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Sony Seeking ‘Different Platform’ For The Interview
After much speculation and conflicting reports, Sony has released a statement saying it will try to find a new platform on which to release The Interview. Presumably before that platform becomes Bittorrent.
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DOJ Says iPhone Encryption Will Kill A Child, Which, C’mon
Here we go again. Just a few days after a former FBI agent argued that the new iOS 8 encryption would cause somebody to die, a US Department of Justice boss upped the ante. At a meeting on October 1, Deputy Attorney General James Cole told a room full of Apple executives that iPhone encryption…
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FBI: Shutting Down Silk Road 2 Was Just The Start
Yesterday, we learned that The Silk Road 2.0 has a new, Fed-shaped landing page. But the FBI isn’t just stopping at hitting one illegal online drug market: it looks like it’s taking down everything it can get its hands on.
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Report: FBI Proposes Invasive New Powers For Hacking Into Computers
The Guardian reports that the FBI has proposed a rule change that would greatly broaden its powers to hack into computers. Bad.