What Is Congress Hiding?
Legislators smuggled all kinds of questionable provisions into a last-minute, $1.1 trillion spending bill
Cybersecurity
Apple Finds It Has Many Friends in Encryption Fight Against FBI
Big names in tech file briefs in support.
Reps Skeptical of FBI in Encryption Fight Against Apple
Judiciary Committee members understand the precedent involved.
Don't Trust the FBI's Ability to Keep an iPhone Back Door to Itself
Federal officials can't keep their own secrets. Would you really trust them with the ability to access yours?
Federal Judge Takes Apple's Side vs. Feds in New York
Says government has overstepped bounds
Republican Candidates All Agree: Apple Should Be Obligated to Work for the FBI
Rubio, Cruz accept claim that the encryption fight is over "just one phone."
Apple to Judge: Forcing Them to Write Code for FBI Violates Their Free Speech
Company reveals formal opposition plan to demand they help weaken phone security.
Does Anybody Believe the FBI Isn't Out to Defeat Encryption?
The talking points insist this Apple case is an isolated incident. Evidence suggests otherwise.
Criminal Penalties for Companies that Won't Help Decrypt? Not Yet—But Keep Watching
The stick has been suggested. Now where is the carrot?
4 Reasons to Fear Encryption 'Back Doors,' Even Though You're Not a Terrorist
This seemingly simple demand opens a massive can of extremely dangerous worms.
Goofus and Gallant on Encryption and Government Intrusion
Consider Sen. Tom Cotton and Rep. Justin Amash and guess which is which.
The Encryption Fight We Knew Was Coming Is Here—and Apple Appears Ready
Company will not compromise user security to help access terrorist's phone.
Kasich: Shut Up and Let Your Political Masters Secretly Decide How to Break Your Encryption!
Gov. Kasich's response on security highlights politicians' lack of interest in dangers of mandating 'back doors.'
What's Clear in the Encryption Debate Is That Some Politicians Don't Want to Listen
Officials don't seem to care if you're more vulnerable to criminals if it helps their pet causes.
Report Shows Pretext for Passing CISA Was All Wrong
We can blame last summer's Office of Personnel Management hack on good, old-fashioned bureaucratic incompetence-not a lack of CISA-style "information sharing."
Do the Candidates Even Realize We Just Passed New Cybersurveillance Laws?
More bumbling around tech privacy issues
Congress Snuck a Massive Surveillance Expansion Into the Omnibus Budget
At the heart of the measure is expansion of the feds' ability to access data without a warrant.
England Seems to Think Snooping to Stop 'Cyberbulling' Is Actually a Selling Point
Some might find this argument in favor of expanded surveillance a bit underwhelming.
Freedom Caucus Unable to Strip Intrusive Cybersecurity Bill from Omnibus
More government snooping of Americans; less liability for big business.
Ominous Cybersharing Legislation Finds a Seat on the Omnibus
CISA is alive and appears to have the White House's support.
Tech Privacy Supporters in Congress Push for New Surveillance Restrictions
Meanwhile a cybersecurity bill could put private customer data in the hands of DHS.
Before You Watch Dark Net, Make Sure You've Seen Deep Web
A new Showtime series sounds pretty alarmist about everything that makes the Internet great.
Paris Terrorism No Excuse for Anti-Encryption Efforts
Inconveniently for the U.S. intelligence community, the Paris attacks had nothing to do with encrypted communications.
And Now It's Time for the Ritual Blaming of Edward Snowden for Terrorism
Here's why CIA Chief John Brennan is full of crap.
The Terrible, Privacy-Violating CISA Bill Seems Destined for Passage
All your data belongs to the government.
Sloppy U.N. Cyberviolence Report Uses Damsels in Digital Distress to Cheer Censorship
Why did the U.N. feel justified in recommending such illiberal censorship policies while providing such shoddy evidence to back their claims?
Television Tackles Invasive Behavior—Both Digital and Romantic
CyberWar Threat and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend may make you paranoid for completely different reasons.
American Justice: Five Years Prison for Changing a Headline
Apparently messing (even briefly) with a newspaper website is a federal matter.
The Massive Hack of Government Personnel Data Just Got A Lot Worse
OPM now says 5.6 million fingerprints stolen.
What Ashley Madison Teaches Us About Data Hygiene
The real moral of the Ashley Madison hack? Our data is fundamentally insecure.
Ashley Madison's Response to Hacking Involves Abusing Copyright Law to Remove Info
Somebody's making a desperate effort to try to maintain control of the situation.
Hillary Clinton: Too Important to Make an Example Of?
Would the administration actually charge the candidate promising to extend Obama's policies?
The Economics of Software-Vulnerability Sales: Can the Feds Encourage 'Pro-Social' Hacking?
The question for cybersecurity-minded lawmakers should not be how to control the zero-day market but how to encourage more "white hat" trades and fewer destructive ones.
How Bad Does Alleged Pro-Security Legislation Have to Be to Get DHS to Oppose It?
Federal agency sees the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) as harmful, not helpful.
The Government's Latest Attempt to Stop Hackers Will Only Make Cybersecurity Worse
"Cyberweapons" crackdown could be used to criminalize basic software-bug testing.
Hackers Installed Sophisticated Malware on U.S. Computers. Why Doesn't Anyone Care?
The worm was designed to gather intelligence on the ongoing Iranian nuclear talks.
Ronald Bailey on the Feds' Epic Cybersecurity Fail
Encrypt everything - inhibits data breaches and government domestic spying.
Federal Cybersecurity: Not Even Good Enough for Government Work
Epic government fail, yet no one is responsible.
NSA, British Intelligence Poke Holes in Virus-Protection Software
According to newly released Snowden docs, the spy agencies use security vulnerabilities to hack and track users.
Feds Violate Data Breach Reporting Requirements They Would Impose on Private Companies
Office Personnel Management data breach perhaps 18 million - 4X larger than reported, says CNN
Russians and Chinese Got Snowden Documents the Old-Fashioned Way
By hacking the NSA computers. So says security analyst Bruce Schneier.
Giving Government 'Backdoor' Access to Encrypted Data Threatens Personal Privacy and National Security
The War on Terror is providing plenty of rhetorical ammunition to anti-encryption officials, but they are dangerously wrong.
Second Hack Attack Gained Access to Government Security Clearance Information
Are the feds still going to lecture us on how they should set the standard for cybersecurity?
Government Snoops Who Want Your Data Hand 4 Million Personnel Records to Hackers
How's that whole "trust us" thing working out?
How CISA Threatens Both Privacy and Cybersecurity
Information sharing just doesn't work like CISA advocates imagine.
