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February 24, 2016
By ZOE CHAPMAN and MEGAN GRAHAM
Just Security
Before the start of business, Just Security provides a curated summary of up-to-the-minute developments at home and abroad. Here’s today’s news.
SURVEILLANCE, PRIVACY & TECHNOLOGY
February 24, 2016
By JACK LOUGHRAN
Engineering and Technology Magazine
Super-secure phones and mobile applications are already forming part of an emerging industry and the latest case may serve to increase its prominence. An Apple executive has said the company will strengthen its encryption if it wins the court battle with the federal government.
February 24, 2016
By DAN PYE
iLounge
February 24, 2016
House Committee on Foreign Affairs
Washington, D.C. -- Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee, chaired by Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), passed four bipartisan measures. A summary of the Committee action, including adopted amendments, will be available HERE.
The Committee passed H. Res. 148 (introduced by Rep. Ted Deutch (D-FL)), as amended, which calls on Iran to fulfill their promises of assistance in the case of Robert Levinson, the longest held United States hostage in our Nation’s history.
Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), and the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) filed a federal consumer fraud complaint against People Can Change, an organization that preys on vulnerable LGBT people and families by using damaging and discredited claims that it can change an individual’s sexual orientation or gender identity.
February 24, 2016
By ELIZABETH NOLAN BROWN
Reason.com
February 24, 2016
By SEUNG LEE
Newsweek
February 24, 2015
By JIMMY TALLAL
The Malibu Times
In what has become a real local tradition, the publishers of The Malibu Times and founders of the Dolphin Foundation, Arnold and Karen York, hosted the 26th annual Dolphin Awards and brunch on Sunday, Feb. 21 at Malibu West Beach Club. This year, 11 awards were given out.
Coordinator Mary Higgins organized the event, which offered a selection of food from Jennifer Naylor Catering as well as wine from Malibu Family Wines. Decorations were provided from Malibaloons and Cosentino’s.
February 24, 2016
By CHISTOPHER MIMS
Dow Jones Business News
The debate over whether Apple Inc. should help the Justice Department unlock the phone of San Bernardino attacker Syed Rizwan Farook has gotten bogged down in technical details over the scope of the government's request, the handling of the phone in the days after the deadly mass shooting and the distinction between a passcode and an encryption strategy.
That's all a distraction. It's also dangerous for the future of personal privacy and, if you believe in it, the functioning of our democracy.