Another Appalling Privacy Failure From The FCC

Pai, Four Ways…
This time, it’s the apparent lack of planning for location privacy protections in the new 911 Emergency Data Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking from our apparently on-the-take Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission,… Continue reading Another Appalling Privacy Failure From The FCC

FCC To Auction Wireless Spectrum That Will Interfere With Weather Data Collection

What band of idiots would do this damage to the data pooling of meteorological data, just to make a buck? Ajit Varadaraj Pai, that’s who… The first (that I can recall) Federal Communications Commission Chairman that’s for sale to the highest bidder…. Continue reading FCC To Auction Wireless Spectrum That Will Interfere With Weather Data Collection

Listen In On FCC Lawyers Attempting To Defend Repeal Of Net Neutrality Rules

Shake It Ajit, Shake It…
Listen to the three judge panel at the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit hearing oral arguements on that little matter of Net Neutrality rules repeal. In the audio, you’ll hear Federal C… Continue reading Listen In On FCC Lawyers Attempting To Defend Repeal Of Net Neutrality Rules

The Federal TLS Chronicles: A Litany of Failed Certificate Governance

via the always informative Catalin Cimpanu, writing at ZDNet, comes the anticipated TLS Certificate renewal failures for at least 80 United States federal websites due to the federal government shutdown. Color us bright shade of completely not surpris… Continue reading The Federal TLS Chronicles: A Litany of Failed Certificate Governance

Meet The Big Brother Of India (And Potentially – Others)

via Nikhil Pahwa, reporting for Wired UK, comes a glimpse into an Indian version of Big Brother, in this case, a database monikered Aadhaar, in which is contained the apparently problematically managed biometric identity data of over 1.2 Billion India… Continue reading Meet The Big Brother Of India (And Potentially – Others)