Sean Gallagher of Ars Technica talks to an ex-NSA pro who filed unlawful sharing complaints—only to be shunned. Read it here.
Category: Govt
House Judiciary Committee Members Call for DOJ Investigation of National Intelligence Director Clapper for Lying to Congress
Press release from Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner: Today, Representatives Jim Sensenbrenner (WI-5), Darrell Issa (CA-49), Trent Franks (AZ-08), Blake Farenthold (TX-27), Trey Gowdy (SC-04), Raul Labrador (ID-01) and Ted Poe (TX-02) sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr. urging an investigation of the Director of National Intelligence, James Clapper, for lying to Congress while…
Tech firms locked in battle to protect consumer privacy, own profits
Marcy Gordon and Michael Liedtke of Associated Press report: … The industry’s profit machine has become tarnished by revelations that the National Security Agency trolls deep into the everyday lives of Web surfers. As a result, companies such as Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Yahoo are becoming more aggressive in their attempts to counter any perception…
Privacy groups ask FCC to rule that carriers cannot share phone records
John Ribeiro reports: Privacy groups have asked the Federal Communications Commission to declare that even “anonymized” phone records have to be protected under a privacy rule that restricts carriers from sharing customers’ information without their consent. The petition filed before the FCC comes in the wake of reports that U.S. carriers like Verizon and AT&T…