J.R.McHale

> [Broadband Consumer Privacy Proposal Fact Sheet](https://www.fcc.gov/document/broadband-consumer-privacy-proposal-fact-sheet) (March 10, 2016) – FCC release (3 page pdf at the link)

>> [It’s Your Data: Empowering Consumers to Protect Online Privacy](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tom-wheeler/its-your-data-protect-online-privacy_b_9428484.html) (March 10, 2016) – FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler at the Huffington Post;

>> [5 Things You Should Know About the FCC’s Proposed Privacy Rules](https://www.propublica.org/article/5-things-you-should-know-about-the-fccs-proposed-privacy-rules) (March 14, 2016) – ProPublica;

>> [The Feds Are Prepping Strict Rules to Protect Your Online Privacy](http://www.wired.com/2016/03/fcc-preparing-strongest-privacy-rules-ever/) (March 14, 2016) – Wired

>> [What ISPs Can See; Clarifying the Technical Landscape of the Broadband Privacy Debate](https://www.teamupturn.com/reports/2016/what-isps-can-see) (March 2016) – Upturn report

>> [The Dragonslayer – a Year Ago, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler Saved the Internet; in this Exclusive Interview, He Tells Us What’s Next](http://www.theverge.com/2016/3/9/11181450/fcc-chairman-tom-wheeler-interview-5g-internet-net-neutrality) – Nilay Patel at Verge

> [Obama Administration Set to Expand Sharing of Data That N.S.A. Intercepts](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/26/us/politics/obama-administration-set-to-expand-sharing-of-data-that-nsa-intercepts.html?_r=1) (February 25, 2016) – New York Times; and [Surprise! NSA Data Will Soon Routinely Be Used For Domestic Policing That Has Nothing To Do With Terrorism]() (March 10, 2016) – Radley Balko in the Washington Post; and [FBI Quietly Changes its Privacy Rules for Accessing NSA Data on Americans](http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/mar/08/fbi-changes-privacy-rules-accessing-nsa-prism-data) (March 8, 2016) – Guardian

> [Why the OPM Hack Is Far Worse Than You Imagine](https://www.lawfareblog.com/why-opm-hack-far-worse-you-imagine) (March 11, 2016) – Michael Adams at LawFare

> [It Took a FOIA Lawsuit to Uncover How the Obama Administration Killed FOIA Reform](https://news.vice.com/article/it-took-a-foia-lawsuit-to-uncover-how-the-obama-administration-killed-foia-reform) (March 9, 2016) – Vice; and [More Transparent Than Thou](https://www.justsecurity.org/29972/transparent-thou/) (March 15, 2016) – Brett Max Kaufman of the ACLU at JustSecurity

> [Time to Rethink Mandatory Password Changes](https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/blogs/techftc/2016/03/time-rethink-mandatory-password-changes) (March 2, 2016) – Lorrie Cranor (FTC Chief Technologist) at FTC blog; also [Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) versus Two-Step Verification (2SV); What’s the Difference and Which is Better?](https://www.grahamcluley.com/2016/03/factor-authentication-2fa-versus-step-verification-2sv/) (March 14, 2016) – David Bisson at grahamcluley.com

> [The Beginning of the End for Encryption Schemes? New Quantum Computer, Based on Five Atoms, Factors Numbers in a Scalable Way](http://news.mit.edu/2016/quantum-computer-end-encryption-schemes-0303) (March 3, 2016) – MIT

> Academic Paper: [Policing Hoover’s Ghost: The Privilege for Law Enforcement Techniques](http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2740075) (download pdf at the link; 34 pages) (March 1, 2016) – professor Stephen W. Smith

> [Intel Whistle-Blowers Fear Government Won’t Protect Them](http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2016-03-08/intel-whistle-blowers-fear-government-won-t-protect-them?utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_content=56e0569204d301434ed20967&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter) (March 8, 2016) – Eli Lake at BloombergView

> [Taking Baby Steps Toward Software That Reasons Like Humans](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/07/technology/taking-baby-steps-toward-software-that-reasons-like-humans.html) (March 6, 2016) – New York Times

> [Biometrics are Coming, Along with Serious Security Concerns](http://www.wired.com/2016/03/biometrics-coming-along-serious-security-concerns/) (March 9, 2016) – Wired

> [Hunting What’s Next in High Tech](http://a16z.com/2016/03/11/ideas-trends/) (March 11, 2016) – Saku Panditharatne at a16z

> #### General Interest