Security

FCC votes to limit AT&T and Verizon in upcoming spectrum auction

Rules for the upcoming TV spectrum auction would reserve a portion of spectrum for smaller carriers if price targets are reached

Online advertising poses significant security, privacy risks to users, US Senate report says

The online ad industry should offer better protections against 'malvertising,' a US Senate investigation found

Google Apps users getting encrypted messaging that goes beyond Gmail

Google teams with ZixCorp to extend encryption service

Computers decoding humans behavior

Reining in out-of-control security alerts

Senators want to limit companies’ use of student data

A proposal from two US lawmakers aims at personal data outsourced by public schools

Is EU’s ‘right to be forgotten’ really the ‘right to edit the truth’?

Analysts say it's doubtful the EU's ruling against Google will be repeated in the U.S.

License reader lawsuit can be heard, appeals court rules

SFPD sued by woman pulled over in high-risk stop after vehicle mistakenly identified as stolen

Federal car fleet to become test bed for high-tech safety gear

Wireless, crash avoidance systems could become standard equipment

Microsoft’s .NET Framework security updates further effort to phase out RC4 encryption

The company advises customers to stop using the RC4 cipher in TLS connections because of known weaknesses in the algorithm