Oregon Unconstitutionally Fined a Man $500 for Saying ‘I am an Engineer,’ Federal Judge Rules - Mats Järlström has won his First Amendment case against the state of Oregon: "This restriction clearly controls and suppresses protected speech."

I Gave a Bounty Hunter $300. Then He Located Our Phone - Motherboard

Hackers Threaten to Dump Insurance Files Related to 9/11 Attacks - The Dark Overlord appears to be trying to capitalize on conspiracy theories about the September 11 attacks.

American Phone Companies Are Literally Letting Their Networks Fall Apart

The Dark Overlord Decrypts More 9/11 Insurance Files - After apparently raising thousands of dollars through a crowdfunding effort, The Dark Overlord have decrypted a set of the 9/11 attack connected litigation documents.

Senator Wyden Hammers T-Mobile For Empty Promises on Sale of Cell Phone Location Data - The Senator expressed “disappointment” and “disbelief” at CEO John Legere’s unfulfilled promise to end the sale of geolocation data to “shady middlemen.”

You Can Now Get $1 Million for Hacking WhatsApp and iMessage - Companies that buy and sell exploits, or zero-days, are now willing to offer seven figures for hacks that allow spies and cops to steal WhatsApp…

FCC Shuts Down, Ajit Pai Jokes He'll Still Police Naughty Language on TV - Government shutdown forces FCC to take a break from kissing up to big telecom.

Researchers Fool ReCAPTCHA With Google’s Own Speech-To-Text Service - The new method has a 90 percent success rate at tricking the robot into thinking it’s human.

If you use AT&T, Sprint, or T-Mobile, your real-time cell phone location data may be available for purchase through various resellers for next to nothing.