About: C. Mitchell Shaw
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China’s Main Internet Censor Addresses Tech Execs, Gov’t Officials in D.C.
The new minister of the Cyberspace Administration of China spoke this morning at the seventh China-U.S. Internet Industry Forum in Washington, D.C. His address before government officials and top...
Whitehouse.gov: Obama Administration’s Campaign Advocacy Website
Obama's use of the official White House website to drive his (and his party's) agenda is improper. His deceptive and manipulative tactics on social media are creating a false...
Russian “Trojan Horse” Discovered in Vital U.S. Computers
Since 2011, a Russian "Trojan Horse" has been in place, threatening computer systems vital to our infrastructure. It was only discovered last week. ...
British Spy Chief Claims Internet Services Aid Terrorists, Need More Monitoring
British spy chief Robert Hannigan has called Internet services such Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp, and others “the command-and-control networks of choice for terrorists” and says he wants “better arrangements” with...
Russian Hacking Threatens U.S. National Security
The recent intrusion into a computer network at the White House, made public last week, appears to have been carried out by hackers working for the Russian government. This...
Snowden Case: FBI Searches Home of Suspected “Second Leaker”
There have been hints about the possibility of a second person leaking classified documents to reporters close to the Snowden story. Now the FBI has identified a suspect. ...
Why Should the Law-abiding Care About Electronic Surveillance?
Confronted with the fact that they are being spied on by their own government, many law-abiding Americans claim they don't care because they have nothing to hide. But in...
If You Are Sick of Surveillance, Safeguard Your Systems
Most people don't need to be convinced that data-mining by government agencies and irresponsible corporations is a real problem that threatens our liberties in the digital age, but what...