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Lawmakers pitch encryption compromise

25

Feb

2016

A bipartisan pair of lawmakers on Wednesday predicted broad support and swift passage of upcoming legislation to establish a national commission exploring how police can get at encrypted data without endangering Americans’ privacy. The measure, from House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) and Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), is set to drop early next […]

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Overnight Cybersecurity: Negotiators say data deal close at hand

02

Feb

2016

The government may have used compromised software for up to three years, exposing national security secrets to foreign spies, according to lawmakers and security experts. Observers increasingly believe the software defect derived from an encryption “backdoor” created by the National Security Agency. Foreign hackers likely re-purposed it for their own snooping purposes. The House Oversight […]

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Security News This Week: Now California Wants to Ban Encrypted Phones, Too

25

Jan

2016

This week, 16 states got tired of waiting for the Feds to do something and introduced their own legislation that would provide new privacy protections for student data, employee social media accounts, location tracking, and more. Zcash, an untraceable Bitcoin alternative, launched its first public alpha release. An Israeli research firm found an old Linux […]

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