Tag: Smartphones

Secret Service personnel were notified that the devices will instead be placed in lockboxes or will be completely turned off prior to West Wing entry. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Secret Service prohibiting personal mobile devices in the West Wing: Report

Diana Stancy Correll · October 6, 2017 3:57 am

Government officials are unsure when or where the phone was initially compromised and what information, if any, was obtained. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

National Security

John Kelly’s personal phone may have been breached

Diana Stancy Correll · October 5, 2017 10:27 pm

An iPhone took a bullet for its owner, reportedly saving her life during Sunday night's mass shooting in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Woman says iPhone protected her from bullet in Las Vegas shooting

Mandy Mayfield · October 4, 2017 9:13 pm

Russia has attempted to breach personal smartphones belonging to NATO troops, according to a report. Russia's campaign specifically focused on the 4,000 NATO troops that were sent to Poland and the Baltic states, where they're protecting the border European member countries share with Russia. (iStock Photo)

National Security

Russia attempted to compromise smartphones belonging to NATO troops: Report

Melissa Quinn · October 4, 2017 2:59 pm

Why isn't Apple piling the phones up high to capitalize on the publicity they've got? (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Beltway Confidential

Apple is wise not to make the much-hyped new iPhone available yet

Tim Worstall · September 18, 2017 7:24 pm

Chaffetz is now a political analyst with Fox News. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Jason Chaffetz posts photo on Instagram of homeless man using a smartphone

Josh Siegel · July 26, 2017 10:14 pm

CNN's app now has a one-star rating on the App Store. (iStock photo)

CNN app savaged as ‘fake news’ by reviewers

Pete Kasperowicz · July 11, 2017 1:26 pm

The "Greenie" app was announced Wednesday for free downloads at Apple's App Store later this month. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)

Energy and Environment

Don’t like Trump’s decision on Paris? There’s an app for that

John Siciliano · June 7, 2017 3:38 pm

The case is the latest challenge involving privacy, technology and governmental surveillance to arrive at the high court. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Supreme Court grants cellphone privacy case

Ryan Lovelace · June 5, 2017 2:30 pm

In its accompanying press release, WikiLeaks explained: "a specialized unit in the CIA's Mobile Development Branch produces malware to infest, control and exfiltrate data from iPhones and other Apple products running iOS, such as iPads." (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)

National Security

Apple responds to WikiLeaks dump: Update your iPhone

Daniel Chaitin · March 8, 2017 5:52 pm

Current rules typically force wireless companies to go through regulatory procedures that were put in place for giant cellphone towers for each individual small cell, despite the fact that small cell technology will both supplement and complement the large towers going forward. (Creative Commons photo)

Beltway Confidential

Virginia faces a choice: Bureaucratic over-regulation or forward-facing tech policy?

Kevin Glass · February 14, 2017 4:12 pm

"Subsequent reports, however, suggest that President Trump may still be using his personal smartphone." (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

National Security

Homeland Security Democrats worry Trump’s cellphone a national security risk

Nicole Duran · February 13, 2017 7:17 pm