Tag: Privacy

"What the experts have told me is that the combination ... of a 5C and this particular operating system is sufficiently unusual that it's unlikely to be a trailblazer, because of technology being the limiting principle," FBI Director James Comey told a panel of the House Intelligence Committee.

FBI director insists Apple hack would be one-time

Rudy Takala · February 25, 2016 3:21 pm

"We think it's bad news to write, we would never write it, we have never written it," said Apple CEO Tim Cook. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Apple CEO: FBI asking for ‘software equivalent of cancer’

Rudy Takala · February 25, 2016 12:06 am

The Justice Department is asking for Apple's assistance in accessing the contents of at least nine iPhones. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Justice demands Apple help access nine more iPhones

Rudy Takala · February 24, 2016 1:54 pm

Editorial cartoons

Editorial cartoon: iPhone cracks in our right to privacy

Washington Examiner · February 19, 2016 9:00 am

"When Sen. Wyden asked me the question I simply didn't think of the business records telephony metadata, at the time stored by [the National Security Agency] and governed by Section 215 of the Patriot Act," Clapper wrote. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Intel leader denies lying to Congress

Rudy Takala · February 18, 2016 5:32 pm

CIA Director John Brennan said that people don't value their privacy enough and should be working more to safeguard it. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

CIA chief: People need to value privacy more

Rudy Takala · February 16, 2016 4:44 pm

With the rise of the Internet, the argument that mail is a natural monopoly that needs government protection is weaker than ever. (AP Photo)

The private sector will deliver

Washington Examiner Staff · February 8, 2016 5:01 am

Danny Harris, who has been the Education Department's CIO since 2008, was the subject of an investigation that found he had hired subordinates to work on side businesses. (AP Photo)

POLICY ROUNDUP

Washington Examiner, Joana Suleiman · February 8, 2016 5:01 am

Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., said he aims to bring the bill to the House floor for a vote after consideration by his committee. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP pushes bill expanding email privacy rights

Susan Ferrechio · February 3, 2016 7:37 pm

The report suggests that the going dark? phenomenon, describing the ability of terrorists and other criminal elements to evade detection, is overblown, and that concerns about encrypted communication largely miss the point in light of how technology has evolved. (AP Photo)

Harvard study: Government surveillance has never been easier

Rudy Takala · February 1, 2016 5:20 pm

Harris has threatened censorship, fines and other penalties for those charities trying to protect their donors' privacy. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

Kamala Harris crosses lines of both privacy and the law

Mark Fitzgibbons · January 28, 2016 5:01 am

The Biometric Information Privacy Act prohibits companies from collecting "personal physiological biometric information" like fingerprints, retina scans, or, plaintiffs in the case argue, facial scans.

You own your face: States fight to keep companies from storing your biometric data

Rudy Takala · January 25, 2016 5:01 am