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October 6, 2016
Facts are in dispute, Yahoo’s explanations are conflicting, and Congress can’t agree what to do.

On the Yahoo hack, this much we do know: On September 22, Yahoo admitted that some 500 million accounts had been stolen by hackers, including encrypted passwords, names, phone numbers, e-mails, but not banking information.


October 6, 2016

Yahoo’s reported use of custom-built software to scan its users’ emails on behalf of federal investigators rekindled concerns this week over how the government goes about secretly using its surveillance authority.


October 6, 2016

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Watchdog and activist groups are outraged by a Fox News Channel segment in which an interviewer asked people in New York’s Chinatown if he was supposed to bow to greet them, if they were selling stolen goods and if they could “take care of North Korea for us.”

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October 6, 2016

Los Angeles (AP) -- Watchdog and activist groups are outraged by a Fox News Channel segment in which an interviewer asked people in New York's Chinatown if he was supposed to bow to greet them, if they were selling stolen goods and if they could "take care of North Korea for us."

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October 5, 2016

Not long after Edward Snowden’s revelations of massive government surveillance of the American public, Yahoo was one of the eight tech giants that called for strong reforms that would protect their customers.

And back in 2007, Yahoo went to court to challenge a government surveillance program in order to protect its users’ privacy.

Well, that was then.


October 5, 2016

The head of the National Security Agency (NSA) on Wednesday appeared to downplay allegations in a recent report that claimed Yahoo developed a scanning software to help U.S. intelligence search its customers' incoming emails.


October 5, 2016

GETTY ENLISTS PHOTOGS AGAINST GOOGLE — Getty Images, the stock photography giant, is trying a new tactic as it ramps up its effort to get antitrust officials to crack down on Google: rallying the sort of photographers and small photo agencies whose images they license to complain that they feel the pain of Google’s design choices.


October 5, 2016

SOMETHING NEW? — In Tuesday evening’s vice presidential debate, Sen.


October 5, 2016

USMobile is launching a new version of its Scrambl3 app that lets you make private and secure encrypted mobile calls.


October 5, 2016

Yahoo Inc. reportedly built a program allowing the U.S. government to scan millions of customers’ emails for a specific phrase last year, raising questions in the tech industry about why Yahoo didn’t fight the demand.