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The reality of digital espionage and defending against it

The New York Times has an article that talked about the reality of digital espionage and spying conducted against companies and government officials in the United States. As was widely reported late

Wiretapping the Internet: A fool's errand?

RIM ( NASDAQ: RIMM ) has finally stepped forward and given the straight answer to a question that an increasing number of governments around the world have been requesting, lately. And the answer is,

RIM CEO talks about digital wiretapping

RIM ( NASDAQ: RIMM ) co-CEO Jim Balsillie has no objections if companies that make use of its secure BlackBerry smartphones want to hand over their encryption keys to government officials. However, RIM

Indian government: Local servers from RIM, Google and Skype please

The Indian government has thrown down the gauntlet and is now asking companies such as Google ( NASDAQ: GOOG ) and Skype to install local servers. This is purportedly to enable government officials to

Foreign entity hacks Obama, McCain computers

Newsweek reports that the computer systems of both the Barack Obama and John McCain presidential campaigns were victims of sophisticated cyber attacks this past summer. The attacks prompted an FBI

Feds say they are ready to take on IPv6

With little last-minute scrambling on the part of various agencies CIO or networking staff, the deadline on the 30th of June for IPv6 compatibility has come and gone without much fanfare.