Zack Whittaker reports: Folks in America: Your senators only have a few weeks left to pass the PRESS Act, a federal “shield” bill that the House passed with unanimous, bipartisan support in January but has been waiting in the Senate for a final vote ever since. The PRESS Act, if passed into law, would enshrine nationwide protections for journalists across…
Category: Misc
FBI: Spike in Hacked Police Emails, Fake Subpoenas
This is both a privacy issue and a security issue. As Brian Krebs reports: The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is urging police departments and governments worldwide to beef up security around their email systems, citing a recent increase in cybercriminal services that use hacked police email accounts to send unauthorized subpoenas and customer data requests to…
Rude, crude, and a disgrace to the legal profession?
Mike Davis, a Republican lawyer who has been mentioned as someone who might like to be under consideration as Attorney General under Trump’s next administration, has named one of their first targets: New York Attorney General Letitia James. James prosecuted Trump on state charges and has already indicated she will not back off and is…
Election 2024: Your Privacy is at Stake
If you are still not sure whether you will vote on Tuesday, or you are just not sure who to vote for, vote for the candidate(s) or party that will respect and protect your privacy. There is no place for the government in the doctor’s office or emergency room when a woman consults her doctor…