Privacy and digital rights groups have dug in for a longer fight against massive surveillance programs at the U.S. National Security Agency, even after the House of Representatives voted last week against an amendment to curtail the ...
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The web porn filter praised by David Cameron recently is operated by Huawei, the Chinese telecommunications firm that politicians in the UK and US have voiced concerns about. According to the BBC, UK-based employees of Huawei have the ...
The U.S. National Security Agency and Department of Justice exceeded their legal authority to conduct surveillance when collecting the telephone records of millions of U.S. residents, several U.S. lawmakers said Wednesday. Several members ...
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The Chinese government promulgated a new exit-and-entry regulation on Monday that is intended to standardize the issuance of visas for foreigners, as well as related services and management. The 39-article regulation will take effect on ...
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Google's 'back up my data' feature for Android could be providing users' Wi-Fi passwords to the likes of US National Security Agency (NSA) and the FBI, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has warned. A bug report posted by the ...
The government is to review Huawei's Cyber Security Evaluation Centre (the Cell) and will report its findings later in the year. The Chinese telecommunications firm, which has flourished on a global scale in recent years, has been ...
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One of Britain's most senior security officials will review a cybersecurity centre operated by Chinese company Huawei after concerns that the telecommunications firm - which is playing an increasingly large role in Britain's internet ...
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The Brazilian government has formally asked the U.S. government for clarification regarding the alleged large-scale interception of electronic communications of Brazilian citizens by the U.S. National Security Agency. The NSA intercepts ...
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A privacy debate has erupted in Japan over a new service from a major rail operator that sells private e-ticket records as marketing data. This week East Japan Railway (JR East), the country's largest rail company, has begun offering for ...
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MasterCard and Visa are now taking action against VPN providers, according to Swedish payment provider Payson. Customers of Payson have apparently received an email stating that VPN services are no longer able to accept Visa or MasterCard ...
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HP would put up a fight for its customers' data if the US authorities came calling to access it, according to HP's privacy officer EMEA, Daniel Pradelles. The US Patriot Act enables authorities in the US to seize data if they believe it ...
European Union politicians at both national and European levels demanded on Monday that the U.S. answer allegations of spying on E.U. embassies, while others called for asylum for NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. Speaking on behalf of ...
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Cisco waited too long to address the software-defined networking trend now sweeping the industry, Chairman and CEO John Chambers said last week at the?Cisco Live conference.? The company, which announced its?Cisco ONE programmable ...
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Fugitive document leaker Edward Snowden has formally applied for political asylum in Russia after spending eight days in the transit area of Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport. The Reuters news agency quoted an unnamed Russian immigration ...
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The Houses of Parliament want to move to Microsoft Office 365, and will mitigate the risk of the US Patriot Act by making contractual agreements to ensure sensitive data sits in Europe. At the Cloud World Forum in London Olympia today, ...
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