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They Stole Your Files, You Don't Have to Pay the Ransom [telecom]

The F.B.I. should follow the example of European law enforcement and help victims of ransomware decrypt their data. By...

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I shared my phone number. I learned I shouldn't have. [telecom]

Our personal tech columnist asked security researchers what they could find out about him from just his cellphone numbe...

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TCPA Law - FCC Eliminates Opt-Out Notice Requirement for Solicited Faxes [telecom]

On November 14, 2018, the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") issued an order ("2018 Order") formally eliminating...

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TCPA Class Action Costs Rack Room Co. Up To $25.97 Million [telecom]

by Kimberly J. Gold and Erika Kweon Rack Room Shoes, Inc. (Rack Room) has agreed to pay up to nearly $26 million to set...

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United States: New York City Bill Would Bar Sharing Of Cellphone Location Data [telecom]

by Gary Kibel and Maxine Sharavsky A bill has been introduced in the New York City Council that, if enacted, would make...

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United States: New FCC Regulations To Curb Foreign Caller ID Spoofing [telecom]

by David O. Klein On August 1, 2019, the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") adopted new regulations that will al...

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Re: Brief: Separating the Fact from Fiction [telecom]

> > Brief: Separating the Fact from Fiction > > Attorney General Barr is Wrong About Encryption > > By: Andi Wilson Tho...

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5G Explainer: There Will Be Five 'Flavors' [telecom]

By Mark Lowenstein If you're in the telecom/wireless space, you've no doubt been asked by tech industry colleagues, or...

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AT&T working to fix statewide outage of landline 911 calls [telecom]

911 dispatch centers across Tennessee may be experiencing outages after an issue with AT&T. According to Knox County em...

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Morton Bahr Dies at 93; Led Communications Workers Into Digital Age [telecom]

As head of the C.W.A. for 20 years, he helped workers survive technological changes and corporate revamping that threat...

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Robocall blocking apps caught sending your private data without permission [telecom]

By Zack Whittaker Robocall-blocking apps promise to rid your life of spoofed and spam phone calls. But are they as trus...

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Apple's iPhone FaceID Hacked In Less Than 120 Seconds [telecom]

Apple's iPhone FaceID Hacked In Less Than 120 Seconds Security researchers attending the annual Black Hat hacker conven...

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Net Neutrality Still Unresolved After 11 Year of Blogging About It [telecom]

by Peter Vogel On August 1, 2008 I posted my first blog about Net Neutrality entitled "Proposed Net Neutrality Bill in...

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CWA and AT&T Southwest extend contract for a week [telecom]

Hundreds of CWA members at AT&T Southeast from across District 3 rallied outside the company's headquarters in Atlanta...

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Midwest CWA members ratify four-year agreement [telecom]

This week, CWA members in the Midwest and at AT&T's national Legacy T unit voted to ratify four-year agreements coverin...

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