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Skyping in Ethiopia Could Result in Stiff Jail Term

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Ethiopia has passed a draconian new law criminalizing the use of Voiceover Internet Protocol services such as Skype or Google Talk. Peoplewho violate the ban will find themselves facing 10-to-15 years inprison.The government has cited national security as a reason, although it iswidely assumed that protecting the market share and revenue of thestate-owned telecom provider,…

Sen. Asks Google, Apple to Control Their Peeping Tom Planes

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Google and Apple are bent on a mission to provide the world — or at least users of their respective technologies — with digital images of every place on this planet. Using their systems is the only way many people can see for themselves what everyday life is like in faraway places. However, as these…

Leaked Proposals Set Stage for UN Squabble Over Internet Freedom

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

The United States is battling over proposed United Nations regulations that could place new burdens and restrictions on Internet companies and users. The trouble is rooted in the decision of the UN’s International Telecommunication Union to overhaul International Telecommunication Regulations (ITRs) that outline the principles governing the way international voice, data and video traffic is…

Court Rules Kiwi Cops Botched Megaupload Raid

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

New Zealand police used invalid warrants to search and seize property from the mansion of Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom, a high court judge in that country has reportedly ruled. The papers that authorities used were general warrants and fell well short of describing the offenses alleged, High Court Judge Helen Winkelmann said. She also ruled…

Law Enforcement Feasts on Cellphone Data

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

A congressional inquiry conducted at the behest of Rep. Edward Markey, D-Mass., found that law enforcement agencies made 1.3 million requests to cellphone carriers in 2011. They sought such information as individuals’ text messages, their locations, and even lists of phone numbers they called when in the vicinity of a particular tower, whether they belonged…

Band of Botnet Busters Grounds Grum

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

A joint effort by antimalware company FireEye, law enforcement authorities and other antispam activists has taken down Grum, believed to be the world’s third-largest botnet, accounting for nearly 20 percent of worldwide spam. After three days of work, all of Grum’s known command and control (CNC) servers are now dead, according to FireEye’s Atif Mushtaq.…

Twitter May Face Sisyphean Challenge in Protected Speech Battle

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Twitter indicated Thursday that it will appeal a decision by New York County Criminal Court Judge Matthew Sciarrino Jr. that the microblogging site must hand over a user’s posts. The case stems from an investigation by the Manhattan District Attorney regarding the Occupy Wall Street protests in 2011 — in particular, one that occurred in…

Facial Recognition Faces Congressional Scrutiny

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

The Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law met on Wednesday to discuss the promise and pitfalls of facial recognition technology. Led by its chair, U.S. Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., the committee questioned privacy advocates as well as representatives of the FBI, the Federal Trade Commission and Facebook, about how the technology…

Google Still Hasn’t Cleaned Out Its Private WiFi Data Closet

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Google has not deleted the sensitive data it collected from private wireless networks in 2010, according to a report from The Telegraph. Earlier, the company had promised regulators it would dispose of the information. The search engine giant originally collected the data while it was mapping areas for its Street View services. While its camera-equipped…

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