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Verizon’s New, Encrypted Calling App Plays Nice With the NSA
Verizon is the latest big company to enter the post-Snowden market for secure communication, and it’s doing so with an encryption standard that comes …
Record industry faces liability over ‘infringement’ (2009)
Chet Baker was a leading jazz musician in the 1950s, playing trumpet and providing vocals. Baker died in 1988, yet he is about to …
Another California Cop ‘Shares’ A Suspect’s Intimate Photos With His Fellow Officers
Ability + opportunity. That’s an equation that often results in trouble. It certainly did for several California Highway Patrol officers, who dug through suspects’ …
Like The NSA And GCHQ, Germany’s Foreign Intelligence Agency Uses A Legal Loophole To Spy On Its Own Citizens
One of the striking features of the responses to Edward Snowden’s leaks about the snooping being carried out by the NSA and GCHQ is …
Hackers Threaten Sony Employees in New Email: ‘Your Family Will Be in Danger’
Hackers have struck again at Sony Pictures Entertainment, threatening employees of the studio in a new email obtained by Variety. The group taking credit …
Snowden receives Swedish ‘alternative Nobel Prize’ via video from Moscow
Edward Snowden has received the Right Livelihood Award, a Swedish-based alternative to the Nobel Prize, for revealing state surveillance which violated basic democratic and …
IP-Spy: UK police to get expanded powers to identify internet users
UK police hoping to track down suspected criminals online are about to get a boost, with Home Secretary Theresa May moving to give law …
EFF files brief in response to Jewel v. NSA opposition
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed a new brief in response to a government opposition against a summary judgment motion. In its Jewel v. …
FBI director wants access to encrypt Apple, Google users’ data, demands law ‘fix’
The FBI director has slammed Apple and Google for offering their customers encryption technology that protects users’ privacy. “Deeply concerned” James Comey wants to …
Tech Execs Express Extreme Concern That NSA Surveillance Could Lead To ‘Breaking’ The Internet
As mentioned, on Wednesday I attended a tech exec panel held at Palo Alto High School (in the high school gym, which was a …
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