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Amazon takes heat from senator over Ring’s ‘troubling’ relationship with police
Sen. Ed Markey. (Photo via Markey.Senate.Gov) News reports detailing the relationship between Amazon-owned Ring and police departments are raising eyebrows…
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Microsoft vows to keep fighting gag orders on U.S. government surveillance of customers despite legal setback
Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Wash. (Microsoft Photo / via Getty Images) For years, Microsoft has been going to bat with…
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Interview: ‘American Spies’ author Jennifer Granick on the quest for privacy in the age of surveillance
Jennifer Granick, author of “American Spies” and director of civil liberties at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society. (GeekWire…
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Microsoft taps Eric Holder to audit Israeli partner in demonstration of tech’s struggle to self-regulate
Microsoft’s headquarters in Redmond, Wash. (GeekWire Photo / Monica Nickelsburg) Microsoft’s decision to retain former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder…
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Privacy advocates alarmed after Seattle-area police launch online tool to report illegal gatherings
Downtown Bellevue, Wash. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Police in Bellevue, Wash., are asking residents to report violations of the…
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