The United Kingdom’s telecommunications regulator proposes that the country’s largest Internet Service Providers (ISPs) police subscribers for copyright infringing activities and compile lists of offenders. Ofcom, the industry’s independent regulatory body, announced the plan today in a draft code of practice.
The lack of a uniform product testing program for emergency communications equipment means first responders could buy radios they believe are interoperable but fail to deliver during a disaster, a government official told Congress today.
The political conflicts that contributed to Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Dennis Blair’s pending resignation will hamstring his successors for years to come, defense scholar William Lewis said today during an expert panel on the threat of homegrown terrorism.
Some members of Congress have been living dangerously since 2009 as they confront a spike in violent threats from disgruntled, often mentally-ill and down-on-their-luck, constitutents and citizens, according to an investigation by POLITICO.
“You’ve got a bull’s-eye on your head,” a driver told Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) as he took his daughter for a walk back home in Wisconsin. “You’re gonna die, motherf—er.”
Jihadists’ efforts to radicalize and recruit Americans online have been largely unsuccessful, but incidents are growing in number and the campaign is tough to stop, terrorism experts told lawmakers today.
Microsoft’s Hotmail e-mail service announced last week that it plans to add several security features in the next few months. Part of a new version of the service, the planned enhancements include the option to encrypt e-mail and to receive temporary account passwords via text message.
