By ALYSSA NEWCOMB (@alyssanewcomb) May 20, 2012 A hacking group affiliated with Anonymous took responsibility for temporarily crippling the Chicago Police and NATO websites today, proving authorities now have more than just street protests to worry about on the first day of the military alliance’s summit. Chicago police are working with federal authorities to investigate [...]
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Protesters Wage Cyber Attack on Chicago Police, NATO Websites – ABC News
Posted by Evan Trowbridge on May 20, 2012
http://evantrowbridge.com/2012/05/20/protesters-wage-cyber-attack-on-chicago-police-nato-websites-abc-news/
Russian plane wreckage found in Indonesia
STORY HIGHLIGHTS NEW: Rescue workers have not found any survivors so far in plane wreckage in Indonesia NEW: They plan to start removing bodies from a mountainous area Friday The Sukhoi Superjet 100 started to descend and then vanished off radar screens The Russian Investigative Committee says 48 people were on board Jakarta, Indonesia (CNN) [...]
Posted by Evan Trowbridge on May 10, 2012
http://evantrowbridge.com/2012/05/10/russian-plane-wreckage-found-in-indonesia/
North Korea planning new nuclear test, South Korean intelligence report says
STORY HIGHLIGHTS NEW: North Korean state media has not made any announcements NEW: Professor: The country knows how to “manipulate the world” South Korea intelligence report says North Korea plans nuclear test North Korea appears to be pressing ahead with its planned rocket launch Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — North Korea is planning a new [...]
Posted by Evan Trowbridge on April 9, 2012
http://evantrowbridge.com/2012/04/09/north-korea-planning-new-nuclear-test-south-korean-intelligence-report-says/
BBC News – Google privacy changes ‘in breach of EU law’
Changes made by Google to its privacy policy are in breach of European law, the EU’s justice commissioner has said. Viviane Reding told the BBC that authorities found that “transparency rules have not been applied”. The policy change, implemented on Thursday, means private data collected by one Google service can be shared with its other [...]
Posted by Evan Trowbridge on March 1, 2012
http://evantrowbridge.com/2012/03/01/bbc-news-google-privacy-changes-in-breach-of-eu-law/
White House, NSA weigh cybersecurity, personal privacy – The Washington Post
By Ellen Nakashima, Updated: Monday, February 27, 3:06 PM The National Security Agency has pushed repeatedly over the past year to expand its role in protecting private-sector computer networks from cyberattacks but has been rebuffed by the White House, largely because of privacy concerns, according to administration officials and internal documents. The most contentious issue [...]
Posted by Evan Trowbridge on February 27, 2012
http://evantrowbridge.com/2012/02/27/white-house-nsa-weigh-cybersecurity-personal-privacy-the-washington-post/
Supreme Court says search warrants needed when police use GPS devices to track suspects – The Washington Post
By Associated Press, WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that police must get a search warrant before using GPS technology to track criminal suspects. The GPS device helped authorities link Washington, D.C., nightclub owner Antoine Jones to a suburban house used to stash money and drugs. He was sentenced to life in prison [...]
Posted by Evan Trowbridge on January 23, 2012
http://evantrowbridge.com/2012/01/23/supreme-court-says-search-warrants-needed-when-police-use-gps-devices-to-track-suspects-the-washington-post/
SOPA and PIPA postponed indefinitely after protests – CNN Political Ticker – CNN.com Blogs
Posted by CNNMoney’s Julianne Pepitone New York (CNNMoney) – When the entire Internet gets angry, Congress takes notice. Both the House and the Senate on Friday backed away from a pair of controversial anti-piracy bills, tossing them into limbo and throwing doubt on their future viability. The Senate had been scheduled to vote next week [...]
Posted by Evan Trowbridge on January 20, 2012
http://evantrowbridge.com/2012/01/20/sopa-and-pipa-postponed-indefinitely-after-protests-cnn-political-ticker-cnn-com-blogs/
FCC chair calls AT&T/T-Mobile failure “reminder of the benefits of competition”
an 11, 2012 10:15 PM In less than a year, AT&T went from swallowing up T-Mobile USA for for $39 billion to owing T-Mobile’s German parent company $3 billion in cash and another billion in spectrum because that deal slammed into the regulatory roadblock at the FCC and the Justice Dept. Speaking for the third [...]
Posted by Evan Trowbridge on January 11, 2012
http://evantrowbridge.com/2012/01/11/fcc-chair-calls-attt-mobile-failure-reminder-of-the-benefits-of-competition/
My Take: Keep government out of mind-reading business – CNN.com Blogs
By Paul Root Wolpe, Special to CNN (CNN) – “My thoughts, they roam freely. Who can ever guess them?” So goes an old German folk song. But imagine living in a world where someone can guess your thoughts, or even know them for certain. A world where science can reach into the deep recesses of [...]
Posted by Evan Trowbridge on November 13, 2011
http://evantrowbridge.com/2011/11/13/my-take-keep-government-out-of-mind-reading-business-%e2%80%93-cnn-com-blogs/
Air France pilots knew they were going to crash in 2009 flight – latimes.com
REPORTING FROM PARIS — The pilots aboard the doomed Air France passenger jet that plunged into the Atlantic more than two years ago knew they were going to crash only seconds before they hit the water, according to transcripts of their exchanges recently published for the first time. “We’re going to crash,” says one co-pilot [...]
Posted by Evan Trowbridge on October 15, 2011
http://evantrowbridge.com/2011/10/15/air-france-pilots-knew-they-were-going-to-crash-in-2009-flight-latimes-com/
