As of today, the Real ID Act—which will require all US IDs to meet minimum federal security standards—enter the first stage of its multi-year enforcement. That has a lot of people pretty nervous; whether legislators use the term or not, it smells an awful lot like a national ID card. But what is Real ID, exactly?
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This of you looking to continue using Nest devices in the future now that Google owns the lot will find a comment from the company’s founder to be particularly inspiring … Continue reading
Google’s so removed two Chrome browser extensions over the weekend, because the software appears to serve spam ads—in turn violating company’s terms of service.
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US National Intelligence director James Clapper has thrown open the books on hundreds of previously classified documents detailing national and international surveillance, as President Obama’s scheme to reform the NSA … Continue reading
The Supreme Court revealed today it will decide on whether law enforcement can legally search — without a warrant — the cell phone of someone they’ve arrested. This follows many … Continue reading
Target’s heart may be in the right place, but its latest blunder in the holiday hacking fiasco
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President Obama has defended the NSA’s spying actions, arguing that the continuing pace of technological advancement means surveillance is essential, though revealing a “series of concrete and substantial reforms” he … Continue reading
We already knew that Obama was set to announce some major NSA reforms today
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One of the biggest stories last year that enraged privacy advocates was the details of a program being run by the NSA to store phone call information on people in … Continue reading
The latest in a long line of NSA-centric leaks comes a report about alleged project “Dishfire” from The Guardian, a program said to result in the harvesting of millions of … Continue reading
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