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Judge rules for NSA in warrantless search case. Privacy advocates suffered a major setback Tuesday when a Judge sided with the National Security Agency in the long-running Jewel v. NSA case. \"U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White in Oakland, California wrote the plaintiffs failed to establish legal standing to pursue a claim that the government violated the Fourth Amendment,\" reported Dan Levine at Reuters. <\/p>\n
Apple is building a massive solar farm in California. \"Apple chief executive Tim Cook said Tuesday that the company is taking on an ambitious project: an enormous solar farm that will provide enough power for all of the company's corporate offices, California stores, its forthcoming campus and more,\" reports the Switch's Hayley Tsukayama. <\/p>\n
Uh-oh: Jeb Bushs transparency effort also exposed Florida residents personal data. Florida man Jeb Bush's bid for transparency went awry when he released more than 4 gigabytes of constituent email from his time as governor -- without redacting personal information, the Switch's Brian Fung noted. <\/p>\n
NSA claims Iran learned from Western cyberattacks.Over at the Intercept, Glenn Greenwald reports on a newly revealed Snowden document showing that the National Security Agency claimed that cyberattacks against Iran were actually helping Tehran prepare its own offensive capabilities. <\/p>\n
Forbes Web site was compromised by Chinese cyberespionage group, researchers say. For three days last year, the \"Thought of the Day\" feature on Forbeswasn't just annoying, it was dangerous -- a Chinese cyberespionage group compromised it, using it as part of a watering hole attack that targeted those in the financial and defense industry, researchers told the Switch. <\/p>\n
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Andrea Peterson covers technology policy for The Washington Post, with an emphasis on cybersecurity, consumer privacy, transparency, surveillance and open government. <\/p>\n
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