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Social Media Summit will discuss citizen privacy rights and the Government. Catonsville, MD (PRWEB) May 02, 2013 InTTENSITY Corporation will be hosting its second annual Federal Social Media Summit at the Crystal Gateway Marriott in Arlington, VA on May 22, 2013. This years summit will focus on federal agency use of social media for message dissemination, citizen polling, monitoring, collecting, and analyzing social media data. InTTENSITY announces that Mr. Richard Marshall will be...
WASHINGTON, March 4, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Thomas Drake, a former senior executive at the National Security Agency who was charged under the Espionage Act after he blew the whistle on waste and fraud at the spy agency, will speak at a National Press Club luncheon on Friday, March 15, 2013. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080917/NPCLOGO) The event is part of NPC's recognition of Sunshine Week, an initiative to underline the importance of open government and...
BALTIMORE, Nov. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Supreme Court has recently unanimously held that law enforcement's warrantless attachment of a GPS device to a car and subsequent warrantless use of the device to track the vehicle constituted an unlawful search in violation of the Fourth Amendment. Its decision in United States v. Jones fundamentally changed the legal landscape for government use of GPS tracking devices. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121108/PH09078 ) As...
BEVERLY, Mass., Aug. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- SiOnyx, Inc. a leading innovator in advanced imaging systems announces today a strategic investment and technology development agreement with In-Q-Tel (IQT), the independent strategic investment firm that identifies innovative technology solutions to support the missions of the U.S. Intelligence Community. Through this strategic partnership, SiOnyx will accelerate the integration of Black Silicon image sensors in imaging systems....
Enid Burns for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Cyberattacks are progressing from exploitative to disruptive, and the threat is quickly escalating to destructive. That's according to General Keith Alexander, Commander of U.S. Cyber Command; Director of the National Security Agency; and Chief of the Central Security Service. General Alexander spoke about a need for the government to pass better laws against cyber security in a speech given at the Washington think tank American Enterprise...
SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Looxcie, Inc., makers of the first ever "wear and share" video cam today announced a Strategic Partnership and Technology Development Agreement with In-Q-Tel (IQT), the non-profit, strategic investment firm that identifies innovative technology solutions to support the missions of the U.S. Intelligence Community. The agreement will enable the design and development of next generation videocams utilizing Looxcie's intellectual...
Federal officials are not required to disclose National Security Agency (NSA) records related to a 2010 cyberattack on Google users in China under the Freedom of Information Act, an appeals court ruled on Friday. The original request for communications records of discussions between the NSA and the Mountain View, California-based tech company was made by the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), a privacy advocacy and civil liberties organization. However, the agency said that they...
Enid Burns for RedOrbit.com The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has drafted a controversial proposal that would require social networking sites, VoIP services and other online platforms to build a wiretap-friendly back door. The government organization is making the rounds to social networking companies including Microsoft, Facebook, Yahoo and Google to urge them not to oppose the proposal. In a time when more lines of communication are open, such as instant messenger, social...
An upstart telecom and Internet service provider seeks to give customers something very rare in an age of growing surveillance: the complete protection of privacy from government spying, wiretapping, and other unconstitutional anti-privacy measures. The non-profit company, which is still in its planning stages, was founded by Nicholas Merrill, a 39-year-old former telecom engineer who previously ran a New York-based Internet provider. Speaking with CNET on Tuesday, Merrill said he wants...
The CommLaw Group to host an important webinar presented by Subsentio, a Trusted Third Party and nationally-recognized CALEA compliance service provider. Learn about the latest trends in CALEA compliance and anticipated FCC enforcement activities from former law enforcement and government insiders. Washington, D.C. (PRWEB) March 20, 2012 The CommLaw Group will host a free, 30-minute webinar covering important developments related to CALEA enforcement on Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at 1:00...
