Founder of Ubuntu Linux: No Back Doors; No Weakening of Encryption
As Microsoft continues its trend of converting Windows into an operating system of spyware, more and more computer users are discovering the security,...
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Facebook Filtering Users’ Timelines Stokes Concerns of Censorship and Data-Mining
Facebook has a long and checkered past concerning the way the company decides what a user sees in his or her timeline. Now,...
Read moreNet Neutrality Will Regulate Internet Rates Despite Promises
When FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler launched the opening salvo in the battle to regulate the Internet, he said time and time again that...
Read moreUbuntu 16.04 Brings More Privacy and Big Changes to the Desktop
The release of Ubuntu 16.04 last week is good news for computer users who are upset over the recent development of Microsoft turning...
Read moreReal Reason Behind Apple Case: War on Encryption
After months of legal battles, a public relations war, and congressional testimony over whether Apple should help the FBI break into an iPhone...
Read moreReddit Quietly Warns Users of Surveillance Request
Last week, a major player in the social media forum world used a legal hack to alert its subscribers that it had been...
Read moreFBI v. Apple Case: Government Smoke and Mirrors
After a month of claiming — in court documents, sworn testimony, and public statements — that “Apple has the exclusive technical means” to access the...
Read moreFBI, DOJ Postpone Hearing in San Bernardino iPhone Case
The FBI and Apple will not get their day in court. At least not yet. The hearing over whether Apple must weaken the...
Read moreApple Engineers Could Refuse to Help FBI in San Bernardino Case
In the FBI vs. Apple battle over encryption, Apple's lawyers have said that the company will take this all the way to the...
Read moreObama Ignores Experts; Calls for Backdoors for Encryption
As the FBI and Apple wage battle over the rights of private citizens to protect their data and communications by using encryption, both...
Read moreFBI vs. Apple: More Than Meets The Eye
The FBI said it had no choice but to seek a court order to force Apple to create a backdoor into the iOS...
Read moreMcAfee: Gov’t Backdoors Are Destroying National Security
As the Apple/FBI case heats up, the surveillance hawks continue to insist that backdoors into the encryption that protects smartphones are necessary to...
Read moreApple, FBI Testify Before Congress About Encryption
Representatives of both Apple and the FBI appeared before the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday. Over a period of five and a half...
Read moreWhat’s Really at Stake in the Apple Encryption Case?
There is a lot at stake in the case of the FBI demanding that Apple create new software to enable the agency to...
Read moreTrump’s Apple Boycott Misses the Mark
Donald Trump has waded into the battle between the Justice Department and Apple over smartphone encryption. The controversial presidential candidate has called for...
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