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How NSA-Proof Are VPN Providers?
The privacy of Internet users has become an extremely hot topic this year, largely thanks to the revelations of whistleblower Edward Snowden. This has resulted in many questions from concerned VPN users who want to know more about possible cracked encryption schemes, and how providers respond to gag orders and national security letters. Today we explore these topics with a handful of the leading VPN services.
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NSA: National Insecurity
Tom sez, "This clip takes aim at the NSA and their spying, snooping ways - it's made by somegreybloke, and features Jeremiah McDonald (who clocked up 11 million views on YouTube with conversation with my six year old self) & Max Koch, another US based comedian, cartoon maker and funnyman." This is pretty good, but moves into "inspired" territory around 2:01.
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The NSA Website Is Down
The National Security Agency's website, nsa.gov, has been down the better part of the afternoon, were they attacked?
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Anti-NSA rally attracts thousands to march in Washington
Holding signs that said "Stop mass surveillance," "Thank you, Edward Snowden" and "No NSA mass spying," and chanting slogans like "no secret courts," the protesters gathered under a blue sky to hear various speakers. Craig Aaron, head of the group Free Press, said "this isn't about right and left -- it's about right and wrong."
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Officials alert foreign services that Snowden has documents on their cooperation with U.S.
U.S. officials are alerting some foreign intelligence services that documents detailing their secret cooperation with the United States have been obtained by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, according to government officials.
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The Indian Prime Minister Is Spy-Proof, Has no Email or Cell Phone
The U.S. has spied on 35 unnamed world leaders, but the Indian prime minister is sure he's safe -- as he doesn't have a phone or an email address to hack.
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NSA infiltrates links to Yahoo, Google data centers worldwide, Snowden documents say
The National Security Agency has secretly broken into the main communications links that connect Yahoo and Google data centers around the world, according to documents obtained from former NSA contractor Edward Snowden and interviews with knowledgeable officials. The agency positioned itself to collect from among millions of accounts, many belonging to Americans.
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The NSA’s Rent Is Too Damn High
For months, the American public has received a steady stream of new information detailing the massive scale and scope of the United States’ spying activities. Of course, maintaining a surveillance state powerful enough to reach into the inboxes of world leaders, friend and foe, is not cheap. Indeed, as the Washington Post revealed when it released portions of the so-called Black Budget, this year’s price tag on America’s spook infrastructure comes out to a whopping $52.6 billion.
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Google chairman: NSA spying on our data centres 'outrageous'
Eric Schmidt says company has lodged complaints with NSA, White House and Congress as criticism hardens in Silicon Valley
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Don't underestimate risks of government spying
As the story about the National Security Agency surveillance continued to unfold last week, some of President Obama's supporters, as well as some of his Republican critics, were quick to jump to his defense. Chairman of the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee Mike Rogers warned that the allegations about the NSA were wrong. "They are seeing three or four pieces of a thousand-piece puzzle and trying to come to a conclusion."
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NSA chief likely to lose cyber war powers
Senior military officials are leaning toward removing the National Security Agency director’s authority over U.S. Cyber Command, according to a former high-ranking administration official familiar with internal discussions. Keith Alexander, a four star general who leads both the NSA and Cyber Command, plans to step down in the spring.
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Apple releases report on government requests for user data, 'strongly' opposes US gag order
It's certainly not the first, but Apple is the latest major consumer tech company to release a report outlining the requests it receives from governments around the world seeking information on its users. Apple's document includes requests from all countries and covers a period ranging from January 1st to June 30th of this year.
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Leakers and governments should work together
In the Information Age, it's easier than ever to steal and publish data. Corporations and governments have to adjust to their secrets being exposed, regularly.
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Google engineers issue 'fuck you' to NSA over surveillance scandal
Two Google engineers recently took to Google+ to give blistering public critiques of the ongoing NSA surveillance scandal. Both posts come in the wake of last week’s Washington Post story that outlined the NSA’s clandestine interception of Google and Yahoo user information in a project codenamed MUSCULAR,
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Minnesota man sues NSA, DHS after they try to quash his parody merchandise
A Minnesota man is suing for the right to continue selling merchandise online that parodies the National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security.
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Why Saying 'We Knew This' Or 'Everybody Spies' In Response To NSA Revelations Is Wrong
Two of the most common responses from people (often in the press) who want to minimize the importance and the impact of the Snowden revelations about NSA surveillance are that (1) "there's nothing new" or "people knew this already" and (2) "everyone spies on everyone - what's the big deal?"
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Snowden may have persuaded 20 to 25 NSA colleagues to give up their passwords
Anonymous sources speaking to Reuters said late Thursday that Edward Snowden was able to collect all the material that he's been leaking over the past few months by convincing “20 to 25” of his coworkers to hand over their login credentials and passwords.
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The Surveillance State Puts U.S. Elections at Risk of Manipulation
Did the Obama Administration ever spy on Mitt Romney during the recent presidential contest? Alex Tabarrok, who raised the question at the popular economics blog Marginal Revolution, acknowledges that it is provocative. Until recently, he would've regarded it as a "loony" question, he writes, and he doesn't think that President Obama ordered the NSA to spy on Romney for political gain.
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John McCain says NSA chief Keith Alexander 'should resign or be fired'
Senator John McCain has called for Keith Alexander to "resign or be fired" as the head of the National Security Agency, in an interview with the German news weekly Der Spiegel published on Sunday.
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NSA's Vast Surveillance Powers Extend Far Beyond Counterterrorism, Despite Misleading Government Claims
Time and again we’ve seen the National Security Agency (NSA) defend its vast surveillance apparatus by invoking the spectre of terrorism, discussing its spying powers as a method to keep America safe. Yet, the truth is that counterterrorism is only a fraction of their far broader authority to seek “foreign intelligence information,” a menacing sounding term that actually encapsulates all sorts of innocuous, everyday conversation.
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