The U.N. Goes for the Guns
The United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday signed off on a sweeping, first-of-its-kind treaty to regulate the international arms trade, brushing aside worries from U.S. gun rights advocates that the pact could lead to a national firearms registry and disrupt the American gun market
Draconian Prosecution…
Andrew Auernheimer, a ‘trailer-park troll’ from the same web community as Aaron Swartz, faces 10 years in jail for data breaches. Why is the US prosecuting in such draconian fashion?
Mobile Preps for Sandy
Hurricane Sandy, what may essentially be the biggest storm to hit the North Eastern seaboard in history, is barreling toward us, through the Atlantic, at this very second
AT&T: A Pirate’s Worst Enemy
A set of leaked internal AT&T training documents obtained by TorrentFreak reveal that the Internet provider will start sending out anti-piracy warning notices to its subscribers on November 28
Search Warrants for E-Mail, Cell Tracking Required by Privacy Bill
Police must get warrants to access Americans’ e-mail and track their cell phones, according to new privacy legislation that promises to spark a political spat between high-tech firms and law enforcement
Tampa’s Tech Party at the RNC
Walk through the Republican National Convention and it might start to feel as much like a technology trade show as political nominating party, thanks to the branding and lobbying efforts of dozens of tech companies like Google, Facebook, Twitter and AT&T.
Cell Carriers Are Selling Your Info To Police For Profit
Every wireless company insists that the fees it charges for handing over your information are just enough to cover expenses. But most of them—including Sprint, the company that gets by far the most requests for customer data—have refused to hand over actual figures.
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