Neowin News Feed for: Dhs

The DHS' new molecular scanner sees everything

Tyler Holman — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 01:52:19 +0100

The Department of Homeland Security is working to deploy laser scanners than analyze you at a molecular level from over a hundred feet away, and they go way further than seeing through your clothes. Read more...

DHS issues warning about Flame malware in the US

Tyler Holman — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 04:02:22 +0100

Amid suspicions that the US government itself could be behind the Flame virus that's sweeping across the Middle East, the Department of Homeland Security has issued a warning about the virus in the US Read more...

Mozilla defies Department of Homeland Security's request to pull extension

Denis Wong — Fri, 06 May 2011 08:54:04 +0100

In the last year, the United States government has seized approximately 120 domains suspected of harbouring piracy activities. Who requested the takedowns? The media industries of the United States of course - the RIAA and... Read more...

U.S. border officials may seize electronics without warrants, court rules

Denis Wong — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 02:02:07 +0100

If you frequent the American-Canadian border (or perhaps the American-Mexican border), you may want to make sure you're not carrying anything remotely suspicious on your digital devices - your laptop, your cell phone, your camera,... Read more...

US government wrongfully seizes 84K websites in an effort to stop child porn

Tzvi Friedman — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 17:05:35 +0000

As part of an initiative by the American Department of Homeland Security’s ICE project, multiple web domains were taken down this week that are accused of hosting child pornography and counterfeit goods or linking to... Read more...

Congress moves to safeguard laptops

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:46:39 +0100

The right to search laptop data will be limited under a new bill introduced to the US Senate today. Three Democratic senators introduced a bill to ensure that the existing rules for the Department of... Read more...