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Using Old Cellphones to Listen for Illegal Loggers [telecom]

Indonesian villagers are trying out a treetop surveillance system that uses recycled phones and artificial intelligence...

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GSA Implements Restrictions On Certain Chinese-Made

By Jonathan E. Meyer, Townsend L. Bourne, David S. Gallacher and Bryce Chadwick On September 9, 2019, the U.S. General...

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FCC Internet Deregulation Survives Court Challenge [telecom]

By Scott Feira, John P. Elwood and Peter J. Schildkraut On October 1, 2019, the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit...

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D.C. Circuit Vacates FCC Order Preempting State Net Neutrality

By Brett A. Shumate, Michael B. Hazzard and Bruce A. Olcott In the latest development in the Federal Communications Com...

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Cell Service Returns to Kashmir, Allowing First Calls in Months [telecom]

After imposing a complete communications blackout two months ago, the Indian government on Monday partially restored ce...

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monty

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Inexpensive, unpatched phones put billions of users' privacy at risk [telecom]

Billions who only connect with cheap Android phones pay with their personal info. By Kate Cox Privacy, it seems, is inc...

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Attackers exploit an iTunes zeroday to install ransomware [telecom]

Apple patches actively exploited flaw that let ransomware crooks evade AV protection. By Dan Goodin Attackers exploited...

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AT&T raises prices 7% by making its customers pay AT&T's property taxes [telecom]

AT&T tacks on fee after locking customer into contract, raises it from 3% to 7%. By Jon Brodkin Telecom companies like...

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monty

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Activists' phones targeted by one of the world's most advanced spyware apps [telecom]

"Pegasus," developed by Israel-based NSO Group, stalks 2 Moroccans, researchers say. By Dan Goodin Mobile phones of two...

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[Paywall] California's Privacy Act: What You Need to Know Now [telecom]

This week, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, published draft guidance for enforcing the state's landmark priv...

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monty

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Re: Boston Coast Guard, yes COAST GUARD, phones are out [telecom]

> the after action report should be interesting... > > [twitter] > > USCGNortheast > @USCGNortheast > 22m > #UrgentNoti...

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Re: [telecom] Boston Coast Guard, yes COAST GUARD, phones are out

> the after action report should be interesting... > > [twitter] > > USCGNortheast > @USCGNortheast > 22m > #UrgentNoti...

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[telecom] Boston Coast Guard, yes COAST GUARD, phones are out

the after action report should be interesting... [twitter] USCGNortheast @USCGNortheast 22m #UrgentNotice Sector Boston...

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How Photos of Your Kids Are Powering Surveillance Technology [telecom]

How Photos of Your Kids Are Powering Surveillance Technology Millions of Flickr images were sucked into a database call...

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Your telephone manners [telecom]

While this article dates from 1951, the ideas are timeless and apply today for good telephone service (two pages)....

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