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Bill Gates on Apple v. FBI: A balance has to be made between the needs of investigators and privacy rights

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Bill Gates thinks new laws are needed to sort out the encryption conflict going on between law enforcement and tech companies.

“The sooner we modernize the laws the better,” Gates says in a Reddit “Ask Me Anything” session.

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He says it’s clear the government under certain circumstances needs to be able to tap into encrypted communications, but also that there should be oversight so that power isn’t abused. “Right now a lot of people don’t think the government has the right checks to make sure information is only used in criminal situations,” he says. “So this case will be viewed as the start of a discussion.”

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Silk Road investigators charged with stealing bitcoin

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Two former U.S. government agents face charges related to stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of bitcoin while assisting with an investigation of the Silk Road underground online marketplace, with one accused of using a fake online persona to extort money from operators of the site.

Facing charges of wire fraud and money laundering are Carl Force, 46, of Baltimore, a former special agent with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency, and Shaun Bridges, 32, of Laurel, Maryland, a former special agent with the U.S. Secret Service. Both served on the Baltimore Silk Road Task Force, which investigated illegal activity on the Silk Road website, the Department of Justice said Monday in a press release.

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Investigators track technology theft to China, hit a dead-end; scale of … – Minneapolis Star Tribune

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Investigators track technology theft to China, hit a dead-end; scale of …
Minneapolis Star Tribune
They say Beijing has carried on a quiet but relentless campaign since the 1970s to acquire technology through its spy agencies and Chinese companies, scientists and students abroad. Possible losses due to intellectual property theft traced to China …

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Android pattern lock stumps FBI investigators – Android Community

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Android pattern lock stumps FBI investigators
Android Community
There have been a lot of stories in the last few months questioning Android's security as a platform. But when it came time for FBI investigators to look through an accused pimp's Android phone, they were rendered helpless by the pattern lock that's …

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