Facebook Messenger's end-to-end encryption not on by default because of inability to store keys in browsers and the firm's reluctance to make big UX changes
Privacy nerds got some good and some bad news on Friday, when Facebook became the latest major company to embrace encryption … Tweets: @moxie and @csoghoian Tweets: Moxie Marlinspike / @moxie : @csogh...
Senate narrowly rejects a bill that would have allowed FBI to access browser history and email info without warrant; McConnell submits motion to reconsider vote
likely down the line as senators are away. http://twitter.com/... http://www.techmeme.com/... Ron Wyden / @ronwyden : Good news: Proponents of this fake, knee-jerk solution failed to get support. That...
Twitter says government information requests increased by 50% in first half of 2015, expands transparency report to include trademark and email practices
Twitter complied with 71% of them John Ribeiro / InfoWorld : Twitter sees surge in government requests for account information Napier Lopez / The Next Web : Twitter increases scope of its transparency...
Senate advances USA Freedom Act, but vote on bill likely won't come for several days, causing temporary shutdown of some Patriot Act powers
For Now — Senate to Vote on USA FREEDOM Act on Tuesday Eric Geller / The Daily Dot : Patriot Act spy powers to expire as Rand Paul blocks USA Freedom Act vote Reuters : Senate lets NSA spy program l...
UK government releases “equipment interference” guidelines for spy and law enforcement agencies
and we'd love to hear what you think about it. http://mashable.com/... Christopher Soghoian / @csoghoian : The UK government is now officially in the hacking business, nice work by @lorenzoFB http://m...