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On December 9th, 2025 with 147 comments
Longtime Slashdot reader Randseed writes: With the likes of Google Nest, Ring, and others cooperating with law enforcement, I started to look for affordable...
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On May 8th, 2025 with 101 comments
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: The US Senate today voted along party lines to kill a Federal Communications Commission program to...
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On March 16th, 2025 with 56 comments
Long-time Slashdot reader chicksdaddy writes:
A group of U.S. consumer advocacy groups on Wednesday proposed legislation to address the growing epidemic of...
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On September 16th, 2024 with 145 comments
An EFF article calls out a "brazen attempt to privatize" a wireless frequency band (900 MHz) which America's FCC's left " as a commons for all... for use by...
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On April 3rd, 2024 with 32 comments
Jessica Lyons reports via The Register: The FCC appears to finally be stepping up efforts to secure decades-old flaws in American telephone networks that are...
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On February 14th, 2024 with 174 comments
Mark Tyson reports via Tom's Hardware: A serial burglar in Edina, Minnesota is suspected of using a Wi-Fi jammer to knock out connected security cameras...
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On January 5th, 2024 with 97 comments
A cartel in the embattled central Mexico state of Michoacan set up its own makeshift internet antennas and told locals they had to pay to use its wifi service...
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On December 20th, 2021 with 25 comments
A security researcher says an internet gateway used by hundreds of hotels to offer and manage their guest Wi-Fi networks has vulnerabilities that could put the...
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On October 20th, 2021 with 45 comments
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Engadget: Under Acting Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, the Federal Communications Commission is seeking to create new...
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On November 22nd, 2020 with 80 comments
Shotgun (Slashdot reader #30,919) shared these thoughts from The Register:
Every now and again the U.S. Congress manages to do its job and yesterday was one...
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On November 27th, 2019 with 15 comments
In early 2018, the Department of Justice launched an investigation into whether AT&T, Verizon and the GSM Association (GSMA) worked together to limit eSIM...
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On October 2nd, 2019 with 55 comments
dryriver shares a report from Euronews: Iraq's government shut off internet access, imposed curfews and deployed elite forces to secure key facilities on...
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On July 26th, 2019 with 40 comments
The Justice Department approved T-Mobile's acquisition of Sprint, a deal it rejected under the previous administration, clearing one of the biggest hurdles to...
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On July 17th, 2019 with 24 comments
A flaw in the Bluetooth communication protocol may expose modern device users to tracking and could leak their ID, researchers claim. From a report: The...
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On July 13th, 2019 with 132 comments
"Like many bad ideas, this one started with Bud Light," reports Slate.
As four high school seniors sat around shooting the breeze before graduation, they...
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On June 14th, 2019 with 173 comments
In retail stores, Bluetooth "beacons" are watching you, using hidden technology in your phone. From a report: Imagine you are shopping in your favorite grocery...
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On April 5th, 2019 with 99 comments
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: A New Zealand family that booked an Airbnb in Ireland recently discovered an undisclosed camera in the...
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On March 6th, 2019 with 55 comments
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechRadar: Could Samsung be on the cusp of a fully wireless TV? A recent patent hints that a Samsung TV without any...
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On February 6th, 2019 with 36 comments
An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNET: Former FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn is working to help T-Mobile and Sprint get their $26 billion merger...
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On January 23rd, 2019 with 149 comments
Applehu Akbar shares an old report raising a very good question for today's Congress: why not use today's videoconferencing tech to allow representatives to...
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On October 19th, 2018 with 225 comments
sharkbiter shares a report from Ars Technica: The Federal Communications Commission chairman slammed wireless carriers on Tuesday for failing to quickly...
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On May 7th, 2018 with 111 comments
A modern car should be treated like a personal computer. Before you sell it, you should make sure all connections are severed and personal information is wiped...
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On April 20th, 2018 with 39 comments
bongey writes: AT&T and Verizon are currently under investigation for colluding with the GSMA standards group to thwart eSIM technology and hinder...
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On February 13th, 2018 with 83 comments
schwit1 shares a report from Activist Post: Following years of resistance from citizens, the city of Seattle has decided to completely remove controversial...
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On December 1st, 2017 with 77 comments
dmoberhaus writes: Motherboard's Daniel Oberhaus spoke to Denver Gingerich, the programmer behind Sopranica, a DIY, community-oriented cell phone network....
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On November 22nd, 2017 with 46 comments
An anonymous reader writes: The Wi-Fi Pineapple is a cheap modified wireless router enables anyone to execute sophisticated exploits on Wi-Fi networks with...
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On July 30th, 2017 with 108 comments
An anonymous reader quotes Computerworld's article on the implications of New York City's plan to blanket the city with "smart" kiosks offering ultrafast...
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On May 23rd, 2017 with 91 comments
New submitter Rick Schumann writes: According to this story just posted here on Slashdot, Comcast is playing about as dirty as they can get. This is just about...
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On May 18th, 2017 with 422 comments
As we feared yesterday, the rollback of net neutrality rules officially began today. The FCC voted along party lines today to formally consider Chairman Ajit...
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On May 12th, 2017 with 19 comments
An anonymous reader writes: Sprint and another wireless company have filed a lawsuit against the Federal Communications Commission for the agency's recent...
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