Collaborate Disseminate
Lawmakers from both sides of both houses propose bill to require warrants before Americans’ devices are searched at border crossings – although foreigners’ phones would remain liable to search Continue reading Bill would block warrantless searches of Americans’ phones at borders
Developer bricked a customer’s device after he complained, raising questions about the reliability of all our IoT devices and their makers Continue reading Open sesame – unless you complain about your ‘smart’ door opener
Best Buy refutes accusation of overly close links to investigators as questions are raised over admissibility of evidence in a child abuse case Continue reading Geek Squad under fire for ‘cozy’ and ‘extensive’ links to FBI
Latest proposal on ‘extreme vetting’ extends scope beyond the majority-Muslim countries already under Trump’s spotlight and could require visitors to provide social media passwords Continue reading Visitors could be forced to hand over phones when entering the US
A an exercise to identify protesters potentially hostile to police via their hashtags is a lesson in the unintended consequences of social media surveillance Continue reading When social media surveillance gets it very wrong
Twitter ignores users’ calls to tackle abuse to roll out confusing change to replies that make it more difficult to see who you’re talking to Continue reading Twitter users hit out at confusing revamp of @ mentions
There are a few red flags about the idea to buy the data of lawmakers and CEOs: it’s a nice idea, but you can’t Continue reading Why you shouldn’t chip in to buy politicians’ browsing histories
Don’t join the guys who were daft enough to hand over $5 each to a woman online – here are some tips to avoid falling into a trap Continue reading Falling in love online? Don’t get caught out by the Tinder scammers
Around half of all Americans are in the FBI’s database, and most don’t have any criminal history at all Continue reading Lawmakers scathing over FBI’s facial recognition database
The lesson from this failed appeal is that threats on social media will be taken very seriously by the authorities – so be careful when blowing off steam Continue reading Man loses appeal over Facebook threat to kill Obama