FBI Doubles Down on Apple Encryption
The FBI really hates data security and privacy. I mean HATES it. In a speech before the Brookings Institution last week, FBI Director Jim Comey called for a “legislative or regulatory…
DetailsYour Bank is Listening and Recording
“This call may be recorded for quality assurance purposes.” We have all heard this missive whenever we call an 800 number, or any big company. But when we “consent” to…
DetailsFakebook Crimes
Sondra Prince of Watertown, New York was a social media queen. She had a Facebook page with pictures of herself splayed out on a brand new BMW. She displayed her…
DetailsGag Me With a Court Order: Twitter Suing
Online social media site Twitter recently sued the U.S. government to allow the site to protect the privacy of its users. Generally, you see the U.S. government through the Federal Trade…
DetailsThe StealthGenie Spyware Indictment and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. When Ferris Bueller took his famous “Day Off,” he entrusted his…
DetailsApple the Choice of Pedophiles? Law Enforcement Just Doesn’t Get It.
Law enforcement’s response to the announcement by Apple (and later Google’s Android) that it would be encrypting by default the contents of users’ phones was met with predictable outrage by…
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