Hey NYPD, when you're done tear-gassing and running over protesters, can you tell us about your spy gear?
City council demands snoop gear kit reports, mayor OK with that
19 Jun 2020
Articles about New York
NY Attorney General warns Apple, Google to police COVID-19 tracing apps in their souks – or she will herself
Worry about user privacy also results in Norway pulling its virus tracker
17 Jun 2020
New York Attorney General probes Charter over claims it forced staff to work in offices amid coronavirus pandemic
Workers complain to The Register of unnecessary COVID-19 risk
21 Apr 2020
FCC lines up $16 billion for broadband across entire US. Well, except New York because, screw them, right?
They’ve got money, explains American watchdog that just can’t help itself
27 Jan 2020
Bank IT bod pocketed nearly $1m in kickbacks from tech contractor bosses for sending deals their way, Feds claim
Cuffed procurement bureaucrat took percentage cut, it is alleged
21 Jan 2020
Surveillance kit slinger accused of slapping 'Made in America' on Chinese gear, selling it to the US government
But sure, it's Huawei that's the big security threat
08 Nov 2019
Dunkin do-nots: Deep-fried cake maker did not warn its sugar addicts that crooks raided web accounts, says NY AG
President facing impeachment probe, Brexit off the rails... but more importantly, your Dunkies account was potentially pwned
26 Sep 2019
Nice work if you can grift it: Two blokes accused of swindling $10m from the elderly with bogus virus infection alerts
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20 Sep 2019
Uber driver drove sleeping woman miles away from home to 'up the fare'. Now he's facing years in the clink for kidnapping, fraud
Victim says she woke to feel dial-a-ride creep groping her in back seat, phone missing
12 Mar 2019
Amazon throws toys out of pram, ditches plans for New York HQ2 after big trouble in Big Apple
Online retailer just wants to be loved. And by loved, it means given lots of subsidies no questions asked
14 Feb 2019
COPPA load of that AOL! $5m fine for targeting kids with ads
New York attorney general takes Oath of office
05 Dec 2018
Irony meters explode as WordPress GDPR tool hacked, cell network hack shenanigans, crypto-backdoors, etc...
RoundupLoads of bonus infosec news for your weekend
10 Nov 2018
FYI: Faking court orders to take down Google reviews is super illegal
NYC biz boss gets nine months in the clink for profound idiocy
19 Oct 2018
New York looks at California, drafts net neutrality legislation
'Bicoastal effort' adds to the mess that is internet rules
02 May 2018
Get the message, PHBs: New York City mulls ban on after-hours biz email
File under: Yeah, good luck with that, nice job you used to have
28 Mar 2018
New York lobs $210m at telcos to hook up 120k homes, businesses with bumpkin broadband
Funny story – Verizon didn't care until they were told other ISPs might do it
01 Feb 2018
FCC backtracks on helping with neutrality fraud investigation
Eager to cut ISP regulation, the agency shows concern for privacy of comment forgers
08 Dec 2017
Uber New York class action alleges passengers overcharged $7.43m per month
Dial-a-ride d-baggery claimed on passenger side too
25 May 2017
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