Politics

Dutch journalists hack local politicians’ Twitter accounts to expose weak security

January 12, 2017

The past year saw a couple of the largest database leaks in history, leaks that spilled out sensitive info from hundreds of millions of accounts – and since most internet [...]

At Least Nine Ontario Police Agencies Helped Deploy Secret Surveillance Gear

January 5, 2017

At least nine police agencies in Ontario participated in a provincial program to deploy secret surveillance equipment in the province’s largest cities, according to [...]

Why China Was Able to Steal a US Drone

January 3, 2017

When a Chinese navy ship seized an American drone, the guidelines that already existed under the Code for Unplanned Encounters at Sea (CUES) were not enough to settle the [...]

Snowden document suggests NSA could have proof of Russian hack

January 3, 2017

The FBI, CIA and President Barack Obama all agree that Russia hacked the DNC and asserted its will on the US presidential election — but the winner of that contest [...]

Trump’s brilliant cybersecurity solution is to send messages by courier

January 1, 2017

No, it’s not to condemn Russia for hacking the Democratic National Committee. It’s turning back the clock to a simpler time, before these newfangled computers [...]

All New York City underground subway stations now have WiFi

January 1, 2017

Officials vowed that all of New York City’s underground subway stations would have WiFi by the end of 2016, and they’re meeting that goal… if only at the [...]

Turkey says it’s investigating 10,000 social network users

December 27, 2016

Turkey has been cracking down on internet activity at a frenetic pace ever since an attempted military coup in the summer, and it’s now clear that there are a lot of [...]

Cuba opens its first computer factory

December 27, 2016

Cuba is slowly opening up to technology, but it hasn’t actually been making technology. Its exports are dominated by natural products like nickel, sugar and tobacco. [...]

Privacy is still alive and kicking in the digital age

December 26, 2016

Most often, it appears, we live in open and too easily accessible data networks. States and corporations are watching us through data, and we are watching each other through [...]

US starts asking foreign travelers for their social media info

December 23, 2016

Foreigners visiting the US under the visa waiver program will find a new question asking for their social media info in the travel authorization they have to fill out. It [...]