Fri. June 18, 2021 | By Andrew Blake – The Washington Times | Bipartisan legislation proposed in both houses of Congress would require local, state and federal law enforcement agencies to get a warrant to use so-called “stingray” devices that suck up cellphone data. Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden and California Rep. Ted Lieu, both Democrats, introduced the legislation […]
Wed. June 15, 2021 | By Thomas Brewster – Forbes | In a rare decision to counter U.S. government investigator attempts to force tech giants to furnish them with data, a Kansas judge has denied a government request to use a controversial search warrant for what’s known as a Google geofence. Also known as a […]
Fri. May 7, 2021 | By Thomas Brewster – Forbes | If the police get hold of a smartphone and they have a warrant to search it, they’ll often turn to a tool from Israeli company Cellebrite that can hack into it and download the data within. But on Friday a security researcher is releasing […]
Fri. May 7, 2021 | By Christopher Mims – WSJ – www.wsj.org | Apple’s iPhone-powered Find My network and Amazon’s Sidewalk network—coming soon to all newer Echo devices—are platforms in their own right, capable of supporting billions of connected devices What to do if you’re a globe-spanning tech titan that wants to connect millions or […]
Mon. May 3, 2021 | By Shawn Johnson – WPR – www.wpr.org | The FBI Used Google Data To Help Confirm Their Location Two Wisconsin men have been arrested and charged with entering the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection. Brandon Nelson of Dane County and Abram Markofski of La Crosse County have been […]
