Chinese Hackers Used U.S. Government-Mandated Wiretap Systems
A backdoor for anybody is a backdoor for everybody.
A backdoor for anybody is a backdoor for everybody.
Cyber intrusions, arson, bombings, and other mayhem feature in the conflict between West and East.
The 9th Circuit determined that forcibly mashing a suspect's thumb into his phone to unlock it was akin to fingerprinting him at the police station.
No matter who wins between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, chaos is likely to ensue.
Rockstar Games told a U.K. court that it spent $5 million to recover from the hack. Is that worth the rest of a teenager's life?
How online “child protection” measures could make child and adult internet users more vulnerable to hackers, identity thieves, and snoops.
The loss of public key encryption service providers would make us all more vulnerable, both physically and financially.
Photos and information you store on iCloud will be safer from hackers, spies, and the government.
We can make our voting systems just a bit dumber and a whole lot safer.
WhatsApp and iMessage are not as private as you might think.
Innovation should be more important than regulation.
Breaking encryption technologies always makes us less safe, no matter what the justification.
An onslaught of antitrust and data-security crackdowns have threatened the country's biggest ride-sharing platforms, cryptocurrency exchanges, and messaging services.
The ION project promises to give individual users absolute control over their online identity and privacy.
She was sentenced to more than five years for revealing how Russia tried to hack the 2016 election.
Prosecutors like to use the law against people who clearly weren't engaged in hacking. The Court is trying to rein them in.
Government surveillance doesn't just violate privacy rights; it’s a major security risk.
Plus: Google gets hit with another antitrust lawsuit, the U.S. falls in a new ranking of human freedom, and more...
Let's not weaken cybersecurity even more.
The National Security Agency arranged for security systems to be secretly compromised. Then the Chinese government allegedly found its way in.
Privacy is a right, not a “high risk” and “possibly criminal” activity
The costly fight over a “right to repair” proposal has led to a lot of cybersecurity fearmongering.
He is expected to be extradited to face the charges he knew were coming, which inspired his past few years of international exile.
We don’t trust state-controlled companies in China. Would it be different if we did more of the controlling?
Plus: U.S. small business relief checks went to Chinese companies, teen charged in massive Twitter hack, and more...
This isn't a bill about fighting child porn. Don't fall for it.
A new, terrible anti-encryption bill with a twist
The very idea that our intelligence agencies could keep encryption bypasses secret is absurd.
She’s nearly three years into a five-year sentence for releasing classified documents showing Russian attempts to hack U.S. election systems.
Somebody tell the FBI and Congress.
Plus: Santa Cruz decriminalizes shrooms, the feds target medical marijuana in Michigan, "the growing threat to free speech online," and more...
Don’t worry—America’s ruling factions still disagree over who should be in charge of the snooping.
A deadly shooting on a Naval base in Florida may lead to a new battle against encryption.
WhatsApp (and owner Facebook) sues to protect users from malicious surveillance from officials.
Defining terms is tricky, particularly when governments with bad track records on privacy want to call the shots.
Years after surveillance reforms, federal personnel can’t seem to comply with the Fourth Amendment.
You may be surprised how many different companies know whenever you use your credit card.
In order to fight crime, Americans must...make their data more susceptible to hacking?
And will the end result encourage companies to try to keep cybersecurity breaches secret?
Government-mandated privacy regulations will allow the most powerful companies to game it to their advantage.
As the cryptocurrency continues use, issues of privacy and fungibility crop up.
The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act is itself prone to abuse by prosecutors. This is another example.
Backdoors into your texts and private message provide far more information than your phone metadata.
The possibilities and perils of voluntary, privately operated biometric screening
Hacking tools end up in the hands of some dangerous people. So, apparently, do our government hackers.
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