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US Air Force finally retires 8-inch floppies from missile launch control system Article 341 words 14 votes
NSA whistleblower dropped from Australian cyber conference at the last minute security.cyber Article 500 words 6 votes
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Colorado town offers 1 gbps for $60 after years of battling Comcast internet Article 489 words 11 votes
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Florida city to pay $600K ransom to hacker who seized computer systems weeks ago security.cyber Article 5 votes
Maine Governor signs strictest internet protections in the US internet Article 839 words, published Jun 7 2019 8 votes
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Facebook releases Q1 2019 earnings, expects to be fined up to $5 billion by US government facebook Article 13 votes
Silicon Valley-funded privacy think tanks fight in DC to unravel state-level consumer privacy protections privacy Article 1381 words 5 votes
Kentucky approves bill to make 'doxing' illegal after Covington student's online backlash Article 728 words 4 votes
FastMail loses customers, faces calls to move over anti-encryption laws privacy security Article 365 words 15 votes
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New Japanese law lets government hack IOT devices and warn owners they're vulnerable security Article 606 words 8 votes
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The Welfare State Is Committing Suicide by Artificial Intelligence: Denmark is using algorithms to deliver benefits to citizens—and undermining its own democracy in the process. Article 1341 words 6 votes
11 barriers to coding in the open and how to overcome them - Technology in government Article 851 words 8 votes
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Thirty-five US states tell the Federal Communications Commission to get off its ass and do something about spoofed robocalls Article 326 words 6 votes
The government wants airlines to delay your flight so they can scan your face privacy Article 522 words 15 votes
China's Social Credit system: The first modern digital dictatorship Article 1554 words, published Sep 17 2018 8 votes
Over 1400 Western Australian government officials used 'Password123' as their password security Article 780 words 27 votes
Cybersecurity experts from Homeland Security, the National Intelligence director's office, and private industry discussed how they're working to counter the most urgent threats security.national security.cyber Article 1976 words 3 votes
Australia to force tech companies to allow government access to encrypted messages privacy Article 289 words, published Jun 6 2018 13 votes
How a hacker proved cops used a secret government phone tracker to find him privacy Article 4015 words 14 votes
Uganda imposes WhatsApp and Facebook tax 'to stop gossip' facebook social media Article 482 words 5 votes
California Senate defies AT&T, votes for strict net neutrality rules internet Article 595 words 19 votes
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