A curious thing happened last week. A staggering number of the 7,800 encrypted devices the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI or Bureau) has deemed inaccessible are accessible after all. It turns out the number of inaccessible devices is actually somewhere between 1,000 and 2,000 devices – a significant number, but [...]
For more than a decade, Congress has tried to address the rampant occurrences of data breaches. Since the ChoicePoint breach in 2005, the House and Senate have introduced roughly 50 different pieces of legislation related to data security. None of them have been enacted into law. The reasons for this [...]
As the United States v. Microsoft case hurtles toward oral arguments in the U.S. Supreme Court on February 27, the nearly impossible has happened: Congress introduced legislation on the very issues the Supreme Court case seeks to solve. This week, bipartisan members from the House and the Senate introduced the [...]
Last December, ACT | The App Association and Sonim Technologies joined together to host “The Future of First Responder Technology,” an event to showcase how first responders are adopting high tech devices and software to better serve American communities. The event gathered congressional staff and other attendees to explore the [...]
Unless you live under a rock or avoid social media, you’ve probably seen that the controversy around net neutrality has re-entered our lives like an obnoxious uncle at Thanksgiving dinner. This holiday season might bring good tidings, but it also drags in heated protests against the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s) [...]
