It’s not the happiest topic, but they’re meeting to discuss it. On Thursday, President Obama met with Tim Cook and other tech executives from companies like Google and AT&T to discuss government surveillance according to Politico. Civil liberties leaders were also at the closed-door meeting. The White House declined to comment about the details of […]
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This might make things easier. Per TechHive and AT&T’s company blog, in the wake of efforts being made by consumers, politicians and the the top librarian at the Library of Congress to permit unlocking your own mobile phone is a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), AT&T has gone on the record to […]
If you were looking for a bit of positive news today, this might be it. Per Engadget, a recent ruling that effectively bans third-party phone unlocking has elicited 114,322 electronic signatures to the White House. Now a petition to the White House, which asks that DMCA protection of phone unlockers be reconsidered, has finally received […]