Mariella Moon reports: US authorities must have spent more time at Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court last year than in 2015. According to Microsoft’s latest transparency report, the tech titan received 1,000 to 1,499 surveillance requests for foreign intelligence purposes (known as FISA) from January to June 2016. That’s at least double the 0 to 499…
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PA Rep. Briggs announces internet privacy legislation to restore repealed protections
Fox43 reports: State Rep. Tim Briggs, D-Montgomery, announced a proposal today that will aim to protect Pennsylvanian’s online privacy by restoring part of the privacy protections recently stripped by Congress and President Donald Trump. Briggs’ legislation is part of a package of privacy and consumer protection bills designed by House Democrats to mirror the recently…
Twitter Fights Effort by Customs and Border Protection to Identify Administration Critic (UPDATED)
UPDATE: Less than 24 hours later, the government withdrew its demand, and Twitter dropped its lawsuit against DHS and CBP. Andrew Crocker writes: Twitter is fighting an attempt by the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency to obtain identifying information about an “alternative agency” Twitter account, @ALT_uscis. EFF applauds Twitter for standing up for users’…
Australian Dark Web Hacking Campaign Unmasked Hundreds Globally
Joseph Cox reports: Last year, Motherboard found Australian authorities had unmasked Tor users in the US as part of a child pornography investigation. Judging by court documents, Australian authorities sent targets a hyperlink to a video that, when clicked, would give their real IP address to investigators. Now, it has emerged the hacking operation was…