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Policy / Civilization & Discontents

  1. How I requested my photographs from the Department of Homeland Security

    You can make a request to see your own document.

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  2. Netflix, call your lawyers: FCC is ready for interconnection complaints

    Netflix might be able to challenge deals it signed with Comcast and other ISPs.

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  3. Google caves to porn lovers, rescinds Blogger ban on adult content

    Backlash from blogosphere prompts media giant to backtrack on 3-day-old decision.

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  4. BlackPhone maker Silent Circle announces $50 million in funding

    "Android for the paranoid" rolling in cash after Gemalto, Snowden revelations.

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  5. Bring on the lawsuits—FCC chairman says net neutrality will survive

    Tom Wheeler confident his net neutrality order will withstand court challenge.

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  6. Republicans in Congress already trying to overturn FCC’s latest votes

    Comcast, AT&T, and Verizon are a bit miffed too.

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  7. Privacy advocate tells FTC that Samsung smart TVs are “deceptive”

    In a complaint filed this week, nonprofit group challenges voice recognition and recording.

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  8. Senate panel votes for ex-Googler Michelle Lee to head US Patent Office

    Lee selected after tech companies denounced a candidate from Johnson & Johnson.

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  9. Verizon issues furious response to FCC, in Morse code, dated 1934

    Verizon wants 1st Amendment right to edit the Web, but rules from 1934 are too old.

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  10. “Cyber Armageddon” not likely to wipe out US, intelligence director says

    Cyber threats "are increasing in frequency, scale, sophistication, and severity."

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  11. Lenovo.com hijack reportedly pulled off by hack on upstream registrar

    People used hack on Webnic.cc to redirect Lenovo and Google traffic.

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  12. FCC votes for net neutrality, a ban on paid fast lanes, and Title II

    Internet providers are now common carriers, and they're ready to sue.

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  1. Revenge porn mogul cops plea, faces up to 7 years in prison

    Hunter Moore pleads guilty to 2 counts; co-conspirator soon heads to trial.

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  2. FCC overturns state laws that protect ISPs from local competition

    Municipal broadband networks could expand because of FCC's controversial vote.

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  3. Surveillance-based manipulation: How Facebook or Google could tilt elections

    From Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World.

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  4. EFF unearths evidence of possible Superfish-style attacks in the wild

    Crypto-busting apps may have been exploited against visitors of Google and dozens more.

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  5. At SF gender bias trial, top VCs describe all-male getaways

    Still, they say gender wasn't an issue: Sometimes you just don't get an invite.

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  6. Attackers protesting Superfish debacle hijack Lenovo e-mail, spoof website

    Valuable Lenovo.com is hijacked, allowing attackers to intercept Lenovo email.

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  7. Does a website for models have a duty to warn users about rapists?

    Facebook, Craigslist, eBay fear a chilling effect on Web operators.

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  8. Company with no product wins $533M verdict vs. Apple, says it’s no “patent troll”

    If upheld, verdict would be largest yet for a patent assertion company.

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  9. Bus pass: Civic hackers open transit data MTA said would cost too much to share

    Maryland agency said it would cost $600K; Chris Whong's team did it in days for $0.

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  10. Gemalto says reports of its hack by the NSA and GCHQ were greatly exaggerated

    But there's room for skepticism and The Intercept already responded to company's claims.

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  11. Citing encryption, FBI lobbying to keep phone metadata spying powers

    "That whole 'going dark' thing went from a crawl to a flat-out sprint."

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  12. Secret Service to test its own drones to avoid future White House crashes

    Exercises will happen over coming weeks in Washington, DC, area.

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  1. Despite FCC vote, Republicans in Congress not conceding on net neutrality

    FCC's vote is "just the beginning of the debate," Republican says.

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  2. Europol cracks down on botnet infecting 3.2 million computers

    Target botnet Ramnit is one of the biggest botnets in the world.

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  3. Powerful “stingrays” used to go after 911 hangup, ATM burglary

    New docs: Florida cops aren't honest in reports or court filings on spy devices.

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  4. At trial of top VC firm, allegations fly of gender bias, messy breakups

    Partner accused of harassment was promoted at VC firm "despite everything," says attorney.

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  5. Reddit bans nude images posted without consent

    Six months after users shared leaked celebrity photos, a change.

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  6. Cybergeddon: Why the Internet could be the next “failed state”

    If you think the Internet can go on being just like it is, here's some bad news.

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  7. US offers $3 million reward for capture of GameOver ZeuS botnet admin

    It siphons passwords to online banking sites from Windows computers.

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  8. GamerGate troll turns tail after receiving harassment of his own

    Says he started harassing a game maker "as a joke, but it’s become far too real."

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  9. FedEx won’t ship the box that makes homemade metal semi-automatic rifles

    "I'll have to smuggle the damn thing out of my own city," Cody Wilson tells Ars.

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  10. Revenge porn boss wants Google to remove his “identity related” info

    Craig Brittain wants links to stories of FTC dinging his site wiped from search.

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  11. LinkedIn premium users to get $1 each in password-leak settlement

    LinkedIn denies wrong-doing, but will salt and hash all passwords going forward.

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  12. Can an app diagnose melanoma? It’ll need proof, says FTC

    Two apps claiming to diagnose melanoma via snapshots are under fire.

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