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Lockheed Martin’s technology hub brings startups closer to government needs
Wondering who would be the first to concoct a Kickstarter for governmental wishes? We suppose it’s Lockheed Martin. Today, the aforementioned outfit has launched an initiative “aimed at expanding its...
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Redact offers £10,000 if you crack its messaging app, bets UK government you...
Software developers looking to kickstart (or simply brag about) their security have a common trick up their sleeve: give away prizes to successful crackers. Redact is trying just such a strategy with...
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Indian government launches Central Monitoring System, watches citizens’...
A new system for monitoring almost everything that’s going on inside India’s telecoms network has been quietly launched. The Central Monitoring System will offer the likes of the National...
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President Obama issues executive order to make government data open and...
Remember Data.gov? The President does, and he has issued an executive order that should give the information portal a shot in the arm. Starting this week, new and modernized Government information...
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Google asks US government to let it publish more national security requests...
Google CEO Larry Page and Chief Legal Officer David Drummond made a general call for more transparency in their response to the PRISM revelations last week, and Drummond has gotten quite a bit more...
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Facebook reveals government data request numbers, is first to include...
Facebook lawyer Ted Ullyot revealed in a post tonight precisely how many user-data requests it receives from government entities, and that it’s negotiated the ability to include national...
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Microsoft releases government data request stats: over 6,000 in six months
Like Facebook earlier, Microsoft has revealed some details about the number of government requests for data that it receives, and is for the first time including national security requests in the...
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Yahoo discloses total number of US government requests for user data
Yahoo has just revealed just how many government requests for data it’s received in the past six months, and it’s beaten out Apple, Microsoft and Facebook. Marissa Mayer and General Counsel Ron Bell...
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Google challenges FISA court on government data requests, asks for ability to...
Google and other companies have already made general calls for more transparency in the wake of the PRISM revelations, and it looks like Mountain View is now escalating those requests to a court...
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US government files criminal charges against Edward Snowden over PRISM leaks
The Washington Post reports tonight that, as expected, the US Government has filed criminal charges against Edward Snowden for leaking information about NSA surveillance programs to the Post and...
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UK government to begin testing mobile emergency alerts
UK folks could soon be made aware of local emergencies via their mobile phone after the government announced plans to test its new alert system later this year. With support from O2, Vodafone and EE,...
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LinkedIn petitions court to provide more details regarding government data...
It’s not just the heaviest of the internet heavyweights pushing for greater government transparency. LinkedIn has filed its own petition with the US Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court asking for...
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Canadian government blocked potential Lenovo bid for BlackBerry over security...
The BlackBerry of today could’ve been a Chinese-controlled company — if the Canadian government hadn’t put its foot down, that is. A report in The Globe and Mail, citing inside sources, claims the...
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Facebook, Google received redacted government reply to FISA court, respond...
You may recall that several internet companies have petitioned the US Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to disclose information about the government’s requests for user data. In a September 30...
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