Robinson Meyer has a primer on all the ways the government can use your cellphone to surveill you. The article’s on NextGov (via The Atlantic).
Category: Govt
Stingray Concession Not Enough for Defenders
Nick Cahill reports: Nine years after it began tracking private citizens’ cellphone calls and text messages without warrants, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department said Tuesday it will no longer do so without a court order. Sheriff Scott Jones announced the new policy on Stingray technology days after the Sacramento County Public Defender’s Office asked a…
Why the FTC, America’s top privacy regulator, actually hates a privacy bill everyone else seems to want
Brian Fung reports: By now, Americans are all too familiar with the ways hackers can gain unauthorized entry into their personal accounts online. But did you know that the government can currently seize many of your e-mails without even getting a warrant? That’s the result of a gaping loophole in a nearly 30-year-old law known as the…
Microsoft Argues for Data Security in Landmark Court Appeal
Bob Van Voris reports: Microsoft Corp. asked an appeals panel to reverse a lower-court ruling forcing it to turn over e-mails stored in Ireland, in a closely watched case that could set the terms for data security for the U.S. technology industry. Internet service providers may have a hard time selling Web-based programs if they…