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Carrier IQ Gets Hit With US Senate Investigation

5:01AM December 2, 2011 | Mat Honan

Carrier IQ, root-level software that tracks every action many Android phones take is creepy and scary, and there’s nothing you can do about it. But the US Senate can, and Senator Al Franken just sent the company a nastygram. More »


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Lulz Security Raids Bethesda Softworks Servers And US Senate

6:51AM June 14, 2011 | Sam Biddle

The scurvy dogs aboard the SS Lulz have raided Bethesda Softwork’s servers after unsuccessfully trying to extort game info out of them. Ah well. They’ve also released a bunch of internal data from the US Senate’s website for further giggling. More »


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Al Franken Rips Apple Before Congress

11:00PM May 11, 2011 | Sam Biddle

Although Apple’s fixed the location tracking problem, their Q&A explanation of the issue was defensive and baffling. Yesterday, before a Senate hearing on privacy and location tracking, Apple showed that they’re still talking out of both sides of their EULA. More »


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Watch Congress Grill Apple And Google On Location Tracking

12:48AM May 11, 2011 | Sam Biddle

Representatives from Apple and Google got some explainin’ to do, appearing before the Senate Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law. If you want to watch it live, the Sunlight Foundation’s got a great annotated stream. Democracy! [Sunlight Foundation]


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The Senate Did Some Work On Friday: Passed Key NBN Bills

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8:51AM March 28, 2011 | Nick Broughall

On Friday night while you and I were having dinner and preparing to paint the kitchen (that’s what you were doing on Friday night, wasn’t it?), the Senate was staying back after class to try and get its homework done. And by homework, I mean passing bills key to rolling out the NBN. More »


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Prepare Your Senate Vote Early With Belowtheline.org.au

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12:30PM August 3, 2010 | Nick Broughall

We’ve discussed the importance of your Senate vote here on Giz as part of our Fight the Filter campaign. And with less than three weeks until the election, now’s the time to start preparing your mind for who you want to vote for. Fortunately, there’s a website to help you understand voting below the line. More »


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Why Your Senate Vote Matters For Fighting The Filter

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9:45AM July 20, 2010 | Gregory Moore

There’s been a number of comments circulating online that a vote for the Greens in the upcoming election is a vote for Conroy, due to the recently announced preferences deal between the Greens and Labor. Unfortunately there seems to be some misunderstanding how the electoral system for the Senate works, because nothing could be further from the truth. Here’s why. More »


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The President May Get Power To Control The Internet

7:10AM August 29, 2009 | Sean Fallon

A revised version of a bill first introduced in the Senate this past spring would give the President power to disconnect private sector computers from the internet in the event of a “cybersecurity emergency.” More »