Saturday, 28 September 2019

Elections Chief Tweets Memo on Foreign Interference After a GOP Colleague's Veto

A bit of Federal Election Commission drama went down on Twitter Friday when the board’s chair tweeted a draft memo on illegal foreign election activities purportedly blocked by its GOP commissioner.

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Report: U.S. to Sign Treaty Forcing Platforms Like Facebook to Share Encrypted Chats With UK Police

The U.S. and UK governments are expected to sign a treaty in October that will force social media platforms based in either of the countries to “disclose encrypted messages from suspected terrorists, paedophiles and other serious criminals” to police in the other, according to the Times of London.

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German Police Raid Data Center and Alleged Cybercrime Hub Based Out of Former NATO Bunker

German authorities raided a data center based out of “former NATO bunker that hosted sites dealing in drugs and other illegal activities,” the Associated Press reported on Friday, resulting in seven arrests.

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How to Watch Space X's Big Starship Event Saturday

The prototype SpaceX CEO Elon Musk will present on today sounds like something straight out of science fiction: its long-hyped Starship Mk1 spacecraft, a next-generation rocket the company describes as “a fully, rapidly reusable transportation system designed to carry both crew and cargo to Earth orbit, the Moon,…

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