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Understanding Chairman Pai's Proposal to Dismantle Net Neutrality [telecom]
FACT SHEET Understanding Chairman Pai's Proposal to Dismantle Net Neutrality What Is Net Neutrality? Net neutrality is the concept that consumers and businesses should be able to reach the online...
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Pro-net neutrality groups are planning protests at Verizon stores on December 7th [telecom]
By Colin Lecher As the FCC moves ahead with its plan to dismantle net neutrality protections, pro-net neutrality groups say they're planning protests at Verizon stores around the country on December...
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No, you're not being paranoid. Sites really are watching your every move [telecom]
Sites log your keystrokes and mouse movements in real time, before you click submit. By Dan Goodin If you have the uncomfortable sense someone is looking over your shoulder as you surf the Web, you're...
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PC vendors scramble as Intel announces vulnerability in firmware [telecom]
Intel has issued a security alert that management firmware on a number of recent PC, server, and Internet-of-Things processor platforms are vulnerable to remote attack. Using the vulnerabilities, the...
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Google collects Android users' locations even when location services are disabled [telecom]
By Keith Collins Many people realize that smartphones track their locations. But what if you actively turn off location services, haven't used any apps, and haven't even inserted a carrier SIM card?...
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Uber paid hackers $100,000 to keep quiet about stealing your info from Uber [telecom]
By Alison Griswold In October 2016, hackers stole the personal data of 50 million riders and about 7 million drivers from Uber. Instead of reporting the breach, the company paid $100,000 to hackers to...
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We Can't Trust Facebook To Regulate Itself [telecom]
We Can't Trust Facebook to Regulate Itself By Sandy Parakilas I led Facebook's efforts to fix privacy problems on its developer platform in advance of its 2012 initial public offering. What I saw from...
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Why Marissa Mayer Could Cost Verizon Hundreds of Millions [telecom]
By Mark Bergen Verizon Communications Inc. paid $4.5 billion for Yahoo! Inc.'s web businesses. Then it took a $500 million hit for post-acquisition costs. It's poised to pay up again, thanks to a...
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Eliminating Net Neutrality Rules Will Favor Carriers Over Internet Content Providers [telecom]
By Aaron Pressman Less than a year after taking control of the top federal telecom regulator, commissioners appointed by President Donald Trump are poised to eliminate net neutrality rules that bar...
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Mobile banking Trojan sneaks into Google Play targeting Wells Fargo, Chase and Citibank customers [telecom]
Mobile banking Trojan sneaks into Google Play targeting Wells Fargo, Chase and Citibank customers. By Nikolaos Chrysaidos, with Niels Croese (SfyLabs) and Lukas Stefanko (ESET) Recently, the mobile...
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Chinese Phone Maker Bets Big With a Premium Price [telecom]
Huawei Technologies wants to banish from consumers' minds the idea that Chinese brands can produce only cheap knockoffs. By Raymond Zhong SHENZHEN, China - The phone takes dazzling photos and sports...
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Verizon outage affects Tampa Bay customers Monday morning [telecom]
By Mary Stringini TAMPA BAY, Fla. -- Verizon Wireless has confirmed a massive data outage that is affecting thousands across the state. The outage appears centered in the Tampa Bay area. The outage...
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AT&T, Viacom And Media Giants Revising New OTT Playbook [telecom]
By Howard Homonoff A flurry of news from the over-the-top (OTT) video world in the last 10 days has presented a mixed message of what OTT will mean for traditional media powers, for marketers and for...
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In this plot of Game of Thrones, AT&T should know better [telecom]
By Janet Guyon Long, long ago, when the internet was but a gleam in some futurist's eye, people got all their phone service, and their telephones, from one company. It was called AT&T and as long as...
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AT&T's run-ins with the government [telecom]
By Kevin Granville and Tiffany Hsu AT&T, one of the world's largest telecommunications companies, figures prominently in the annals of antitrust law. Since the late 19th century, under various names...
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