Tag: Sprint
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Wireless companies fight to control your cell phone as rare frequency auction looms
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By Allan Holmes Center for Public Integrity The setting was ornate, the subject esoteric, but the implications huge. The crowd that filed last month into the wood-paneled room 226 in the Dirksen Senate Office Building included lawmakers, lobbyists, company executives, and a few mystery guests — a roster that reflected the enormity of the issue…
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The NSA black hole: 5 basic things we still don’t know about the agency’s snooping
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By Justin Elliott and Theodoric Meyer ProPublica Last week saw revelations that the FBI and the National Security Agency have been collecting Americans’ phone records en masse and that the agencies have access to data from nine tech companies. But secrecy around the programs has meant even basic questions are still unanswered. Here’s what we…