US Senate to Vote on a Wiretap Bill That Critics Call ‘Stasi-Like’
[ad_1] The United States Senate is poised to vote on legislation this week that, for the next two years at least, could dramatically expand the number of businesses that the…
Roku Breach Hits 567,000 Users
[ad_1] After months of delays, the US House of Representatives voted on Friday to extend a controversial warrantless wiretap program for two years. Known as Section 702, the program authorizes…
House Votes to Extend—and Expand—a Major US Spy Program
[ad_1] A controversial US wiretap program that was days from expiration cleared a major hurdle on its way to being reauthorized. After months of delays, false starts, and interventions by…
Trump Loyalists Kill Vote on US Wiretap Program
[ad_1] For the third time since December, House Speaker Mike Johnson has failed to wrangle support for reauthorizing a critical US surveillance program, raising questions about the future of a…
The NSA Warns That US Adversaries Free to Mine Private Data May Have an AI Edge
[ad_1] Electrical engineer Gilbert Herrera was appointed research director of the US National Security Agency in late 2021, just as an AI revolution was brewing inside the US tech industry.…
Sinking US Wiretap Program Offered One Last Lifeboat
[ad_1] A bill introduced by senators Dick Durbin and Mike Lee to reauthorize the Section 702 surveillance program is the fifth introduced in the US Congress this winter. The authority…
The ‘Emergency Powers’ Risk of a Second Trump Presidency
[ad_1] Donald Trump appears to dream of being an American authoritarian should he return to office. The former US president, who on Tuesday secured enough delegates to win the 2024…
US Lawmaker Cited NYC Protests in a Defense of Warrantless Spying
[ad_1] The second slide in Turner’s presentation featured the tweet by Foldi, which likewise references a march on Schumer’s home. That protest, however, took place nearly a month after the…
Airbnb Bans All Indoor Security Cameras
[ad_1] Airbnb will soon ban hosts from watching their guests with indoor security cameras, as the company is reversing course on its surveillance policies. As of April 30, hosts around…
5 Years After San Francisco Banned Face Recognition, Voters Ask for More Surveillance
[ad_1] San Francisco made history in 2019 when its Board of Supervisors voted to ban city agencies including the police department from using face recognition. About two dozen other US…