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Obama’s Computer Security Solution is a Mishmash of Old, Outdated Policy … – EFF

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Obama's Computer Security Solution is a Mishmash of Old, Outdated Policy …
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The Obama Administration is on a roll with proposing legislation that endangers our privacy and security. Over the course of two days, President Obama proposed a cybersecurity bill that looks awfully similar to the now infamous CISPA (with respect to …
U.K. and U.S. Banks Plan Joint Cyber Security Attack TestBloomberg
US and UK agents to wage cyber war games on City of LondonFinancial Times
Barack Obama proposes shielding companies that share cyber threat dataNaked Security

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House passes cellphone unlocking bill that now only needs Obama’s signature

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The U.S. House of Representatives has just passed a bill that will once again give consumers the right to unlock their cellphones, meaning the legislation is only a presidential signature away from becoming law.

Sina Khanifar, whose petitioning of the White House got the ball rolling on this almost two years, says via an email:

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Screen shot of White House petition

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How the NSA Undermined One of Obama’s Top Priorities – National Journal

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How the NSA Undermined One of Obama's Top Priorities
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The NSA and Israeli officials have also been tied to “Flame,” a virus that impersonated a Microsoft update to spy on Iranian computers. Vanee Vines, an … He pointed to news that the NSA posed as Facebook to infect computers with malware. “That does a …

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Is Obama’s proposal to end NSA bulk collection of phone records really a privacy win?

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A White House senior official said President Obama will call for an end to NSA bulk collection and storage of phone records. The Obama administration wants phone companies, not the NSA, to be responsible for storing bulk phone record metadata and for quickly handing over retained records if the government supplies a new type of surveillance court order.
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