March 16, 2020

Senate bill would ban TikTok from government phones

Concerns over cybersecurity risk and possible spying by China have already brought about bans from DHS, DoD, TSA, and the State Department.

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February 28, 2019

US House and Senate debate new data privacy law

A steady stream of hair-raising revelations about the treatment of users' data by Facebook, et al. is pushing Congress to do *something.*

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May 18, 2018

Senate votes to restore net neutrality… but don’t get your hopes up

It's people-pleasing, but it's probably just symbolic.

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April 20, 2018

Kingpin who made 100 million robocalls loses his voice

The man behind a cacophony of robocalls had little to say for himself on Capitol Hill

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December 04, 2017

Proposed law would jail execs who fail to report data breaches

The Senate's looking at YOU, Uber!

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March 23, 2017

News in brief: WikiLeaks drops more CIA documents; ISP privacy rules killed; Instagram launches 2FA

Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news

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April 29, 2016

US House unanimously passes Email Privacy Act

If passed by the Senate, the bill will require a warrant before tech companies are forced to hand over customers' email, no matter how old.

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February 11, 2016

We might use your IoT stuff to spy on you, says top spook James Clapper

Connected fridges, thermostats, and babycams? Sure, those could come in handy for future surveillance, Clapper told the US Senate.

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