Cat Zakrzewski reports: The House of Representatives today passed The Protecting Cyber Networks Act on a 307-116 bipartisan vote. The bill aims to remove legal barriers so that American companies can share threat information with one another to defend against hacks, such as those that have recently plagued Sony and Target. The bills have broad support from the White House and industry groups, including…
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Hello Barbie, NSA win Germany’s “Big Brother” awards
NextGov reports: Organized by advocacy nonprofit Digitalcourage, the 15th annual BBAs were announced Friday night in Bielefeld, Germany, a northwestern city of about 330,000. The tech prize was awarded to Hello Barbie, a “smart” version of the toymaker Mattel’s iconic doll, that records everything its owner says and allows parents to review the sound clips. … three Big…
Police can’t extend traffic stop to wait for drug sniffing dog if there’s no reasonable suspicion
In a 6-3 ruling released today, the U.S. Supreme Court held in Rodriguez v. United States that police cannot prolong a routine traffic stop to enable a drug sniffing dog to show up to sniff your car for drugs if there’s no reasonable suspicion. From the syllabus (not the opinion), the background and issue before the court: Officer Struble, a…
Should Law Enforcement Have the Ability to Access Encrypted Communications?
Point and counterpoint debate on The Wall Street Journal. It continues with a response from Amy Hess of the FBI, here.