Pittsburgh school board won't rescind contract with new superintendent | TribLIVE - 1 views
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Derek Bruff on 30 Jun 16Apparently, a little plagiarism won't get you fired sometimes.
Republicans are coming for your browsing histories, not your guns | VICE News - 0 views
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Senator John McCain has filed an amendment that would allow the FBI to retrieve email metadata and web browsing history without warrants. He's proposing we expand use of National Security Letters, which get around the need for warrants and often come with gag orders, so that if you receive an NSL asking for data, you can't tell anyone about it.
Forget Apple vs. the FBI: WhatsApp Just Switched on Encryption for a Billion People | W... - 1 views
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"With end-to-end encryption in place, not even WhatsApp's employees can read the data that's sent across its network. In other words, WhatsApp has no way of complying with a court order demanding access to the content of any message, phone call, photo, or video traveling through its service. Like Apple, WhatsApp is, in practice, stonewalling the federal government, but it's doing so on a larger front-one that spans roughly a billion devices."
Crimes, iPhones and Encryption - Room for Debate - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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The New York Times put together a virtual debate over the Apple/FBI conflict.
Apple can comply with the FBI court order - Trail of Bits Blog - 0 views
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More on the technicalities of the FBI's request to Apple.
Hospital Forced Back to Pre-Computer Era Shows the Power of Ransomware - 0 views
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Ransomware shuts down a hospital for more than a week. This time, there's a $3 million demand.
Tim Cook says Apple won't break into iPhone for the FBI | Fusion - 0 views
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Apple's response to the court order directing them to comply with the FBI's request for a backdoor into the iPhone owned by one of the San Bernardino shooters.
U.S. wants Apple to help unlock iPhone used by San Bernardino shooter - The Washington ... - 0 views
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Heads up... big crypto story happening now.
Why Apple users should update their iOS right now - 0 views
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We talked about Apple as a champion for user privacy but here's an issue...
Colleges are spying on prospective students by quietly tracking them across the interne... - 0 views
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Here's another angle on data mining and (prospective) college students...
Exclusive: Feds Regularly Monitored Black Lives Matter Since Ferguson - 0 views
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And, these days, it's DHS surveillance of the #blacklivesmatter movement. (via @snowden)
MLK's speech attracted FBI's intense attention - The Washington Post - 0 views
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A little history on FBI surveillance of MLK. via @snowden
Nicolas Cage Agrees to Return Stolen Dinosaur Skull to Mongolia - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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Perhaps the best headline ever.
Cotton Responds to Apple CEO Tim Cook's Comments on 60 Minutes | Tom Cotton | U.S. Sena... - 0 views
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Here's Tom Cotton's statement. Note the mention of 3 of the 4 Horsemen of the Infocalypse.
Cotton squares off against Apple CEO | TheHill - 0 views
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Apple CEO Tim Cook was on 60 Minutes yesterday, reiterating his company's support for strong encryption. Today, Senator Tom Cotton called on Apple and other companies to install "back doors" for law enforcement agencies. I wonder if Tom Cotton has read the "Keys Under Doormats" report by Schneier, Rivest, Diffie, et al.
EFFECT OF THE USA PATRIOT ACT ON INTERNET PRIVACY - 2 views
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Super useful!! Talks about the expansion of state power over cyber surveillance with the Patriot Act.
Personal Privacy Is Only One of the Costs of NSA Surveillance - 1 views
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If you're writing about the rhetoric of the debate
New America Open Technology Institute - 2 views
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Many many articles/ papers on security vs. privacy issues
Will Fear Change the Internet? Self-Policing Has Already Started - NBC News - 1 views
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Interesting article about how recent terror events will change how individuals and tech companies monitor/ regulate use on the internet, but not the government