Michael Ellis as NSA General Counsel
November 18 2020
Over at Lawfare, Susan Hennessey has an excellent primer on how Trump loyalist Michael Ellis got to be the NSA General Counsel, over the objections of NSA Director...
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Read moreSecurity Risks Discovered in Tesla Backup Gateway
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Read moreAn Inside Look at an Account Takeover
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Read moreBe Very Sparing in Allowing Site Notifications
November 17 2020An increasing number of websites are asking visitors to approve "notifications," browser modifications that periodically display messages on the user's mobile or desktop device. In many cases these notifications...
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