Two teenagers were refused entry to the United States after a series of tweets were taken somewhat out of context. Another reminder to think before you tweet. Amid the funny wigs and the undue pomp in the traditional British courtroom, it seems that our distant American cousins fail to share our ... Read more...
French presidential officials have been caught illegally downloading copyrighted material; ironic, as the officials could have broken the French ‘three strikes’ laws twice over. Just as both employees of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the RIAA, one of the main proponents behind th... Read more...
Since the release of a website that monitors nearly 20 percent of all public BitTorrent downloaders, even more pro-SOPA figures have been found downloading copyrighted material. Earlier this week, it was found that employees of major copyright holders Sony, Universal, and Fox were all found... Read more...
Wikileaks has released dozens of new documents highlighting the state of the once covert, but now lucrative private sector global surveillance industry. Wikileaks founder Julian Assange unveiled today the latest batch of released files from the whistleblowing organisation. Speaking to a number ... Read more...
Under a White House plan, the Homeland Security Department will have far-reaching oversight over all civilian agency computer networks. The proposal would codify much of the administration's memo from July 2010 expanding DHS's cyber responsibilities for civilian networks. The White House, howe... Read more...
To celebrate National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, wouldn't it be nice if our government stopped pushing wiretapping to increase our vulnerability? The warm fuzzy feeling of security and privacy seemed considerably less reassuring after FBI Director Robert Mueller called for more surveillance an... Read more...
A large file-sharing link site dedicated to rap and hiphop music and news has been raided by the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The servers of RapGodFathers, a site with close to 150,000 members, were seized and moves put in place to take over its domain... Read more...
This last Sunday a young man of Lebanese descent was arrested Sami Samir Hassoun, 22 years old and a permanent resident alien who works at a neighborhood Bakery allegedly tried to set off explosives in a busy part of Chicago. However, the explosives – weren’t actually explosives. It was fak... Read more...
State Homeland Security Director James F. Powers Jr., criticized for releasing terror bulletins that listed law-abiding protest groups, resigned to protect the office from further distraction, Gov. Ed Rendell said Friday. Rendell said he did not ask Powers to quit. Powers declined to comment... Read more...