The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. Do […]
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No Internet In July Seems Largely A Lie
Now that the July 9 deadline has come and gone, it appears few experienced a loss of their internet connection after all. According to the FBI (who shut down its temporary replacement DNS servers at 12:01 AM on Monday, as expected), only about 41,800 infected computers were accessing them from the United States as of […]
Wyndham Resorts Draw FTC Ire When Too Much Data Checks Out Early
Only weeks after the FBI warned travelers of an increasing risk of data theft while using hotel internet connection, the FTC files a complaint against the Wyndham hotel chain for alleged failures in data security. Wyndham hotels had three security breaches within less than two years’ time, ultimately leading to hundreds of thousands of customer’s […]
Steve Wozniak Shows Kim Dotcom Love As MegaBox Music Sharing Returns
If there’s one thing you can say about Kim Dotcom, it’s the fact that the guy just keeps getting back up when he’s knocked down. As soon as the Megaupload founder’s restrictions on internet access were restored, he created a new Twitter account. His tweets thank all of his supporters and promise a revival of […]
No Internet In July, Warns FBI
The FBI warns that nearly a half million internet users will lose their access on July 9 if they don’t take steps to remove a virus on their computers first. Capable of infecting both Macs and Windows PCs, the virus in question is a trojan horse called DNS Changer. A variant, often referred to as […]
FBI Validates Supreme Court Concerns Over Privacy
On January 23, the U.S. Supreme Court issued three concurring opinions in U.S. versus Jones, two of which express strong concerns about government use of ostensibly public information about private citizens. As it turns out, the FBI hasn’t been idle either, and the Supreme Court’s worries aren’t at all theoretical. On January 19, the FBI […]