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Obama’s Data Security Plan: Do As I Say, Not As I Do

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“If we’re going to be connected, then we need to be protected,” President Obama proclaimed at the Federal Trade Commission on Monday. In wide-ranging remarks, the president expressed what should be a self-evident truth, but is not yet a reality in the new digital age: “As Americans, we shouldn’t have to forfeit our basic privacy... Read MoreThe post Obama’s Data Security Plan: Do As I Say, Not As I Do appeared first on Credit.com.

Did Verizon Commit Perjury in the Net Neutrality Proceeding About the Use of Title II?

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New Networks Institute has filed a Petition for Investigation with the FCC to examine Verizon's use of Title II and whether the company has committed perjury in the current Net Neutrality, Open Internet Proceeding, (Docket number 14-28).

Intel's Mobile Group Lost More Than $4 Billion Last Year (INTC)

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One effect of Intel's plan to combine its PC and mobile division this year: it won't be as easy for outsiders to see how poorly its mobile business is doing.
Today, Intel posted earnings for the fourth quarter, and it'll probably be the last time it breaks out its mobile results separately.
Overall, the company posted annual profits of $11.7 billion on revenues of $55.9 billion — up 22% and 6% respectively. But the company gave disappointing guidance for Q1, sending the stock down about 3% after hours.

How to protect yourself against Verizon's mobile tracking

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The Electronic Frontier Foundation has published a list of tools that can block online advertising companies from collecting web browsing data in ways that privacy advocates contend are deceptive.Computer scientist Jonathan Mayer of Stanford University and ProPublica revealed on Wednesday that an online advertising company, Turn, can re-create the history of a person’s Web browsing traffic using Verizon’s tracking system.Verizon tracks its mobile subscribers’ web surfing by tagging their traffic at the carrier level with a number called a UIDH (Unique Identifier Header).

No, the NSA Isn’t Like the Stasi—And Comparing Them Is Treacherous

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Ever since Edward Snowden handed thousands of National Security Agency documents over to filmmaker Laura Poitras and writer Glenn Greenwald in a Hong Kong hotel room, the NSA’s mass surveillance of domestic phone calls and Internet traffic has been widely compared to the abuses of East Germany’s secret police, the Stasi. The post No, the NSA Isn’t Like the Stasi—And Comparing Them Is Treacherous appeared first on WIRED.

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