The inaugural Structure Connect conference had speakers and special guests discussing the rapid adoption of devices that are wirelessly connected, and what that means for consumers and businesses going forward. Read more »
Privacy in the age of the internet has been pretty poor. It could be much harder in the age of the internet of things — but experts from the White House,… Read more »
Facebook had to turn over account information about 381 people at once this summer as a result of a “bulk search warrant” process the company says is illegal. Now, a higher… Read more »
Nicole Wong, who was the closest person the Obama Administration had to a Privacy Officer, just left the job, setting off a debate about sort of person should replace her. Read more »
Stingrays are a secret but popular technology that police forces — and possibly gangs and foreign governments — are using to track cell phone locations and conversations. Read more »
Civil liberties activitists sued the British intelligence agencies over their surveillance programs, forcing the government to explain its legal rationale for intercepting certain online searches and communications. Read more »
Courts disagree about the legal status of a massive NSA database of American phone records. A new appeal could speed the issue towards the Supreme Court. Read more »
The White House and the NSA received a rare voice of support when a federal judge said a massive phone database is constitutional — the ruling comes two weeks after another… Read more »
In response to a lawsuit brought by the ACLU, a secret spy court has ordered the federal government to declassify decisions (issued by the spy court) that authorized the NSA to… Read more »