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Court Says FTC Can Go After Companies Who Get Hacked For Their Weak Security Practices
Almost exactly a decade ago (man, time flies…), we first discussed the question of whether or not it should be against the law to …
USTR Warns That EU-Only Cloud To Avoid NSA Surveillance May Violate Trade Agreements
The USTR seems to have a worrying need to blame other countries. Alongside the infamous Special 301 Report which puts a selection of nations …
Americans Distrust Tech Companies
Many Americans are more wary about exposing their personal information to tech companies following revelations about their cooperation with government surveillance. It’s not that …
Microsoft XP’s massive cybersecurity problem
Microsoft will cut off support to its 12-year-old operating system Windows XP at about 1 p.m. Eastern time on Tuesday, leaving more than a …
Massive Security Bug In OpenSSL Could Affect A Huge Chunk Of The Internet
I saw a t-shirt one time. “I’m a bomb disposal technician,” it read. “If you see me running, try to keep up.” The same …
German Government Warns Key Entities Not To Use Windows 8 – Links The NSA
According to leaked internal documents from the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) that Die Zeit obtained, IT experts figured out that Windows …
Android 4.3 New ‘Always-On’ Wi-Fi Feature Buried in Settings
It might be a bit much to say that one of the new features packed into Android’s 4.3 upgrade is controversial, but it’s definitely …
Fears over NSA surveillance revelations endanger US cloud computing industry
American technology businesses fear they could lose between $21.5bn and $35bn in cloud computing contracts worldwide over the next three years, as part of …
Snowden deals blow to ‘global electronic prison camp’ – Russian Orthodox Church
Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin has praised Russian authorities for not caving in to pressure from abroad, saying granting asylum to US whistleblower Edward Snowden would …
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