Tag: Rudy Takala

âÅHacking backâï¿½ is illegal under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986. In addition to circumscribing limits on private enterprise, federal law does the same to many law enforcement agencies.

Should companies be allowed to ‘hack back’?

Rudy Takala · December 7, 2015 5:01 am

"For more than a decade, the FBI has been demanding extremely sensitive personal information about private citizens just by issuing letters to online companies like mine," said Nicholas Merrill, who owned the New York-based Calyx Internet Access. (AP file photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Feds collecting hoards of personal Internet data

Rudy Takala · December 1, 2015 9:11 pm

The Strengthening State and Local Cyber Crime Fighting Act, or H.R. 3490, which will create a National Computer Forensics Institute for the Secret Service to operate out of the Department of Homeland Security, passed by a bipartisan voice vote. (AP file)

House votes to create cybersecurity hub for the Secret Service

Rudy Takala · December 1, 2015 4:01 pm

After the attacks, several lawmakers, such as Sens. Richard Burr and John McCain, pointed to encryption as a contributing factor, even before there was any indication of the facts. (CQ Roll Call via AP)

How Washington’s campaign against encryption could help terrorists

Rudy Takala · November 30, 2015 5:01 am

Dear's party affiliation is UAF, which means unaffiliated or independent, and selected "female" for gender. (Andy Cross/The Denver Post via AP)

National Security

Colorado shooter identifies as woman in voter registration

Rudy Takala · November 28, 2015 8:32 pm

He noted, for example, that conservatives want to end the individual and corporate insurance mandates. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Karl Rove moves to bankroll Ben Carson

Rudy Takala · November 28, 2015 7:56 pm

The two Turkish journalists were charged with revealing state secrets and espionage. (AP Photo)

National Security

U.S. condemns Turkey’s arrest of journalists

Rudy Takala · November 28, 2015 6:23 pm

Colo. shooter previously charged with animal cruelty, eavesdropping

Colo. shooter previously charged with animal cruelty, eavesdropping

Rudy Takala · November 28, 2015 5:20 pm

Thanks to a surge in support following the terrorist attacks in Paris, Trump hit a new high in Reuters polling on Nov. 22, (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

Reuters: Trump matches Carson, Cruz, Rubio combined

Rudy Takala · November 28, 2015 4:07 pm

NSA bulk surveillance to end Sunday

NSA bulk surveillance to end Sunday

Rudy Takala · November 28, 2015 3:26 pm

"I've been very concerned about net neutrality turning out to be the Fairness Doctrine of the Internet," says Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Congressional Q&A: Feds finding ways to grab control of Internet

Rudy Takala · November 28, 2015 5:01 am

Three dead in Planned Parenthood shooting, suspect in custody

Three dead in Planned Parenthood shooting, suspect in custody

Rudy Takala · November 28, 2015 12:20 am