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The FBI is tapping tactics used by hackers to keep tabs on suspects
Law-enforcement officials in the U.S. are expanding the use of tools routinely used by computer hackers to gather information on suspects, bringing the criminal wiretap into the cyber age.
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NSA Collects 'Word for Word' Every Domestic Communication, Says Former Analyst
Judy Woodruff sits down with two former NSA officials who blew the whistle on what they said were abuses at the NSA, along with that agency’s former inspector general, to talk about whether that secretive agency is recording all domestic calls in the U.S.
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Germany Ends Cold War Spying Pact With US, Britain
BERLIN (AP) — Germany canceled a Cold War-era surveillance pact with the United States and Britain on Friday in response to revelations by National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden about those countries' alleged electronic eavesdropping operations.
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Your TV might be watching you
A flaw in Samsung Smart TVs was discovered that could allow hackers to control the camera and watch users in their living rooms.
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Why Banks Might Refuse to Take Your Money
People are being denied bank accounts based on what's in reports that most of us never even knew existed. Most people are familiar with the idea of a credit score — usually a FICO score or a VantageScore — that determines whether or not a lender will let you borrow money, and at what rate.
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Could Edward Snowden Get a Nobel Peace Prize?
Edward Snowden has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by a Swedish sociologist. What are the criteria for nomination and selection of candidates? And does Snowden have a winning chance?
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‘Encryption is a human right’: Wikipedia aims to lock out NSA
Wikipedia is taking steps to make its site ‘unsnoopable’ to the NSA following revelations that its site users were being spied on. The measures will include the use of secure encryption for its logged-in users to minimize eavesdropping.
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FBI Increasingly Using Malware To Remotely Turn On Phone/Laptop Microphones
It's not a secret that the FBI has used hacking methods in the past to spy on suspected criminals, including keyloggers and remotely turning on microphones in mobile phones, in order to spy on suspected criminals. However, the Wall Street...
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NSA chief: Snooping is crucial to fighting terrorism
Gen. Keith Alexander, NSA director, says its embattled intelligence-gathering programs have prevented 54 terrorist attacks worldwide.
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Snowden 'exhausted,' misses American girlfriend
NSA leaker Edward Snowden is 'exhausted' and misses his girlfriend, but has settled into a safe, undisclosed location with the help of newly acquired American friends.
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It’s time Google came to grips with how it enables the surveillance state
Google portrays itself as the sort of responsible internet giant that pushes back against intrusive federal requests for user data and is not a collaborator in the US government's program to eavesdrop on the internet traffic of pretty much the entire world. But merely by providing ever more ways to record our actions, the company is...
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Activists to protest on 1984 Day in 20 U.S. cities
Just how much do you love Big Brother? Would you be willing to leave your house to prove it? Outraged by continuing revelations of National Security Agency spying, protesters across the U.S. are planning to celebrate "1984 Day" on Sunday.
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‘Encryption is a human right’: Wikipedia aims to lock out NSA
Wikipedia is taking steps to make its site ‘unsnoopable’ to the NSA following revelations that its site users were being spied on. The measures will include the use of secure encryption for its logged-in users to minimize eavesdropping.
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FBI pressures Internet providers to install surveillance software
CNET has learned the FBI has developed custom 'port reader' software to intercept Internet metadata in real time. And, in some cases, it wants to force Internet providers to use the software.
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Feds Are Suspects in New Malware That Attacks Tor Anonymity
Security researchers tonight are poring over a piece of malicious software that takes advantage of a Firefox security vulnerability to identify some users of the privacy-protecting Tor anonymity network. Guess why they won't be calling in the FBI.
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Justice Department wants to control iTunes store
The Justice Department is seeking to acquire government oversight of Apple’s iTunes and App Store – a move that would give feds control over content ranging from books to music to television shows and movies.
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The TSA Is Expanding Its Reach Far Beyond Airport Security
Showing up at sporting events, rodeos, and concerts.
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The Surveillance Reforms Obama Supported Before He Was President
The White House has opposed efforts to rein in NSA snooping, but only five years ago, Sen. Obama supported substantial reforms.
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Unhappy With U.S. Foreign Policy? Pentagon Says You Might Be A 'High Threat'
Watch out for "Hema." A security training test created by a Defense Department agency warns federal workers that they should consider the hypothetical Indian-American woman a "high threat" because she frequently visits family abroad, has money troubles and "speaks openly of unhappiness with U.S. foreign policy."
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Thanks to the NSA, the Sky May Be Falling on U.S. Cloud Providers
Revelations of widespread spying by the U.S. government could bring big financial fallout to the cloud-computing industry, according to a Washington-based think tank.
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