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Yahoo Chief Information Security Officer Bob Lord on encryption: "Yes, it's used by terrorists. It's also used by people who are looking to voice their opinions on issues and to save lives."

Yahoo's Security Chief On Encryption Debate: What Is The Greater Good?

5:31pm April 28, 2016

by Alina Selyukh

When Bob Lord talks about encryption, he invokes the imagery of a whisper — the idea that you should be able to re-create the most private means of physical communication in the digital world as well.

Michelle Pattengill, a technician at L&S Pharmacy in Charleston, Mo., holds a bottle of oxycodone.

Political Gridlock Blocks Missouri Database For Fighting Drug Abuse

3:13pm April 12, 2016

by Bram Sable-Smith, Side Effects Public Media

Every state except Missouri has a database that doctors can check to see if a person filling a prescription for an opioid is trying to get it from other pharmacies, too.

The anonymous Web surfing system Tor is run by volunteers — and sometimes they get caught between the police and criminal suspects.

When A Dark Web Volunteer Gets Raided By The Police

10:52am April 05, 2016

by Martin Kaste

What happens when law enforcement is frustrated by encryption that's run by private citizens? In one Tor volunteer's case, they showed up with a warrant and asked for computer passwords.

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The Federal Communications Commission voted to propose its first Internet privacy rules and to expand a phone subsidy program to cover Internet access.

FCC Votes To Propose New Privacy Rules For Internet Service Providers

7:31pm March 31, 2016

by Alina Selyukh

The vote, however, was delayed for several hours as regulators negotiated a budget deal on another issue: the expansion of a phone subsidy to begin covering Internet access.

A protester supporting Apple in its battle against the FBI holds up an iPhone that reads "No Entry" outside an Apple store in New York on Feb. 23.

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Apple Vs. The FBI: The Unanswered Questions And Unsettled Issues

4:29pm March 29, 2016

by Alina Selyukh

The FBI isn't saying if it can reuse its mystery digital crowbar to unlock other iPhones. The standoff is likely to be replayed as new technologies become a growing element of criminal investigations.

The 227-year-old law at the center of the Apple-FBI debate has withstood several challenges, including at the Supreme Court.

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How A Gambling Case Does, And Doesn't, Apply To The iPhone Debate

10:01pm March 21, 2016

by Aarti Shahani

How the Apple-FBI case progresses will determine whether a new precedent will be set for the 227-year-old law that has been called antiquated, but withstood a Supreme Court challenge.

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Former professional wrestler Hulk Hogan stands with one of his lawyers just after his civil suit against Gawker Media went to the jury. The panel awarded him $115 million in damages on Friday.

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Jury Awards Hulk Hogan $115 Million In Sex Tape Lawsuit Against Gawker

9:25pm March 18, 2016

by Laura Wagner

The media company, which published a portion of a tape showing the wrestler having sex with the wife of a former friend, is expected to appeal.

Apple is fighting the FBI's request for help unlocking an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters.

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Apple On FBI iPhone Request: 'The Founders Would Be Appalled'

7:21pm March 15, 2016

Apple and the FBI head into a court hearing on March 22 in the dispute over access to a locked iPhone. In its last filing before then, Apple says the government is stretching laws to fit the case.

The iconic clock tower and library at University of California, Berkeley. The University of California system, especially Berkeley, has a stormy history around free speech and spying by the federal government.

At Calif. Campuses, A Test For Free Speech, Privacy And Cybersecurity

8:11pm March 11, 2016

by Laura Sydell

The University of California president, former Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, secretly ordered data monitoring across the system after hackers broke into the UCLA medical center.

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FCC Proposal Would Limit What Internet Providers Can Do With Users' Data

4:44pm March 10, 2016

by Alina Selyukh

On March 31, the Federal Communications Commission will vote on what could become first-ever privacy rules for Internet service providers, stemming from last year's net neutrality ruling.