Ken Miller Contributor Ken Miller is an investor, writer and advisor to several technology companies and venture capital firms. Previously he was an executive at PayPal and Intuit, and early advisor to Square. More posts by this contributor As hyper-conservative media surged, Republicans’ trust in news cratered Data shows a downward demographic spiral for Republicans […]
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With cybersecurity threats looming, the government shutdown is putting America at risk
Putting political divisions and affiliations aside, the government partially shutting down for the third time over the last year is extremely worrisome, particularly when considering its impact on the nation’s cybersecurity priorities. Unlike the government, our nation’s enemies don’t ‘shut down.’ When our nation’s cyber centers are not actively monitoring and protecting our most valuable assets and critical infrastructure, threats magnify and vulnerabilities become further exposed.
View More With cybersecurity threats looming, the government shutdown is putting America at riskDespite objection, Congress passes bill that lets U.S. authorities shoot down private drones
U.S. authorities will soon have the authority to shoot down private drones if they are considered a threat — a move decried by civil liberties and rights groups. The Senate passed the FAA Reauthorization Act on Wednesday, months after an earlier House vote in April. The bill renews funding for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) […]
View More Despite objection, Congress passes bill that lets U.S. authorities shoot down private dronesWoman accidentally informs the U.S. that she’s a terrorist via online travel form
While planning a visit to the United States, a British woman unwittingly answered “Yes” to an online travel application query asking if she had ever engaged in terrorist activity.
Accordingly, Mandie Stevenson’s U.S. travel application was promptly d…
Protesters call on Salesforce to end contract with border patrol agency
A dozen or so people accompanied by a 14-foot, 800-pound cage gathered in downtown San Francisco Tuesday morning to protest Salesforce’s contract with U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP), the agency within the Department of Homeland Security responsible for enforcing the Trump Administration’s zero-tolerance immigration policy. Today is the first day of Dreamforce, Salesforce’s annual user conference that […]
View More Protesters call on Salesforce to end contract with border patrol agencyThis is what Americans think about the state of election security right now
A wide-ranging new poll yields some useful insight into how worried the average American feels about election threats as the country barrels toward midterms. The survey, conducted by NPR and researchers with Marist College, polled 949 adult US residents in early September across regions of the country, contacting participants through both landlines and mobile devices. The […]
View More This is what Americans think about the state of election security right nowDHS launches a new cyber hub to coordinate against threats to US infrastructure
Among the many things the current administration has been criticized for is its lack of a unified strategy to combat cyber threats, especially in light of ongoing election interference and psy ops perpetrated by Russia. The Department of Homeland Security is advancing the ball with the creation of the National Risk Management Center, intended on protecting critical infrastructure from attacks and subversion by online adversaries.
View More DHS launches a new cyber hub to coordinate against threats to US infrastructureRussian indictments show that the U.S. needs federal oversight of election security
Adam Eichen Contributor Share on Twitter Adam Eichen is the author of Daring Democracy: Igniting Power, Meaning, and Connection for the America We Want. He is also an Advisor to EqualCitizens.US Phoebe Wong Contributor Share on Twitter Phoebe Wong is executive director of EqualCitizens.US, a democracy reform non profit based in Washington DC. She was […]
View More Russian indictments show that the U.S. needs federal oversight of election securityCalifornia malls are sharing license plate tracking data with ICE
A chain of California shopping centers is sharing its license plate reader data with a well-known U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) contractor, giving that agency the ability to track license plate numbers it captures in near real-time. A report from the Electronic Frontier Foundation revealed that real estate group Irvine Company shares that data […]
View More California malls are sharing license plate tracking data with ICEA huge spreadsheet naming ICE employees gets yanked from GitHub and Medium
A massive database of current ICE employees scraped from public LinkedIn profiles has been removed from the tech platforms hosting the data. The project was undertaken by Sam Lavigne, self-described artist, programmer and researcher in response to recent revelations around ICE’s detention practices at the southern U.S. border. Lavigne posted the database to GitHub on […]
View More A huge spreadsheet naming ICE employees gets yanked from GitHub and MediumTrump signs an executive order to detain families together at the border indefinitely
President Trump has signed an executive order to reverse a practice recently enacted by his own administration that resulted in the separation of children from their families at the border. The language of the executive order, titled “Affording Congress an Opportunity to Address Family Separation,” points blame at Congress, echoing Trump’s previous statements demanding that […]
View More Trump signs an executive order to detain families together at the border indefinitelyStephen Colbert rips into defenders of Trump’s child separation policy
The Trump administration’s forcible separation of children from their families at the border has seen its share of defenders in recent days, especially people who think these detention centres aren’t that bad.
In his opening monologue on The Late…