69% of likely 2022 voters surveyed by Public Policy Polling for NPI about two months ago said they were supportive of a bill introduced by Mia Gregerson (House Bill 1810) that aims to promote “the fair servicing and repair of digital electronic products in a safe, secure, reliable, and sustainable manner.”
Category: Technology
Posted inTechnology
Media coverage of BlackBerry’s end of support for legacy mobile services high on nostalgia, but low on accuracy and precision
Rather than gathering facts and then reporting the more complex details of this event, a whole bunch of stories appear to have been written on the basis of a press release and a company end of life document. A simplistic narrative has once again prevailed over the more complicated reality.
Posted inPolicy Topics
Federal, state governments allege Facebook is an illegal monopoly in major antitrust case
Having foolishly chosen to allow Facebook’s acquisitions of Whatsapp and Instagram several years ago, the federal government is now belatedly moving to unwind those mergers as well as stop the growing power and anticompetitive behaviors of Facebook.
Posted inPolicy Topics
Tim Eyman says he’s worried about facial recognition. So why won’t he wear a mask?
Throwing on a face covering can help frustrate the very technology that Tim Eyman says is a danger to our personal liberty. But Eyman has likened mask wearing to tyranny.
Posted inViews & Reviews
Book Review: “Dawn of the Code War” looks at the modern age’s cyber battlegrounds
Former Assistant Attorney General John P. Carlin and journalist Garrett Graff’s book focuses on the new challenges posed by cyber threats to national security.
Posted inPolicy Topics
Massive unemployment fraud reminds us that online signature gathering is a terrible idea
The last thing anyone who cares about the integrity of our democracy should want to do is lessen public confidence in elections, which is exactly what would happen if online signature gathering were to be permitted.
Posted inTechnology
ICANN refuses to sign off on proposed sale of .ORG domain registry to private equity firm
The Internet Society’s attempt to sell the Public Interest Registry to Ethos Capital appears to have been foiled by the entity that operates as the de facto regulator of domains on the Internet.
Posted inTechnology
ICANN delays decision on sale of .ORG Registry to private equity firm — again
The sale of PIR has been delayed, thanks to a strongly worded letter from California’s attorney general Xavier Becerra. In the letter, addressed to ICANN’s board chair and the corporation’s President and CEO, AG Becerra explains that his office had investigated ICANN’s role in approving the transfer of the .ORG registry to Ethos Capital.
Posted inPolicy Topics
Frontier Communications files for bankruptcy as it prepares to shed its Northwest assets
One of the Pacific Northwest’s largest Internet Service Providers has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, with years of mismanagement and the consequences of ill-advised deals having taken a predictable toll.
Posted inPolicy Topics
Zoom Video Conferencing is a privacy and security nightmare. Maybe soon, it won’t be.
Electronic meeting technology provider Zoom is coming under harsh and much needed scrutiny regarding its privacy and security practices.
Posted inPolicy Topics
Trump fans flooded Iowa Democratic Party’s caucus reporting phone line with prank calls
Turns out sabotage is one of the reasons why the Iowa Democratic Party had such a difficult time pulling caucus results together.
Posted inPolicy Topics
NPI’s Gael Tarleton warns proposed sale of .ORG domain registry could harm nonprofits
A proposed sale of one of the Internet’s biggest domain registries is attracting opposition all over the world, including here in the Pacific Northwest.
Posted inPolicy Topics
Forty-eight states have launched a major antitrust investigation targeting Google
Search and advertising giant Google and its parent company Alphabet are about to face more regulatory scrutiny, but this time from the state level.
Posted inElections
Documentary Review: “The Great Hack” shows how data insecurity impacts elections
Read NPI’s review of The Great Hack, an essential, must-see film breaking down what happened to our democracy in the 2016 presidential election.