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Critics blast NSA phone records bill as ‘fake reform’
A lopsided vote in the U.S. House of Representatives this week to rein in the National Security Agency’s domestic telephone records dragnet won muted …
NSA’s phone spying program ruled illegal by appeals court
A U.S. spying program that systematically collects millions of Americans’ phone records is illegal, a federal appeals court ruled on Thursday, putting pressure on …
House panel OKs bill to end NSA phone records program
A House panel overwhelmingly approved legislation designed to stop the bulk collection of U.S. phone records by the National Security Agency. The 25-2 vote …
Millennials’ view of Snowden could spur surveillance relief, ACLU says
A generational change could help usher in a new era in which governments prune back their surveillance efforts. That’s the message from the American …
As encryption spreads, U.S. grapples with clash between privacy, security
For months, federal law enforcement agencies and industry have been deadlocked on a highly contentious issue: Should tech companies be obliged to guarantee government …
UN to appoint watchdog to focus on privacy in digital age
The Human Rights Council of the United Nations has voted in favor of a resolution backed by Germany and Brazil to appoint an independent …
Wikipedia feels ‘targeted’ by NSA, co-founder says
The Wikimedia Foundation believes it can win its case against the U.S. National Security Agency because it has evidence that mass surveillance had caused …
New smoking gun further ties NSA to omnipotent “Equation Group” hackers
Researchers from Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab have uncovered more evidence tying the US National Security Agency to a nearly omnipotent group of hackers who operated …
NSA director defends plan to maintain ‘backdoors’ into technology companies
The National Security Agency director, Mike Rogers, on Monday sought to calm a chorus of doubts about the government’s plans to maintain built-in access …
You can now find out if US spies passed on your data to the UK in illegal surveillance
You can now find out find out if US intelligence agencies passed information about you to UK spies by filling in a simple online …
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