Technology

"The beautiful thing about Crisis Text Line is that these are strangers counseling other strangers on the most intimate issues." — Nancy Lublin

How Can Text Messaging Save Lives?

8:55am April 01, 2016

by NPR/TED Staff

Activist Nancy Lublin explains how Crisis Text Line, the first 24/7 text line of its kind, has helped millions of people by providing direct support as well as anonymous data about people in crisis.

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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.

Analyst Comments On The Significance Of FBI Unlocking iPhone

9:04am March 31, 2016

Renee Montagne talks to Philip Mudd, a former CIA counterintelligence official and FBI intelligence adviser, about the possible repercussions of the FBI's hack of an Apple iPhone by a third party.

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National

FBI To Help Arkansas Prosecutor Unlock iPhone Linked To Murder Case

8:31am March 31, 2016

by Doreen McCallister

Once the FBI announced that it had unlocked the iPhone of one of the shooters involved in the terrorist attack in San Bernardino, Calif., the bureau received other requests for assistance.

IRS Commissioner Details Growing Problem Of Taxpayer Identity Theft

4:36pm March 30, 2016

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with IRS Commissioner John Koskinen about the state of e-tax hacks.

What not to do when dating: fold your arms.

Health & Safety

To Catch Someone On Tinder, Stretch Your Arms Wide

4:35pm March 30, 2016

by Angus Chen

How people sit or where their arms and legs are in the images they share loom large in potential daters' calculations, according to experiments involving speed dating and an online dating app.

Apple and Google have been asked to unlock cell phones since at least 2008.

National

Apple, Google Ordered To Unlock Smartphones Since At Least 2008

12:14pm March 30, 2016

by Naomi LaChance

New court records obtained by the ACLU show how the fight between Apple and the FBI in San Bernardino is one of many cases in which the government has asked tech companies to help unlock cellphones.

Illustration of people communicating via computers.

Arts

When You Become The Person You Hate On The Internet

11:23am March 30, 2016

by Sarah Hepola

Author Sarah Hepola has complained for years about the random hatred of the Internet. Then, with one careless post, she became part of the problem.

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Brittney Mills (center) stands with her mother, Barbara (left), daughter, Kamille, and a family friend at her baby shower days before Brittney was killed.

National

Mom Asks: Who Will Unlock Murdered Daughter's iPhone?

9:25am March 30, 2016

by Aarti Shahani

The FBI says it's unlocked the iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters. A district attorney in Baton Rouge, La., is hopeful the FBI will share its master key for an iPhone in a murder case.

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What Apple's 'Win' Over FBI Means For The Tech Community

5:19pm March 29, 2016

The dispute between Apple and the FBI might be over, but the conversation is not? NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Nico Sell, the co-founder of secure messaging app Wickr, who called Apple CEO Tim Cook a "national security hero."

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