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Contractor: Miscommunication caused CenturyLink outage [telecom]
(This report is from March 11) A construction company working on the Route 29 Solutions project said miscommunication was to blame for a broken CenturyLink service cable. On Monday, phone and Internet...
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Frontier rings in Verizon takeover by borking its network [telecom]
Handover doesn't appear to be going particularly well in three US states 1 Apr 2016 at 18:27, Shaun Nichols Frontier Communications says that problems related to its takeover of Verizon's internet...
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Outages occur as Frontier takes over Verizon service in Tampa area [telecom]
By Jerome R. Stockfisch TAMPA - Frontier Communications hoped for a "seamless and unnoticeable" transition when it took over Verizon's landline, cable and Internet service on Friday. It didn't work...
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On day of Verizon's switch to Frontier, Texas customers finding frustrating fails [telecom]
By Jeffrey Weiss As anybody who has changed computers or service companies knows, the switchover can be ugly. Frontier Communication's newest customers are having a particularly ugly day. And it's not...
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[telecom] MD Appellate Court Rebukes Police for Concealing Use of Stingrays
[The Intercept] Maryland Appellate Court Rebukes Police for Concealing Use of Stingrays A MARYLAND appellate court on Wednesday explained its reasoning for its landmark decision earlier this month...
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The Real Story Behind The FBI Dropping The Suit With Apple [telecom]
By Frank Miniter The narrative is that the FBI, with the help of an outside party, managed to hack an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino terrorists. Because the FBI was successful, the...
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FBI's Retreat from Apple Fight: A Reader Responds [telecom]
By Steve Rosenbush Some critics have maintained that it was clear from the start that the government could have cracked the iPhone without Apple's help. Edward Snowden made that case earlier this...
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How Apple, FBI can both claim victory: analysis [telecom]
By Jon Swartz San Francisco - In the end, like a peewee soccer game, everybody won. Apple wasn't forced to weaken its operating system to comply with the government's request to unlock the seized...
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Verizon reportedly planning to share customer location data with AOL advertisers [telecom]
Tim Armstrong wants to forge a mobile marketing juggernaut to rival Facebook and Google. By Ben Popper It's been clear since Verizon acquired AOL last year that the end goal was to combine the two...
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Verizon customers may have been seriously overcharged [telecom]
by Michal Addady Verizon is currently facing claims that it has been overcharging customers for its landline service. Consumer-advocacy group New Networks Institute, which focuses specifically on...
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US ends case against Apple after pulling data from San Bernardino shooter's phone [telecom]
The development effectively ends a six-week legal battle that was poised to shape digital privacy for years to come. By Danny Yadron The US government on Monday dropped its court fight against Apple...
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The FBI and Apple encryption battle is over, now the true debate begins [telecom]
By John Brandon The DOJ has closed its case against Apple and found a way to unlock the iPhone used by the San Bernardino terrorist. Now the real debate begins about how to protect U.S. citizens and...
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Even if the FBI Cracks the San Bernardino Shooter's iPhone, the Encryption Debate Won't Be Over [telecom]
By Lily Hay Newman On Monday [March 21], the FBI postponed a planned Tuesday court hearing with Apple about unlocking the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino shooters. The agency said it had found a...
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There's Always An Excuse to Hack Into Our Lives [telecom]
by John Naughton The FBI's attempt to force Apple to unlock a phone is only the latest example of the state challenging fundamental freedoms So the FBI has backed off - at least for the time being -...
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Apple Vs. The FBI: A Complete Timeline Of The War Over Tech Encryption [telecom]
FBI backtracks and cancels its court case against Apple in surprising turn of events By Digital Trends Staff March 22, 2016 A U.S. magistrate issued an order that Apple must build a tool for the FBI...
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