Activists and geeks, standing together, are demonstrating powers beyond the reach of government control. Barton Gellman Read Quote
Federal prosecutors want to indict Julian Assange for making public a great many classified documents. Barton Gellman Read Quote
The Obama administration, like those before it, promotes a disturbingly narrow interpretation of the Fourth Amendment, misapplying the facts of old analog cases to a radically different digital world. Barton Gellman Read Quote
Companies that receive government information demands have to obey the law, but they often have room for maneuver. They scarcely ever use it. Barton Gellman Read Quote
We know what’s in our Cheerios and in our retirement accounts because the law requires disclosure. Barton Gellman Read Quote
Dell fills its computers with crapware, collecting fees from McAfee and other vendors to pre-install ‘trial’ versions. Barton Gellman Read Quote
Given the volume of PC sales and the way McAfee runs its operation, I imagine there must be thousands of phantom subscribers – folks who signed up once upon a time and left the software behind two or three computers ago. Barton Gellman Read Quote
I do read licenses, and they aggravate me, but a computer isn’t much good without software. When I need a product, I hold my nose and click ‘agree.’ Barton Gellman Read Quote
It turns out that American Express honors recurring payments even if the vendor is unable to supply an accurate card number and expiration date. An Amex phone representative said this is a feature, not a bug, which makes sure my bills are paid. Barton Gellman Read Quote
One common puzzle for the security-minded is how to work with confidential data on the road. Sometimes you can’t bring your laptop, or don’t want to. But working on somebody else’s machine exposes you to malware and leaves behind all kinds of electronic trails. Barton Gellman Read Quote
