Digital Government
Harvard Study: Criminals Aren’t Actually ‘Going Dark’ Using Encryption
Who needs to access encrypted text messages when law enforcement could listen in through a smart TV?
Digital Government
FTC releases online tools to cope with identity theft
The Federal Trade Commission made major renovations to its IdentityTheft.gov website, hoping to help victims recover more quickly.
Cybersecurity
Fear of lost privacy costs lives
A former CTO for the Veterans Affairs Department argues for the embrace of electronic health records.
Digital Government
An Unprecedented Threat to Privacy
A private company has captured 2.2 billion photos of license plates in cities throughout America. It stores them in a database, tagged with the location where they were taken. And it is selling that data.
Digital Government
Video: This Vending Machine Is Watching You
It knows who you are and what candy you crave.
Cybersecurity
A Creepy Search Engine Could Be Watching You Right Now Through Your Unsecure Webcam
Time to get a password.
Cybersecurity
Passwords are a thing of the past
Today’s new cyber world requires multifactor authentication.
Digital Government
Frustrated by Congress, Privacy Advocates Shift Fight to the States
State lawmakers recently announced bills to limit police surveillance and protect the privacy of students and employees.
Cybersecurity
What's missing in the new NSA report?
The NSA released a required report on surveillance transparency, but many questions remain unanswered about how the spy agency is querying vast troves of telephonic metadata.
Digital Government
When Are Americans Willing to Share Personal Data? When They Think They're Getting Something in Return
In short, people are making careful risk calculations every time they’re asked to give up personal information, deciding on a case-by-case basis whether the potential tangible benefits make the exchange worth it.
Modernization
Report: Oregon militants use federal IT to make website
The militants occupying the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon reportedly have access to government computers, and one member is making a website within the compound.
Digital Government
FTC Warns Targeted Ads and Big Data Can Be Civil Rights Issues
Using big data to target ads for financial products could mean “low-income consumers who may otherwise be eligible for better offers may never receive them.”
Digital Government
FTC: Existing consumer laws govern big data
In a long-promised report, the Federal Trade Commission indicates that it will use its existing regulatory playbook to target firms that use big data to discriminate against consumers.
Modernization
Why Are Digital-Privacy Apps So Hard to Use?
Protecting your data usually means navigating a miserable user experience.
Digital Government
DuckDuckGo, the Search Engine That Doesn’t Track its Users, Grew More Than 70% This Year
But it has also struggled to crack the mainstream.
Cybersecurity
Privacy Groups Blast Cyber-Sharing Included in Omnibus Spending Bill
Congress is about to take its biggest step yet to bolster cybersecurity, but many fear it could expand surveillance.
People
Ashkan Soltani to join White House tech team
The former Federal Trade Commission chief technologist and Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist will be advising federal CTO Megan Smith.
Cybersecurity
Comey: 'Going dark' is business, not technical, challenge
The FBI director sounded upbeat about the possibility of convincing tech firms to give law enforcement access to encrypted customer communications with a warrant.
Cybersecurity