The Senate will not consider CISPA in its current form:
According to the chairman of a key Senate committee, the cybersecurity bill passed by the House is “important” but its privacy protections are “insufficient.”
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Leahy scuttles his warrantless email surveillance bill
Sen. Patrick Leahy has abandoned his controversial proposal that would grant government agencies more surveillance power, including warrantless access to Americans’ e-mail accounts, than they possess under current law.
The Vermont Democrat said today on Twitter that he would “not support such an exception” for warrantless access. The remarks came a few hours after a CNET article this morning that disclosed the existence of the measure.
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Senate bill rewrite lets feds read your e-mail without warrants
Proposed law scheduled for a vote next week originally increased Americans’ e-mail privacy. Then law enforcement complained. Now it increases government access to e-mail and other digital files.
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Fun fact: The FBI doesn’t need a warrant to read your old emails:
Under the 1986 Electronic Communications Privacy Act, federal authorities need only a subpoena approved by a federal prosecutor — not a judge — to obtain electronic messages that are six months old or older. To get more recent communications, a warrant from a judge is required. This is a higher standard that requires proof of probable cause that a crime is being committed.
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Can social networks protect your kids?
Here’s a look at potential safeguards that companies may put in place in light of recent cases of alleged abuse and rape in youth-centric online communities.
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What the password leaks mean to you
Three companies have warned users in the last 24 hours that their customers’ passwords appear to be floating around on the Internet, including on a Russian forum where hackers boasted about cracking them. I suspect more companies will follow suit. Curious about what this all means to you?
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Facebook Camera app demands to know your location
The new camera app goes on strike if you disable GPS tracking on the iPhone, as it refuses to access local photos unless location services are turned on. Yes, it’s another bizarre privacy flub by the social network.
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Bemilo phone network lets you read your kids’ texts
Do you think parents should be able to read their kids’ texts?
