Tag: Surveillance

Report raises questions whether the company was forced to comply, or whether it chose to provide assistance. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

National Security

Report: Yahoo surveillance was conducted under secret order

Rudy Takala · October 6, 2016 5:37 pm

Harold Thomas Martin III is the second employee of Booz Allen Hamilton to cause problems for the agency in three years. NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, above, worked for the company at the agency's Hawaii regional operations center when he revealed classified surveillance operations in 2013. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)

National Security

Former NSA analyst: Congress should investigate agency failings

Rudy Takala · October 6, 2016 12:52 am

"We've designed the Signal service to minimize the data we retain about Signal users, so the only information we can produce in response to a request like this is the date and time a user registered with Signal and the last date of a user's connectivity to the Signal service," the company said.

National Security

Messaging app ‘Signal’ foils first federal effort to surveil users

Rudy Takala · October 4, 2016 7:41 pm

Yahoo secretly came up with a program to help the federal government sift through all incoming emails received by its users. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

National Security

Yahoo reportedly helped feds spy on users

Rudy Takala · October 4, 2016 6:00 pm

A graphic video captured late last year from a Louisiana police body camera shows officers firing 18 rounds into a car that left a 6-year-old autistic boy dead. (Screenshot)

Police release video from shooting that left 6-year-old autistic boy dead

Kelly Cohen · September 29, 2016 6:17 pm

Rep. Blake Farenthold has developed a reputation for leading on tech issues since joining Congress, especially on the side of privacy advocates. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Rep. Farenthold: ‘Nothing sticks to Clinton’

Rudy Takala · September 26, 2016 4:01 am

Protesters in Charlotte want officials to release video of the events surrounding Keith Lamont Scott's Tuesday death as soon as possible. (Jeff Siner/The Charlotte Observer via AP)

Why Charlotte may have to release police shooting video, but not yet

Anna Giaritelli · September 23, 2016 2:01 am

Snowden makes case for pardon in live interview

Snowden makes case for pardon in live interview

Rudy Takala · September 14, 2016 3:49 pm

Facebook-owned WhatsApp is officially becoming part of its parent company's vast surveillance regime. (AP Photo/Karly Domb Sadof)

WhatsApp to harvest user data on behalf of parent company Facebook

Rudy Takala · August 25, 2016 11:52 pm

Lieu also took a shot at those who defend the president by attacking what they view as "liberal propaganda." (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

National Security

Congressman: Possibly half of Congress had voice, text data intercepted

Rudy Takala · August 24, 2016 9:38 pm

The Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity met on Aug. 23 to hear from consumer advocates, technologists, the FTC and other witnesses.

Consumer devices can be used to wreak cybersecurity havoc

Charlie Mitchell · August 24, 2016 6:50 pm

A suspected terrorist targeted by the NSA was actually an innocent resident of New Zealand. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

National Security

Report: Target of NSA’s online surveillance identified

Rudy Takala · August 15, 2016 7:39 pm