Pete Williams | Vox Our world has too much noise and too little context. Vox helps you understand what matters. 2019-03-06T11:13:45+00:00 https://www.vox.com/authors/pete-williams/rss https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/vox_logo_rss_light_mode.png?w=150&h=100&crop=1 Pete Williams <![CDATA[U.S. Charges China With Cyber-Spying on American Firms]]> https://www.vox.com/2014/5/19/11627016/u-s-charges-china-with-cyber-spying-on-american-firms 2019-03-06T05:47:27-05:00 2014-05-19T05:16:05-04:00 The Justice Department has filed criminal charges against several Chinese government officials, accusing them of stealing American trade secrets through cyber espionage, according to U.S. officials familiar with the case.

It’s the first time the United States has brought cyber espionage charges against a state actor.

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]]> Pete Williams <![CDATA[Supreme Court Looks for Middle Ground on Police Searches of Phones]]> https://www.vox.com/2014/4/29/11626274/supreme-court-looks-for-middle-ground-on-police-searches-of-phones 2019-03-06T06:13:45-05:00 2014-04-29T16:58:45-04:00 The Supreme Court hunted for a middle ground Tuesday on how much authority police should have to rummage through the cellphones of people they arrest.

The justices seemed unwilling to say police can never search a phone without a warrant, but they seemed equally unlikely to adopt the Obama administration’s claim that cellphones can be searched just like anything else carried by someone who’s arrested.

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