A deadly shooting on a Naval base in Florida may lead to a new battle against encryption.
A new paper raises constitutional questions about expansive state-level regulations that reach beyond their borders.
We’re going to need a lot more sensing equipment—and fast. Here’s how to do it.
Twitter CEO's connection to Bitcoin-friendly tools suggests more commitment to privacy than Facebook's Libra proposal.
Defining terms is tricky, particularly when governments with bad track records on privacy want to call the shots.
Besides, the regulators are already licking their chops.
Everybody’s going after Google and Facebook. But how do you prove they’re harming consumers?
You may be surprised how many different companies know whenever you use your credit card.
The FBI is looking for companies to comb through social media posts and pinpoint possible threats ahead of time. Think of it like a meme-illiterate Facebook-stalking precog from Minority Report.
Apple, Google, Amazon, and Facebook are all in the federal government’s crosshairs.
And will the end result encourage companies to try to keep cybersecurity breaches secret?
Many digital payments can be tracked, potentially assisting an authoritarian crackdown.
Being a big company is not a crime. What problem are we trying to fix?
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.
A love letter to getting good stuff cheaply
Europeans want the best of America's online services, even as the government keeps soaking them for billions.
There's no room for errors and online platforms face huge fines, likely encouraging overly broad takedowns.
A cashless society is a monitored (and potentially controlled) society.
The possibilities and perils of voluntary, privately operated biometric screening
Online black markets shift faster than police can respond
Attempts to control how artificial intelligence develops and is used could backfire.
The tech giant actually stands to gain by legally hamstringing competition with tough regulations.
The future we've fantasized about really is coming, and soon.
It wasn't just about financial breaks and subsidies. Cities gave up all sorts of data the giant can use for its own market advantages.
A report from Florida's ravaged Panhandle.
The bigger the company, the bigger the target.
How a risk-averse bureaucracy across the ocean may decide what you say and do online.
Demands for government oversight hide opportunism amid rhetoric about safety.
Should we be concerned about a new system to keep track of real vs. fake news?
To assume that governments do better at keeping currencies stable ignores parts of the world.
Cybercurrencies are not as anonymous as you might think.
Gun owners can now enjoy First and Second Amendment safeguards.
The SEC is getting serious about initial coin offering (ICO) oversight.
It's not just email spam; GDPR has led companies to shut down access to sites and games.
Was their miscount of unlockable phones truly a mistake or part of an agenda?
The EU's GDPR should serve as a cautionary tale for Americans eager to reign in tech titans
There's little evidence Google is ill-serving its customers. So what's the problem?
Regulators seem to recognize the need for restraint.
How do we scale the system for broad use?
Have you heard about "Meltdown" and "Spectre"? Here's what you need to know.
Evaluating the current cycle of buzz
Set aside the Chicken Little fears about the internet dying.
Another possible standoff where officials want to compromise everybody's data security.
It's all about deregulation to foster innovation.
Responses to top-down federal dictates are hard to predict.
Proposed legislation would be a boon to users dealing with very complex regulations.
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