Declan McCullagh reports: The FBI is asking Internet companies not to oppose a controversial proposal that would require firms, including Microsoft, Facebook, Yahoo, and Google, to build in backdoors for government surveillance. In meetings with industry representatives, the White House, and U.S. senators, senior FBI officials argue the dramatic shift in communication from the telephone system…
Category: Govt
Congress Should Grill the FCC Over Redacted Google Wi-Fi Snooping Report
Chris Soghoian has a commentary on Threat Level that begins: Google released a mostly uncensored version of the FCC’s report on the Street View privacy debacle over the weekend, and the new revelations in the document will undoubtedly prompt privacy groups and Congress to demand further investigations and sanctions. And justifiably so. The full FCC…
Google releases FCC report on Street View probe
If there’s damning evidence against you, best to get the story out yourself – and best to get it out on the weekend when fewer people follow news. Jessica Guynn has a must-read piece in today’s L.A. Times about the FCC’s investigation of Google’s wi-fi breach. Google has reportedly released the entire report, only redacting…
Google pushes back against FCC fine
Andrew Feinberg reports: Google is pushing back against a Federal Communications Commission proposal to fine the Internet company for snooping on people’s Wi-Fi networks using equipment in its Google Street View cars. […] Google denied it had obstructed the probe by not making personnel available, saying it had let the commission take testimony from “everyone…