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AT&T Implicated in Trillion CDR Surveillance Program
Senator Ron Wyden believes the White House-funded purchase of call data from AT&T may have broken the law.
Is It a Good Idea to Offer to Disguise IMSIs?
A new pseudo-network offers privacy-conscious mobile phone users the ability to change their IMSI at the press of a button.
In Defense of Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook
Facebook has failings but this is not because it is new and unfamiliar technology. Its problems stem from a much older source of lies and mistakes: the vices of human beings.
Brazil Becomes Key Battleground in US-China 5G War
A recent war of words in the Brazilian press highlights the global scale of the US government's fight against Huawei.
FBI Investigates Hacking of Elite Twitter Accounts by Bitcoin Scammers
Some suspect insiders were paid to give access to the accounts of VIPs including Barack Obama, Elon Musk and Kanye West.
Top Lawyer Explains US Reverse on Business Data Services Regulation
Andrew Lipman, Senior Partner at legal firm Morgan Lewis, talks about the u-turn in US telco regulation and legal risk in general.
The Argument for National Regulatory Telco Testing
Regulators should procure the systems needed to test telcos instead of telling telcos to test themselves.
Anti-ISP Hysteria Turns Privacy Into a Scam
An irrational hatred of ISPs is being mixed with more general fears about the loss of privacy to create a toxic brew exploited by VPN scammers.
Obama Favors Tech Realists over Snoops
The US government has decided it will not force tech companies to weaken encryption or create 'back doors' for surveillance.
Obama and Cruz Mislead the Public about Net Neutrality
Let me begin by apologizing to everyone who does not live in the USA. Sometimes, when discussing the internet, you have to discuss...
Vodafone Concerns Over Surveillance in USA
Vodafone's privacy boss has taken the unusual step of garnering public support - via mainstream news media - as part of his company's strategy...
Obama Administration: Right to Unlock Phones is ‘Common Sense’
We recently wrote about the US petition to allow mobile phones to be unlocked, which was prompted by a change in the application of...
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