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Obama: Gary McKinnon’s fate is in the hands of the British legal system

26

May

2011

We’ve written on many occasions on the Naked Security site about the case of British computer hacker Gary McKinnon. McKinnon, who suffers from Asperger’s Syndrome, was arrested in 2002 after breaking into computers belonging to the US Army, US Navy, US Air Force, Department of Defense and NASA. The 45-year-old hacker claims that he accessed […]

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President Obama’s cybersecurity plan – Part 1 updates for law enforcement

18

May

2011

Last week President Obama announced his proposal for updates to US cybercrime law. While I am not a lawyer, I have spent a significant amount of time poring over the legal documents to extract their meaning and provide my comments. The proposed legislation is quite long and detailed, so I will begin with the changes […]

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Emergency alerts from President Obama on your mobile phone?

13

May

2011

Mobile phone users could soon find themselves receiving emergency text messages warning them of terrorist attacks and natural disasters, under plans announced in the United States yesterday.The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) have announced the “Personal Localized Alerting Network” (PLAN) which will see new handheld devices fitted with special chips […]

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