Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 30, 2011

This morning we saw live video of democracy protesters in Yemen who have been following the discussions via streaming video. The event helped create an extended dialog between participants of the Arab Spring and the developers of technology tools that activists have used to circumvent government censorship.

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Engadget

APRIL 1, 2025

The Washington Post reports that members of the White House's National Security Council have used personal Gmail accounts to conduct government business. That covers sensitive data for individuals such as social security numbers or passwords, much less confidential or classified government documents.

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Futurism

MARCH 24, 2025

The editor-in-chief of The Atlantic was accidentally added to a group text message between key national security advisers as they discussed an upcoming offensive strike in Yemen and nobody seemed to know he was there until after the bombs went off. A few days later, the Houthi group chat was created.

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Mashable Tech

MARCH 25, 2025

The Trump administration accidentally texted an Atlantic journalist its plans to bomb Yemen last week. government officials, including Vice President JD Vance , Secretary of State Marco Rubio , and Fox News host turned Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth. government officials to use Signal to plan military operations.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 4, 2025

President Donald Trump has abruptly fired the director of the National Security Agency, according to U.S. Jim Himes, ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, sent a letter to Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth demanding to know why Haugh and Noble were fired.

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Futurism

APRIL 26, 2025

There's zero percent chance that someone hasn't tried to install Pegasus or some other spyware on his phone," Mike Casey, the former director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center, told the NYT. "He He is one of the top five, probably, most targeted people in the world for espionage."

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 21, 2025

Hackers linked to Russia’s government launched a cyberattack last spring against municipal water plants in rural Texas. Businesses now are increasingly concerned about cyberattacks, and governments have moved to a war footing, according to a report this month by NCC Group, a British cybersecurity firm.

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