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The new German spying scandal is a big deal
German media organizations, such as Der Spiegel and Die Zeit, are reporting on Thursday on a spying scandal that threatens to create new controversy …
Twitter moves non-US accounts to Ireland away from the NSA
Twitter has updated its privacy policy, creating a two-lane service that treats US and non-US users differently. If you live in the US, your …
The NSA wants tech companies to give it ‘front door’ access to encrypted data
The National Security Agency is embroiled in a battle with tech companies over access to encrypted data that would allow it to spy (more …
TrueCrypt audit shows no sign of NSA backdoors, just some minor glitches
After nearly a year of drama, the widely-used encryption software TrueCrypt has come out from its security audit with a mostly clean bill of …
How big business is helping expand NSA surveillance, snowden be damned
Since November 11, 2011, with the introduction of the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, American spy agencies have been pushing laws to encourage …
Tech companies call on U.S. to end bulk collection of metadata
A slew of tech companies have joined privacy groups in calling for the U.S. government to reform its surveillance practices. An open letter from …
What, me worry? Despite Snowden leaks, Americans’ use of the ‘Net largely unchanged
Don’t worry, be happy. That seems to be the attitude most Americans have toward widespread government snooping on their Internet activities. Numerous leaks illuminating …
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 …
Wikipedia parent sues to stop NSA’s massive surveillance effort
The Wikimedia Foundation, the organization that operates the wildly popular online encyclopedia Wikipedia, says user privacy has been violated and that it’s going to …
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 …
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