Entities in 42 countries have signed a letter demanding that world leaders take a stand in support of encryption, which protects internet transactions from banking and health records to emails and web browsing.
Top Obama administration officials are holding a summit meeting on counterterrorism in Silicon Valley with top tech executives, including Apple CEO Tim Cook.
Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton says the U.S. should commission a “Manhattan-like project" to address the threat encryption poses to law enforcement. She also says she doesn’t actually understand the technology.
Both bills were born in a climate of fear, with a sense of urgency, then passed quickly and quietly using a broken and nontransparent process.
The bill passed this morning gives companies pathways they don't need to share user data related to cyberthreats with the government — which can then look through it all with few restrictions.
But the last thing the FBI needs, experts say, is a deluge of poorly vetted data. And the risk to free speech rights is considerable.
The FBI director essentially wants tech companies to roll back secure encryption to something less secure that law enforcement can intercept.
Attacks on clinics providing reproductive services meet the federal definition of “domestic terrorism." So activists want the Justice Department to call them that.
Breaking up large peaceful gatherings with tear gas shouldn't be as easy as pushing a button, says the Remote Control Project.
One of the most striking revelations, said newly un-gagged NSL recipient Nicholas Merrill, was that the FBI was requesting detailed cell site location information without a warrant.
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