Cybersecurity
What Happens if Ransomware Takes Over Your Internet-Connected Smart House?
Modern hackers can do much more than steal.
Modernization
Why Are Digital-Privacy Apps So Hard to Use?
Protecting your data usually means navigating a miserable user experience.
Digital Government
Should Cryptographers Take on the Surveillance State?
One scientist likened the danger posed by modern governments’ growing surveillance capabilities to the threat of nuclear warfare in the 1950s.
Digital Government
Secrecy Shuts Down a National-Security Debate
On Tuesday night, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio clashed over NSA surveillance—but they can’t tell the public what they’re arguing about.
Artificial Intelligence
We Need a New Pronoun for Artificial Intelligence
Pick your favorite: “bleep” or “bloop.”
Cybersecurity
Even Hackers Hate Donald Trump
The hacktivist group Anonymous took down the Trump Tower website for about an hour.
Digital Government
Obama Hints at Policy Shift on Encryption
It could have serious consequences for the way Americans use technology.
Digital Government
Months After Huge Hack, OPM Finally Completes IT Inventory
The agency is still cleaning up from the breaches it announced this summer.
Modernization
Your Phone Knows What You Watch on TV
Silverpush creates inaudible signals between devices to serve you more targeted ads.
Digital Government
Why Restricting Encryption Would Not Have Prevented the Paris Attack
... despite what intelligence officials from multiple countries are saying.
Modernization
Lawmakers Want to Know Which Federal Agencies use Cellphone-Tracking Stingray Technology
A bipartisan group of representatives asked 24 agencies if and how they use the technology.
Digital Government
How Much Is Encryption Worth to the Economy?
With strong, ubiquitous encryption under fire, a new research paper tries to assess the economic benefits of encryption.
Digital Government
New Bill Would Ban Warrantless Cellphone Tracking
Rep. Jason Chaffetz wants local police to follow the same rules as federal agents for using fake cell towers for surveillance.
Digital Government
Court OKs One Last Month of NSA Mass Spying
The small victory for the government allows NSA to maintain its bulk-surveillance program throughout a 180-day transition period.
Cybersecurity
Senate Passes Cyber Bill Despite Privacy Fears
After months of negotiation, a cybersecurity bill designed to step up defenses in the wake of high-profile hacks moves closer to the president’s desk.
Digital Government
Intelligence Office: Don’t Trust Your Facebook Friends
An educational video from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence is warning people to be wary of foreign spies on social-media sites
Cybersecurity
White House Endorses Cyber Bill, Bucking Privacy Groups
The Senate’s bill gains momentum ahead of a vote next week.
Cybersecurity
Controversial Cybersecurity Bill Easily Clears Senate Hurdle
The Senate will now turn to a slew of amendments that do not have the support of the bill’s co-sponsors.
Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity Bill Nears Crucial Senate Vote
Privacy advocates warn CISA could funnel more private information into the hands of NSA.
Emerging Tech
FAA to Require Recreational Drones to be Registered with the Goverment
Getting a drone for Christmas? Better register it before you wrap it.
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