Tag: Surveillance

Tech companies are deeply concerned that American-made products will be seen in the global marketplace as tainted if they reach some kind of accommodation with the government.

Obama edges toward full support for encryption

Charlie Mitchell · September 18, 2015 2:23 pm

Stingray technology simulates cell phone towers, allowing cell phones in a given area to connect to them. In order to search for a single suspect, the technology vacuums up information from hundreds or thousands of phones in an area.Â

Cellphone spying unchecked, say experts

Rudy Takala · September 14, 2015 4:01 am

"Russia's and China's conception of information security is broader than the Western approach of cybersecurity," saidÂ Elaine Korzak of Stanford University's Center for International Security and Cooperation.

China’s cybersecurity law — trouble for businesses

Katie Nelson · September 8, 2015 4:01 am

Women use their smart phones in the Colombian capital of Bogota.Â Colombian police have the technology to do things such as hack electronic devices unbeknownst to users.Â (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)

In Colombia, the worst fears of the surveillance state are on display

Rudy Takala · September 8, 2015 4:01 am

The Department of Justice issued new guidelines on Thursday reining in the use of confidential cellphone surveillance technology. (iStock Photo)

DOJ boosts privacy protections with new surveillance guidelines

Rudy Takala · September 4, 2015 4:10 pm

The amendment leaves broad interpretative discretion to John Kerry's State Department and tells it to seek guidance from the United Nations. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Pool)

Amendment would direct Kerry to establish cyber ‘behavior’

Rudy Takala · September 1, 2015 5:42 pm

Wyndham must face hacker suit as court upholds FTC power

Charlie Mitchell · August 31, 2015 4:01 am

Snowden revelations could derail information-sharing bill

Charlie Mitchell · August 24, 2015 12:00 pm

"I'm of the view this bill in its present form would do little of anything to stop large sophisticated cyberattacks like the Office of Personnel Management hack," saidÂ Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore.Â

CISA is about sharing technical clues, not personal information

Charlie Mitchell · August 17, 2015 4:01 am

Republican presidential candidates Chris Christie and Rand Paul exchanged blows on federal surveillance and warrantless bulk data collection. (Screenshot from video)

Paul: Obama-hugging Christie ‘misunderstands Bill of Rights’

Ariel Cohen · August 7, 2015 2:35 am

National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden appears on a live video feed broadcast from Moscow at an event sponsored by the ACLU Hawaii in Honolulu on Saturday, Feb. 14, 2015. (AP Photo)Â

White House says no pardon for Snowden

Nicole Duran · July 28, 2015 8:18 pm

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, left, talks with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, DC. (Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Haspel)

Senate, once again, looks to bring back CISA

Charlie Mitchell · July 20, 2015 4:01 am