Verizon's Claims That Its Info-Sharing Plans Are Harmless Ring Hollow
Over the weekend, David Weinberger, one of the co-authors of The Cluetrain Manifesto wrote that he'd gotten a 45-page pamphlet of legalese from Verizon Wireless saying he could opt out of letting the...
View ArticleThere Is A 'Right Way' To Do Cybersecurity Information Sharing, But CISPA Is...
We've argued, repeatedly, that the backers of various cybersecurity bills have failed to give a real reason for why such bills are needed. What is the imminent threat and why does it need legislation?...
View ArticleLaw Enforcement Already Has A Way To Share 'Cybersecurity' Info With...
The whole CISPA situation keeps looking more and more questionable. For months, we've been raising the question of why we needed such a law in the first place, because the evidence of any online...
View ArticleCybersecurity Bill: Protecting Us From Attacks... Or Keeping Our Own Attacks...
We've been discussing the fight in the Senate over the latest version of the Cybersecurity Act. One of the things we mentioned is that, at 211-pages, it's quite likely there are a ton of little...
View ArticleCan The President Use An Executive Order To Push Through Cybersecurity Rules?
With the Cybersecurity Act failing in the Senate, there's been some buzz that President Obama might push through a bunch of provisions via executive order. From a political standpoint, there are tons...
View ArticleWhite House Preparing Executive Order As A Stand-In For CISPA
This isn't a huge surprise -- and last month we even discussed the possibility, but it sounds as though the White House has decided that, with the failure of Congress to pass a comprehensive...
View ArticleHere We Go Again: Latest Draft Of White House Cybersecurity 'Executive Order'...
Back in September, we posted a leaked version of a draft for a cybersecurity executive order that the White House had been passing around, mainly to try to force Congress into passing a cybersecurity...
View ArticleBig Telcos Love CISPA; More Immunity For Violating Our Customers Privacy?!?...
It's well known that the big telcos and the federal government have an all-too-cozy relationship when it comes to handing over data on telco customers. This has included ignoring all the rules and...
View ArticleBig Telco Lobbyists Produce CNN OpEd Arguing That CISPA Is Good For Privacy
We've noted already that the big telcos love CISPA, as it gives them widespread immunity to violate the privacy of users in handing over all sorts of information to the government. It appears that the...
View ArticleOkay: Now Do You Realize Why CISPA's Granting Of Broad Immunity For Companies...
You may recall that, back during the CISPA debate, one of our biggest concerns was the broad immunity from liability that the bill gave to tech companies if they shared data with the government --...
View ArticleNow That It's Been Exposed, DOJ Plans To 'Review' Information Sharing With DEA
Earlier this week, Reuters revealed that the various intelligence agencies give the DEA info through its SOD -- Special Operations Division -- and then DEA agents are instructed to "launder" where...
View ArticleWelcome To The Danger Zone: An App For Not Getting Shot And Blown Up
I suppose if you wanted to, you could make a big list of things that prove this world we live in leaves much to be desired. Flip on the news and you'll understand how government is broken. Ride public...
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LG Smart TV Caught Collecting Data On Files Stored On Connected USB Drives
The growing presence of "smart" devices, each one requiring a connection to the outside world, is a bit alarming (Samsung TV zero day exploit, anyone?). The territory still remains largely uncharted...
View ArticleVerizon's Claims That Its Info-Sharing Plans Are Harmless Ring Hollow
Over the weekend, David Weinberger, one of the co-authors of The Cluetrain Manifesto wrote that he'd gotten a 45-page pamphlet of legalese from Verizon Wireless saying he could opt out of letting the...
View ArticleThere Is A 'Right Way' To Do Cybersecurity Information Sharing, But CISPA Is...
We've argued, repeatedly, that the backers of various cybersecurity bills have failed to give a real reason for why such bills are needed. What is the imminent threat and why does it need legislation?...
View ArticleLaw Enforcement Already Has A Way To Share 'Cybersecurity' Info With...
The whole CISPA situation keeps looking more and more questionable. For months, we've been raising the question of why we needed such a law in the first place, because the evidence of any online...
View ArticleCybersecurity Bill: Protecting Us From Attacks... Or Keeping Our Own Attacks...
We've been discussing the fight in the Senate over the latest version of the Cybersecurity Act. One of the things we mentioned is that, at 211-pages, it's quite likely there are a ton of little...
View ArticleCan The President Use An Executive Order To Push Through Cybersecurity Rules?
With the Cybersecurity Act failing in the Senate, there's been some buzz that President Obama might push through a bunch of provisions via executive order. From a political standpoint, there are tons...
View ArticleWhite House Preparing Executive Order As A Stand-In For CISPA
This isn't a huge surprise -- and last month we even discussed the possibility, but it sounds as though the White House has decided that, with the failure of Congress to pass a comprehensive...
View ArticleHere We Go Again: Latest Draft Of White House Cybersecurity 'Executive Order'...
Back in September, we posted a leaked version of a draft for a cybersecurity executive order that the White House had been passing around, mainly to try to force Congress into passing a cybersecurity...
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