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"Brain Spyware"

As if we don’t have enough to worry about, now there’s spyware for your brain.  Or, there could be.  Researchers at Oxford, Geneva, and Berkeley have created a…

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Transparency, but what are we seeing?

Cross-posted from http://katewestmoreland.wordpress.com/ Now that Microsoft has come to the party and is publishing a regular transparency report, there is a m…

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Here's How to Legalize Phone Unlocking

In the wake of a public petition to allow people to unlock their cellphones for use on the wireless network of their choice, both the White House and the Federa…

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New Phone Unlocking Bill

Senator Klobuchar's bill to legalize phone unlocking would require the Federal Communications Commission to direct wireless providers to unlock mobile devic…

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ECPA Reform Bill Announced

Today, Rep. Zoe Lofgren in conjunction with Reps. Ted Poe and Suzan DelBene announced a bill reforming the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) to requi…