Tag: Privacy

National Security

Study: Snowden leaks have made web users paranoid about what they browse

Rudy Takala · April 27, 2016 5:16 pm

—œThere probably are some cases where [the government] should be able to go in covertly and get information about a company’s email,—? Bill Gates said at a Reuters event in Washington. (AP Photo)

National Security

Bill Gates on the fence in privacy vs. security debate

Rudy Takala · April 19, 2016 3:32 pm

A Sunday report said a flaw in the Signaling System 7 network, which connects phone carriers, allows hackers to penetrated that network, monitor any connected phone using just a phone number. California Rep. Ted Lieu, the ranking Democrat on the House Committee on Information Technology, volunteered as a guinea pig for the report. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

National Security

Report: Network flaw leaves cellular data open to hackers

Rudy Takala · April 18, 2016 12:15 pm

Federal officials have claimed the authority to require Internet service providers to hand over private emails that are more than six months old, on the theory that the messages have been "abandoned" by the users. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete, File)

House panel votes to ban feds from reading emails without a warrant

Joel Gehrke · April 13, 2016 9:37 pm

Rep. Kevin Yoder, R-Kan., was one of two House Republicans to introduce the Email Privacy Act in 2013. (The Kansas City Star via AP)

The fight to keep the federal government out of your email

Joel Gehrke · April 11, 2016 4:01 am

WhatsApp has provided some level of end-to-end encryption since 2014. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

National Security

WhatsApp expands encryption, to the FBI’s chagrin

Rudy Takala · April 6, 2016 5:57 pm

Apple’s FBI fight hits Senate campaign trail

Joel Gehrke · March 31, 2016 5:21 pm

"If the FCC exercises overreach, there are other entities that feel as if they can exercise overreach," Marsha Blackburn said. (AP Photo)

Blackburn: Left is seeking ‘incremental’ erosion of free expression

Rudy Takala · March 28, 2016 4:59 pm

End-to-end encryption prevents messages from being read by hackers or snooping governments while in transit. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

Google takes credit for increasing encrypted emails by 25 percent

Rudy Takala · March 25, 2016 2:41 pm

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., is pushing the Justice Department's to release a George W. Bush-era legal opinion on privacy and surveillance. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

Wyden demands declassification of Bush-era surveillance ruling

Rudy Takala · March 25, 2016 1:11 pm

"I saw that report and I don't know what it's based on," Deputy Press Secretary Eric Schultz said. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)

New bill would prevent 1789 law from applying to iPhones

Rudy Takala · March 23, 2016 7:17 pm

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler has insisted the president had no influence over the process. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

House panel to grill FCC on White House role in agency’s power grab

Rudy Takala · March 22, 2016 4:01 am