Department of Justice (DOJ) to further investigate Google's Street View service, specifically whether Google violated the Wiretap Act when the company collected Wi-Fi data from unencrypted residential Wi-Fi networks during a 2010 run of its Street...
Because Wi-Fi transmissions are 'radio communications,' they are expressly defined by the Wiretap Act as 'readily accessible to the general public,' and their acquisition is not unlawful unless one of the statute’s specific exceptions applies.
In another case, a Missouri man alleges that Google violated the Wiretap Act and is asking for damages on behalf of 62 million users, according to paidContent. We are aware of this issue and are continuing to make enquiries with Google to ensure...
Wiretap Act. The court finds that plaintiffs plead facts sufficient to state a claim for violation of the Wiretap Act," stated Ware. Here's the core of the debate on the ruling: The 1986 update to the Wiretap Act decided that it wasn't wiretapping...
Wired pointed out that despite assurances in a congressional white paper that the "proposal prohibits the government from targeting websites for censorship "based solely on activities protected by the First Amendment of the United States...
The subject at hand: making it easier to wiretap their users. Essentially, officials want Congress to require all services that enable communications -- including encrypted e-mail transmitters like BlackBerry, social networking Web sites like...
