Source: Washingtonpost
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Federal court strikes down net neutrality rules
A federal appeals court has struck down Federal Communications Commission rules that prohibit Internet service providers (ISPs) from restricting access to legal Web content. The ruling is the latest development in...
Thousands of Yahoo users have been infected with malware
Security researchers at Fox IT say they've detected a malicious exploit kit among Yahoo's ad network active since December 30th. The malware seems to have hit Romania, Great Britain, and France the...
New Kanye West-styled cryptocurrency is easier to use than Bitcoin
Coinye West, a new cryptocurrency that, for some reason, is styled after Kanye West, intends to be much more accessible than Bitcoin or Dogecoin. The fact that Bitcoin is so complicated...
Verizon to report on law-enforcement data requests
Verizon Communications will report on law-enforcement requests for information on its customers that it received in 2013, following similar moves that major online companies have made but rival AT&T has...
Researchers find hackers can easily access your webcam without you knowing
The FBI has been accessing private webcams for years, and even knows how to do so without triggering your device’s warning light, seemingly allowing agents to secretly record targets without...
NSA could decode private cellphone conversations
The NSA's phone surveillance efforts do more than just focus on metadata instead of associated calls, but they are also able to eavesdrop on what is being shared by two...
Ex-employee reveals that the FBI can secretly turn on your laptop’s camera
A new report on FBI surveillance techniques has revealed some interesting details on the hacks the Bureau is using to keep tabs on suspected criminals. The Federal Bureau of Investigation...
Yahoo finally catches up on SSL encryption for email
Yahoo is excited to announce that their email is going to be on a secure https URL... four years after Gmail did it. Beginning Jan. 8, Yahoo will enable encryption...
The scale of the NSA’s email collections
Is the National Security Agency targeting thousands? Are they collecting tens, even hundreds of thousands of emails around the world? How about millions? The National Security Agency is harvesting hundreds...
“Nothing to worry about here” – BlackBerry
Don't listen to the news reports. Don't listen to the rumors. Don't pay attention to the layoffs, the cutbacks, the trends, or anything that has to do with numbers. BlackBerry...
EFF is getting sucked into politics
They are self-proclaimed zealots. They fight through information and grassroots efforts. With the rise of what they call "the surveillance state" and an atmosphere that demands political action, the Electronic...
Do Not Track suffers another casualty
Cookies are a good thing when baked in an oven. They're a potentially bad thing on the internet. Tracking is now a part of a virtual lives that it would...
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