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The Supreme Court pared down a controversial anti-hacking law A ‘breathtaking amount’ of everyday computer use was at stake Share this story Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), a controversial anti-hacking law which bans “exceeding authorized access” on a computer system, was narrowed by the Supreme Court on Thursday in a 6-3 ruling. The court said the law shouldn’t cover people misusing systems they’re allowed to access — and that claimi...

Judges rule that Georgia police officer did not violate CFAA when he accessed law-enforcement data in exchange for bribe money, a ruling that takes heat off ethical hackers.

Whatever profession you’re in, the idea of winning an award or being recognized for something you accomplished probably sounds pretty exciting. That description, though, doesn’t fit when it comes to the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Foilies. Those are presented — sarcastically — to government agencies and organizations that have done a poor job in giving the public information or responding to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. The Show talked about the Foilies with Aaron ...

Caitlyn Crites The day after the 2021 inauguration, Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut took to Twitter to declare: “Biden is making transparency cool again.”  This was a head-scratcher for many journalists and transparency advocates. Freedom of Information — the concept that government documents belong to and must be accessible to the people — has never not been cool. Using federal and local public records laws, a single individual can uncove...

Since 2015, The Foilies have served as an annual opportunity to name-and-shame the uncoolest government agencies and officials who have stood in the way of public access. We collect the most outrageous and ridiculous stories from around the country from journalists, activists, academics, and everyday folk who have filed public records and experienced retaliation,

Thu, Mar 11th 2021 5:38am — Karl Bode As companies like Google shift away from individual behavior tracking in their ad efforts, telecoms like T-Mobile are headed in the opposite direction. The wireless giant this week announced it would be automatically enrolling all of its customers (including recently acquired Sprint customers) in a new behavioral tracking and ad system the company is launching on April 26. Whereas Google is shifting to its FLOC system that tends to clump consumers into gr...

Vive La Privacy Will the IDFA have its day in court? As developers scramble to prepare for Apple’s iOS 14 privacy changes, which could roll out any day now, a French lobbying group is taking a different tack. France Digitale, which represents startups in the country, lodged a complaint with France’s data watchdog, the CNIL, on Tuesday over an alleged breach of EU privacy rules. According to Reuters, the complaint alleges that Apple’s consent requirements in iOS 14 do not comply with the G...

  T-Mobile plans to enroll its wireless subscribers — including iPhone users — automatically into a program that will use their online activity to target ads. Heres how to opt out of the "feature." The new privacy policy, which takes effect on April 26, reportedly gives T-Mobile permission to sell your online activity from their mobile networks to ad partners on the network. This can include data from mobile apps or web browsers. The policy changes require users to explicitly opt-out of ...

Uploaded: Fri, Jan 29, 2021, 6:48 am 4 Time to read: about 2 minutes Palo Alto police Officer Marianna Villaescusa and dispatcher Lindsay Moore discuss the days plans in the dispatch room in 2012. Embarcadero Media file photo. This article is part of a larger story on police agencies encrypting radio dispatch communications, which can be found here. --- While the FBI and California Department of Justice (DOJ) say private information might fall into the wrong hands when the public and the press...

"It would require additional staffing in the emergency communications center to monitor an additional radio channel," she said. East Palo Alto police Chief Al Pardini said his department is looking into encrypting its communications in 2023. Currently, the San Jose, Morgan Hill and Sunnyvale police departments have made the switch to encrypted radio channels, Nelson said. Mountain View plans on making the transition in March. Every law enforcement agency within Santa Clara County will be switch...