Wider Spying Fuels Aid Plan for Telecom Industry
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The Bush administration is working to persuade Congress to pass legislation protecting companies who aid the N.S.A.âs warrantless eavesdropping program.
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(Source: AT&T)  From managing unrestricted Web surfing to thwarting unwanted criminal intrusions, new focus is being placed on security.
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Like the U.S., the British government is getting ready to auction a big chunk of wireless spectrum that could be used for WiMax or other wireless data services.
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The Bush administration wants the power to grant legal immunity to telecommunications companies that are slapped with privacy suits for cooperating with the White House's controversial warrantless eavesdropping program.
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Senator Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., is reportedly steering the secretive Senate Intelligence Committee to give retroactive immunity to telecoms that helped the government secretly spy on Americans. Coincidentally, contributions from Verizon and AT&T execs to him spiked in 2007.
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The Bush administration has said for the first time that American telecommunications companies played a crucial role in domestic eavesdropping.
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The United Nations headquarters in Europe, where a listening device was discovered by workmen recently, is probably rife with spying equipment, a UN security source has said.
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The Internet giant, which may bid for a swath of airwaves, is lobbying for regulations to support a vision that could change how cellphones are used.
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One bill safeguards wireless phone numbers; the other targets malicious snoops.
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'Spy Act' would crack down on companies that secretly install programs to monitor users' Internet activities.
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Regulators, ISPs, governments and the police have been called on by the European Commission to boost their antispam efforts.
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Pressure is growing on more nations to implement the Council of Europe's anti-cybercrime treaty.
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AMERICA&#39;s chief communications regulator will seek broad regulatory authority for the US federal government over internet-based telephone services to avoid stifling the emerging market.
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Wireless devices slip past anti-gadget policies to open a new communications channel to lawmakers.
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t first glance, it might seem like the simple extension of a standard tool in the fight against the bad guys. But in fact, wiretapping Internet phones to monitor criminals and terrorists is costly
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Pressing a judge to stop suits against top telecoms, the government cites national security interests. Plaintiffs argue everybody knows the government spies on Americans and the suits should continue. In 27B Stroke 6.
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Leading European mobile telephone operators have pledged to draw up a voluntary code over the next year aimed at protecting children using mobile phones.