Tech.gov: Don't Call Me, I'll Call You
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A cell phone directory is in the works, along with legislation to keep it private. Is this a good thing?
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A congressional inquiry into online data brokers has raised concerns that federal and local law enforcement may be skirting privacy laws to obtain calling records
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To: TECHNOLOGY EDITORS  Contact: Barry A. Rothman of Onstream Media Corporation, +1-954- 917-6655, brothman@onstreammedia.com; or Chris Faust of FastLane Communications, +1-973-582-3498, cfaust@fast-lane.net   POMPANO BEACH, Fla., Feb.
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WASHINGTON - In what regulators are calling a first, the government has asked for a court order to shut down a spyware operation.    The Federal Trade Commission says computer users who went to certain Web sites unknowingly had the snooping software downloaded onto their computers...
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A security advisory posted on Bugtraq demonstrates how hackers can compromise customers of T-mobile wireless and Verizon (landline) voicemail boxes. The advisory talks about the use of Caller-ID spoofing the customers number, allowing a bypass of the PIN code since the voicemail thinks that the customer is calling to check their own voicemail. According to Secure Science Corporation, there has been no response from the vendors. Comments have been posted that T-Mobile has optional PIN code protection off by default. Better turn it on.
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A company finds a sneaky new way to silence security researchers: Claim that defeating its products infringes on patents. Commentary by Jennifer Granick.
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This is one cellphone you might not want to set to "High & Vibrate."
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A few months ago I made a list of all the phone numbers I have. It disturbed me a bit.  I started with the usual trio of home, office, and cell. Then I added a BlackBerry (RIMM) that I use primarily for e-mail, but also the occasional call when my Motorola (MOT) KRZR runs out of power.
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The land of Internet calling may not be free of regulation for much longer.
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What you won't hear from a new "wrong number" pump and dump scam.
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By Avrum D. Lank, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel  Sep. 17--If you hear from the Internal Revenue Service, it is prudent to respond -- unless, that is, the first contact is by e-mail.
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The Clinton campaign has complained about them. So has Mitt Romney. Plenty of voters have vented, too. Those sometimes nasty and annoying recorded political phone calls known as "robo-calls" can drive people nuts Â and states are trying to crack down on them.
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Beware of any e-mail claiming to come from "frauddep@ftc.gov"--it carries a nasty payload.
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On Government Technology Magazine: Homeland Security
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To: TECHNOLOGY EDITORS  Contact: Media, Marc Abshire of NeuStar, Inc., +1-571-434-5151, marc.abshire@NeuStar.biz   STERLING, Va., June 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NeuStar, Inc.
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Blog: The hack allows Wi-Fi and iPod features but won't allow you to make phone calls.
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In a Feb. 7 story about cellular "spam," The Associated Press erroneously described a list published by the Federal Communications Commission aimed at stopping unwanted commercial e-mail and text messages sent to cell phones. It is a list of domain names to which telemarketers may not send e-mail without permission from cell phone subscribers, not listings of the Web sites that transmit unwanted data.