Ron Wyden

If you're despairing at staff sharing admin passwords, look on the bright side. That's CIA-grade security

Internal report confirms what we all feared: Lax controls led to WikiLeaks Vault 7 hack tools blab

Security16 Jun 2020 | 60

Remember that backdoor in Juniper gear? Congress sure does – even if networking biz wishes it would all go away

US lawmakers demand answers in quest against Feds-only access points

Networks10 Jun 2020 | 31

Ring of fired: Amazon axes multiple workers who secretly snooped on netizens' surveillance camera footage

This Internet of Things in the cloud is working out so well, so, so well, so well

Edge + IoT09 Jan 2020 | 46

Here we go again: US govt tells Facebook to kill end-to-end encryption for the sake of the children

Uncle Sam calls on tech giants to open up platforms for government snooping

Security04 Oct 2019 | 169

Low Barr: Don't give me that crap about security, just put the backdoors in the encryption, roars US Attorney General

Analysis I don't want to hear about hackers and keys, nerds – make it happen, or we'll pass a law making it happen

Security23 Jul 2019 | 368

Equifax to world+dog: If we give you this $700m, can you pleeeeease stop suing us about that mega-hack thing?

US senator dismisses cop-out, suggests jail time for execs

Security22 Jul 2019 | 64

If Uncle Sam could quit using insecure .zip files to swap info across the 'net, that would be great, says Silicon Ron Wyden

Senator urges NIST to do something about it

Security19 Jun 2019 | 48

Senator: US govt staff may be sending their smartphone web traffic 'wrapped in a bow' to Russia, China via VPNs

No policy to stop use of dodgy foreign network providers. You'd hope common sense would prevail, but...

Security30 May 2019 | 21

Senator Wyden goes ballistic after US telcos caught selling people's location data yet again

Rights warrior ticked off after yet another report of whereabouts being flogged to dodgy geezers

Security08 Jan 2019 | 82

Battle lines drawn over US mass surveillance as senators probe NSA's bonfire of phone records

Analysis Ding! Ding! Round three in blanket spying bout

Security06 Aug 2018 | 28

US senators get digging to find out the truth about FCC DDoS attack

And why serial self-promoter John McAfee is a security expert on Russian hacking

Security13 Jun 2018 | 21

Hold the phone: Mystery fake cell towers spotted slurping comms around Washington DC

US Homeland Security says it detected 'anomalous' spy kit

Security03 Apr 2018 | 42

US Congress quietly slips cloud-spying powers into page 2,201 of spending mega-bill

Updated House OKs email slurp rules, Senate stalled

SaaS23 Mar 2018 | 25

Techno-senator tells Tinder to hook up its app with better security

Swipe-a-shag tool gets the dreaded sternly-worded-letter treatment from Wyden

Applications16 Feb 2018 | 3

Crypto-gurus: Which idiots told the FBI that Feds-only backdoors in encryption are possible?

Brilliant boffins back bullsh*tting bureau bollocking

Security14 Feb 2018 | 107

US senators rail against effort to sneak through creepy mass spying bill

We must have public debate on warrantless snooping, demands bipartisan gang

Legal19 Dec 2017 | 32

US Section 702 spying rules get deadline extension until April

And yet again black has become white, and left, right

Legal08 Dec 2017 | 5

While you're preparing to carve Thanksgiving turkey, the FCC will be slicing into net neutrality

Analysis Pai will lay out plan this week, vote in December

Networks21 Nov 2017 | 37

US govt's 'foreign' spy program that can snoop on Americans at home. Sure, let's reauth that...

Analysis What's Russian for 'section 702 s***show'?

Security15 Nov 2017 | 25

There's a battle on over two US spying laws: One allows snooping on citizens – one bans it

Analysis Congress mulls S702 reauth law and USA Rights Act

Security24 Oct 2017 | 18

Intelligence director pulls national security BS on spying question

Senator Wyden not happy with continued obfuscation

Legal13 Sep 2017 | 19

Wonder why Congress doesn't clamp down on its gung-ho spies? Well, wonder no more

Analysis No, it's not because they have Trump-pee-tapes

Security07 Sep 2017 | 34

WikiLeaks a 'hostile intelligence service', SS7 spying, Russian money laundering – all now on US Congress todo list

Ron Wyden tacks measures onto snoop funding bill

Security23 Aug 2017 | 18

Senator blows a fuse as US spies continue lying over spying program

Bullsh*t sandwiches all 'round

Security07 Jun 2017 | 56

Hey FCC, when you're not busy screwing our privacy, how about those SS7 cell network security flaws, huh?

No one else seems to care, sniff politicians

Security30 Mar 2017 | 8

Pre-Trump FCC – get a grip on mobe data caps, racist Stingray spying, urge Dem senators

Warren, Bernie, Wyden push for changes before January

Legal22 Nov 2016 | 21

US Director of National Intelligence legs it

Videos Good riddance, says senator who caught him lying

Legal17 Nov 2016 | 33

Non-US encryption is 'theoretical,' claims CIA chief in backdoor debate

No choice but to use American gear, grins spymaster

Security17 Jun 2016 | 110

Congress presents plan to tighten reins on FBI hacking

Bill gets bipartisan support

Legal19 May 2016 | 7

US govt quietly tweaks rules to let cops, Feds hack computers anywhere, anytime

Congress? Democracy? No need for that

Legal29 Apr 2016 | 57

Senator Wyden recalls SOPA fight in bid to defeat encryption-weakening efforts

It's not privacy versus security; it's security versus more security

Legal30 Mar 2016 | 16

You, FCC. Do something about these overpriced cable boxes, yells Bernie Sanders and pals

Taking a pop at Comcast – election-winning move, that

Networks04 Feb 2016 | 23

If hackers can spy on you all then so should we – US Senator logic

CISA info-sharing bill tacked onto military funding paperwork

SaaS11 Jun 2015 | 42

Senator: Backdoor for the Feds is a backdoor for hackers

Wyden pushes for law banning special access in software, hardware for cops and spies

Security15 Dec 2014 | 42

NSA spying will shatter the internet, Silicon Valley bosses warn

Senator Wyden says Congress must act to reassure the world

Channel09 Oct 2014 | 37

Senator: Surveillance state based on secret law 'has no place in America'

But if it's not stopped now, it may soon be too late

Legal24 Jul 2013 | 46

Senator demands Congressional vote on ACTA

'No vote, no ratification' of anti-piracy treaty

Legal22 Mar 2012 | 27

RIAA-led mob threatens innovation, Senator warns

Web 2.0 Summit Content industry using 'cluster bomb' on tech sector

Legal18 Oct 2011 | 23

Senators push for restrictions on laptop searches

Probable cause, please

Legal01 Oct 2008 | 30