When it comes to geo-stalking with Bing Maps, Carnal0wnage must subscribe to the notion of “go big or go home.” The post talks about how Bing maps allow users to add “apps” such as Twitter to make geo/social stalking “fun.” Read more
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Apple and Google Maps: Will eye-in-the-sky ‘spy planes’ place our privacy at risk?

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During the keynote at Apple’s 2012 annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), there was plenty of hype for Mountain Lion and how iOS 6 will support a plethora of 200 new features, but the new Apple Maps app will most likely cause the most privacy concerns. Apple has kicked Google Maps to the curb and is using “military grade-cameras” and “spy planes” which will provide iOS 6 “flyover” mapping….
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