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DOJ Pays $134,000 To Settle Case Of DEA Agents Impersonating A Woman On Facebook
Back in the fall, we wrote about how the DEA impersonated a woman on Facebook, even posting photographs of her young children (which they …
The Digital Arms Race: NSA Preps America for Future Battle
Normally, internship applicants need to have polished resumes, with volunteer work on social projects considered a plus. But at Politerain, the job posting calls …
UK Government is most open but one of worst for spying, says inventor of the world wide web
The UK government is the best in the world for making its data open — but one of the worst for surveillance and spying …
UK to seek Obama’s help in accessing user data from US firms
That’s one of the issues UK Prime Minister David Cameron and US President Barack Obama will address when they meet Friday, according to a …
Obama unveils cybersecurity proposals: ‘Cyber threats are urgent and growing danger’
Barack Obama unveiled new cybersecurity measures on Tuesday amid warnings from privacy campaigners about unnecessarily “broad legal immunity” that could put personal information at …
U.S. Gov Insists It Doesn’t Stockpile Zero-Day Exploits to Hack Enemies
For years the government has refused to talk about or even acknowledge its secret use of zero-day software vulnerabilities to hack into the computers …
Obama imposes new sanctions against North Korea in response to Sony hack
The US has imposed economic sanctions against several North Korean government agencies and senior officials in retaliation for the country’s alleged role in hacking …
When The FISA Court Rejects A Surveillance Request, The FBI Just Issues A National Security Letter Instead
We’ve talked quite a bit about National Security Letters (NSLs) and how the FBI/DOJ regularly abused them to get just about any information the …
Metadata: most Australian police forces can’t say how many times it has been used to prevent crime
Most of Australia’s law enforcement agencies are unable to say how many times phone and web data has been used to prevent serious crimes …
Revenge porn offenders to be charged with domestic abuse
Posting “revenge porn” on the internet to get back at a former spouse or partner could be considered a form of domestic abuse, under …
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