Tag: Watchdog

Professor Matthew Green suggested that if his team was able to discover a flaw in iMessages, it was likely that other flaws exist on Apple products that law enforcement officials should be able to discover. (iStock photo)

Researchers discover security flaw in Apple messaging

Rudy Takala · March 21, 2016 3:29 pm

Jill Abramson, former executive editor of the New York Times, said on Monday that the media is too hard on Hillary Clinton, most likely because Clinton is a woman. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)

Former NYT editor: Media too hard on Clinton

Rudy Takala · March 21, 2016 2:56 pm

Report reveals Apple ‘privacy czars’

Rudy Takala · March 21, 2016 1:54 pm

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is facing a federal indictment over charges that she mishandled classified information during her tenure as secretary of state by storing it on a personal email server. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Report: FBI ‘increasingly certain’ Clinton broke the law

Rudy Takala · March 21, 2016 12:55 pm

"The plan could play a meaningful role in cementing monopoly market power for companies like Google, Facebook or Twitter in secret-selling by regulating potential competitors out of business altogether," said Fred Campbell, director of Tech Knowledge and a professor of telecommunications law.

FCC rules could boost tech giants’ control over personal data

Rudy Takala · March 21, 2016 4:01 am

Clinton email reveals: Google sought overthrow of Syria’s Assad

Rudy Takala · March 19, 2016 9:30 pm

The Obama administration has set a new record for rejecting Freedom of Information Act requests, according to a new report. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Report: Obama denied a record 77 percent of FOIA requests

Rudy Takala · March 19, 2016 12:42 am

Following his termination, Podliska said the committee had directed him to focus his investigative work on Hillary Clintons behavior during the Sept. 11, 2012, attack on the American embassy in Benghazi, a focus that he said was inappropriate. (AP Photo)

Former Benghazi staffer quietly drops claim of anti-Clinton bias

Rudy Takala · March 18, 2016 9:40 pm

Reports on Thursday suggested that Anonymous had posted Donald Trump's Social Security number and the number to his cell phone online. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg)

Secret Service investigating Trump hacking claim

Rudy Takala · March 18, 2016 7:12 pm

The FBI announce Thursday that drivers of Internet-connected vehicles should be alert to hackers targeting them. (iStock Photo)

Cars can be hacked, FBI warns

Rudy Takala · March 18, 2016 2:28 pm

Even if the federal government wins a court battle to compel Apple to help break into one of its devices, the company's engineers may still refuse to comply. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)

Apple engineers may resist writing hacking software for feds

Rudy Takala · March 18, 2016 12:37 pm

David Brock, founder of the liberal Media Matters watchdog and a Hillary Clinton loyalist, said on Wednesday that a New York Times report on Clinton's email practices while secretary of state was "sloppily done" and "based on a false premise." (AP Photo)

PAC leader: Clinton the ‘gold standard’ of transparency

Rudy Takala · March 18, 2016 12:01 pm