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IRS says it will get a warrant before using cell-site simulators

02

Dec

2015

The U.S. Internal Revenue Service is drafting a policy to restrict the use without a warrant of cell-site simulator technology to snoop on the location and other information from mobile phones. The head of the IRS, John Koskinen, wrote in a letter that the agency was drafting a policy that would mirror an earlier Department […]

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US DOJ admits that Stingrays can be used to intercept call and SMS content

02

Nov

2015

After a battling the US Department of Justice in a court for two and a half years, the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California has emerged victorious and has been given access to documents that spell out the details about the US federal government’s use of Stingrays surveillance devices. “For years, the government has […]

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Are insecure Android posing a threat wider digital economy?

06

Jul

2015

The failure of Android phone manufacturers to push out updates to more secure versions of the Google-developed operating system has been sharply criticized by a consumer organization, after tests on 171 Android smartphones that it had acquired over the last two years. The Dutch consumer association Consumentenbond applied the latest manufacturer’s updates on 171 Android […]

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