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FBI to monitor online chats in real-time by 2014
The Federal Bureau of Investigation doesn’t have the ability to monitor everyone’s one-on-one Internet chats in real-time just yet, but the agency’s chief lawyer says all that should soon change.
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How Much Money Does the Government Really Make From Student Loans?
Student advocates claim they're more profitable than selling Fords. But their numbers rely on some extremely suspect accounting.
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What Is a 'False Flag' Attack, and What Does Boston Have to Do with This?
During the Boston Police Department's final press conference of a confounding and deadly day, someone in the audience asked if Monday's bombing was a "false flag" attack. We can both explain and answer that question.
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Anonymous Calls For Internet Blackout To Protest CISPA
On Friday, Anonymous called for an Internet blackout in protest of CISPA, which passed the House on Thursday. If signed into law, CISPA would make it legal for websites to give your personal information to the U.S. government without your permission.
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How CISPA Opponents Were Outspent by Industry Lobbyists, 38 to 1
Last week, the House approved CISPA, the House cybersecurity bill that’s long rankled privacy advocates -- not to mention the White House, which issued a presidential veto threat in response to the action.
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Government giving AT&T, others secret immunity from wiretap laws
DoJ helps AT&T, other service providers evade wiretapping laws so government can conduct Internet surveillance...
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Judge Rejects FBI Attempt to Use Spyware to Infiltrate Unknown Suspect's Computer
Pursuing criminal hacking groups is high on the FBI’s list of priorities—but the bureau is adopting some hacking techniques of its own. And a Texas judge isn’t happy about it. On Monday, a judge denied an FBI request to install a spy Trojan on a computer in an unknown location...
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The FBI's role in 'manufacturing' terrorism
When investigative journalist Trevor Aaronson analyzed 10 years of terrorism cases prosecuted in the United States after Sept. 11, he found that almost all the men became terrorists with the help of the FBI.
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Are All Phone Calls Recorded By The U.S. Government?
A former FBI counterterrorism agent claims on CNN that this is the case.
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11 Of The Wildest Technology Conspiracy Theories
Do you really think the CIA is spying on you through Facebook?
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Kiwis consider new spy laws in wake of Dotcom debacle
Still deeply embarrassed that its spy agency, the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB), was found to have acted illegally by capturing communications from Kim Dotcom, the New Zealand government is planning on changing its laws so the Bureau can in future spy on New Zealand citizens and residents.
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Feds demand 3D printed gun blueprints removed from Internet
The updated website for Defense Distributed’s DEFCAD, where people could previously download files to print an assault rifle. The State Department has ordered ultra-libertarian group Defense Distributed to remove the files that provide instructions for building a 3D printed gun, until it has examined them for legality, says a report
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FBI's Latest Proposal for a Wiretap-Ready Internet Should Be Trashed
The FBI has some strange ideas about how to “update” federal surveillance laws: They’re calling for legislation to penalize online services that provide users with too much security. While it’s not yet clear how dire the going-dark scenario really is, the statutory “cure” proposed by the FBI -- with fines starting at $25,000 a day for companies that aren’t wiretap capable -- would surely be worse than the disease.
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Why The FBI Will Love Google Glass
As we enter the era of wearable computing, government requests for user data are at an all-time high.
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11 Governments Are Meeting in Peru to Figure Out How They Can Control the Internet
The Trans-Pacific Partnership has been called the "biggest global threat to the Internet."
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The Robot Killer Wars: The drone laws are coming
Drones are everywhere. They are blasting suspected al-Qaida militants in Pakistan, Yemen, and Somalia. They are menacing China. They are being shot down in Israel. They are hovering outside of homes in America and spying on their residents.
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How the FBI’s online wiretapping project could get you hacked
Security researchers argue that an FBI proposal for government-mandated back doors in communications software is a disaster waiting to happen.
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US Border Patrol Detains people at non-border checkpoint (video)
US Border Patrol Detains people at non-border checkpoint. They nearly shredded his tires, and then took attitude with the driver when they realized they encountered someone who was smarter than them.
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Is The FBI Dumb, Evil, Or Just Incompetent?
Your government is worried. The world is "going dark." Once upon a time, telephones were the only way to talk to someone far away, and the authorities could wiretap any phone they wanted. Nowadays, though, suspects might be communicating via Facebook, Google Hangouts, WhatsApp, Snapchat,..
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People Are Worried Microsoft's New Xbox Will Be Able To Spy On You
The Kinect camera accessory is always on. Is it a convenient feature or a privacy concern?
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