---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20190614203437.GA14967@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2019 20:34:38 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: He Won a Landmark Case for Privacy Rights. He's Going to Prison Anyway. Those who score big victories for the civil liberties of every American sometimes lose their own freedom. By Cristian Farias Timothy Carpenter won't be remembered for the circumstances that landed him in prison, but for the Supreme Court case that bears his name. Carpenter v. United States, which set a new benchmark for privacy in the digital age, requires the police to obtain a warrant before obtaining cellphone location history from a phone company. Privacy advocates hailed the ruling, and saw in it the potential for broader protections for personal data in the digital age. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/13/opinion/timothy-carpenter-prison-privacy.html -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20190612225805.GA26215@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2019 22:58:05 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Executive Order Addresses Foreign Threats To U.S. Information And Communications Technology And Services Systems By Brian S. Goldstein, Yuanyou (Sunny) Yang, J. Manly Parks and Nathan B. Reeder On May 15, 2019, President Donald Trump signed Executive Order 13873, "Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain" (Federal Register Vol. 84. No. 96, page 22689-92). Supported by various laws and regulations, the president determined that the United States' information communication technology systems are increasingly under threat from "foreign adversaries," defined as "any foreign government or foreign non-government person engaged in a long-term pattern or serious instances of conduct significantly adverse to the national security of the United States or security and safety of United States persons." These systems and services are targets for "malicious cyber-enabled actions, including economic and industrial espionage" as they "store and communicate vast amounts of sensitive information, facilitate the digital economy, and support critical infrastructure and vital emergency services." http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=813006&email_access=on -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <24518E7B-94B8-474E-BB1F-57F1AFAC2ADC@roscom.com> Date: 14 Jun 2019 17:15:37 -0400 From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Sprint and T-Mobile Merger Approval, Said to Be Near, Could Undercut Challenge by States Provisions set by the Justice Department, described by people familiar with the plan, could weaken a lawsuit that 10 attorneys general filed to try to block the $26 billion deal. By Cecilia Kang WASHINGTON - The Justice Department is moving closer to approving T-Mobile's $26 billion merger with Sprint, but only if the companies sell multiple assets to create a new wireless competitor, according to three people familiar with the plan.` https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/14/technology/t-mobile-sprint-merger.html ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20190616030206.GA28087@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2019 03:02:06 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Please help me identify this device One of my amateur radio friends has asked me what the device shown at <http://telecom-digest.org/cable-overhead-loop.jpg> is used for. Please take a look and offer your advice, and thanks in advance. Bill "They say the memory is the second thing to go" Horne -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Sun, 16 Jun 2019