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Warrant needed for cell phone search: top US court

26

Jun

2014

The US Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that police must obtain a warrant before searching the cell phone of a suspect, in a major civil liberties test in the smartphone age. Mobile phones deserve the same protection against unreasonable searches and seizures as other personal property — for example homes — enshrined in the US constitutions […]

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NSA on Heartbleed: ‘We’re not legally allowed to lie to you’

01

May

2014

In an exclusive interview with ZDNet’s David Gewirtz, a senior NSA official explains why the agency regards security and civil liberties as more than a simple balancing act: “You have to have them both.”

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NSA taps Homeland Security veteran for ‘impossible’ privacy officer job

30

Jan

2014

In September, the NSA published a job posting for a civil liberties and privacy officer to help fix the agencys damaged reputation. Today, the NSA has filled that position. The agency has named Rebecca Richards, a ten-year veteran of the Department of Homeland Security, and who already served in the privacy office there. Shell report directly to NSA […]

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