France passes bill to allow police to remotely activate phone camera, microphone, and GPS, in order to spy on people privacy Article 312 words 79 votes
Scientologists ask US Federal government to restrict right to repair Article 722 words, published Aug 31 2023 46 votes
Criminalization of encryption: The 8 December case security Article 3770 words, published Jun 5 2023 43 votes
Facebook announces plan to break up US Government before it becomes too powerful facebook social media Link 40 votes
California passes strongest right-to-repair bill yet, requiring seven years of parts apple Article 448 words 39 votes
US senator warns governments are spying on Apple and Google users via push notifications privacy security apple google Article 687 words 38 votes
Illinois just passed the first law in the US protecting financial rights of children of influencers social media Article 561 words 35 votes
Leak of documents on spyware developed by vendor for Chinese government security.cyber Tweet 33 votes
Local governments aren't businesses – so why are they force-fed business software? Article 812 words 31 votes
Largest fuel pipeline in the United States hit by ransomware attack security.cyber Article 965 words 31 votes
Over 1400 Western Australian government officials used 'Password123' as their password security Article 780 words 27 votes
Elon Musk’s X sues California over content moderation law, claiming it violates free speech social media Article 342 words 25 votes
Microsoft lost its keys, and the US government got hacked microsoft security.cyber Article 762 words 25 votes
San Francisco has banned government and police use of face surveillance technology privacy Article 304 words 25 votes
The US government and Facebook are negotiating a record, multibillion-dollar fine for the company’s privacy lapses facebook privacy social media Article 623 words 24 votes
A hacker is trying to break Ohio’s tool for reporting workers who quit during the pandemic Article 339 words, published May 8 2020 23 votes
Florida latest to restrict social media for kids as legal battle looms social media Article 1047 words 22 votes
"They demolished my house for this?" In Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, families were forced out for a huge Foxconn factory, but three years later, it still hasn’t been built Article 1912 words 22 votes
The US Federal Trade Commission made an unprecedented move against data brokers Article 380 words 20 votes
Florida has passed an unconstitutional law to allow suing and fining social media companies (except ones that also own theme parks) for censoring users or de-platforming politicians social media Article 1637 words 20 votes
California Senate defies AT&T, votes for strict net neutrality rules internet Article 595 words 19 votes
By more than two-to-one, Americans support US government banning TikTok social media privacy Article 1136 words, published Mar 31 2023 17 votes
Rogers CEO says service back online for most Canadian customers, blames outage on 'network system failure' internet Link 17 votes
Maryland is making a $27.2 million investment in devices as part of an effort to ensure residents have the technology to access reliable, high-speed internet. Article 293 words, published Nov 20 2023 16 votes
Judge tears Florida’s social media law to shreds for violating First Amendment social media facebook Article 1547 words 16 votes
King County, WA is first in the country to ban government use of facial recognition software privacy Link 15 votes
FastMail loses customers, faces calls to move over anti-encryption laws privacy security Article 365 words 15 votes
The government wants airlines to delay your flight so they can scan your face privacy Article 522 words 15 votes
Hackers exploited a zero-day flaw in Ivanti's software undetected for at least three months, US and Norwegian cybersecurity agencies warn security.cyber Article 456 words 14 votes
Florida bill would fine social media platforms for banning politicians— with exemption for Disney social media facebook Article 613 words 14 votes
Open-source developer and manager David Recordon named White House Director of Technology Article 365 words 14 votes
Munich is shifting back from Microsoft to open source microsoft linux Article 1459 words, published May 14 2020 14 votes
Air Force finally retires 8-inch floppies from missile launch control system Article 341 words 14 votes
How a hacker proved cops used a secret government phone tracker to find him privacy Article 4015 words 14 votes
California’s ambitious fiber-Internet plan approved unanimously by legislature internet Article 941 words 13 votes
JetBrains' continuous integration server TeamCity may have been compromised as part of the wide-reaching Russian hack of the US federal government security.national Article 803 words 13 votes
Proposition 24 passes in California, pushing privacy rights to the forefront again privacy Article 602 words 13 votes
Facebook releases Q1 2019 earnings, expects to be fined up to $5 billion by US government facebook Article 13 votes
Australia to force tech companies to allow government access to encrypted messages privacy Article 289 words, published Jun 6 2018 13 votes
As employers expand artificial intelligence in hiring, few states in the USA have rules privacy Article 1428 words, published Jul 17 2023 12 votes
Never-before-seen malware is nuking data in Russia’s courts and mayors’ offices. CryWiper masquerades as ransomware, but its real purpose is to permanently destroy data. security.cyber Article 696 words 12 votes