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Obama administration drowning in lawsuits filed over NSA surveillance
Attorneys for the Electronic Frontier Foundation have sued the Obama administration and are demanding the White House stop the dragnet surveillance programs operated by the National Security Agency.
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Police Documents on License Plate Scanners Reveal Mass Tracking
Automatic license plate readers are the most widespread location tracking technology you’ve probably never heard of. Mounted on patrol cars or stationary objects like bridges, they snap photos of every passing car, recording their plate numbers, times, and locations.
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Everything you need to know about PRISM
Since September 11th, 2001, the United States government has dramatically increased the ability of its intelligence agencies to collect and investigate information on both foreign subjects and US citizens. Some of these surveillance programs, including a secret program called PRISM, capture the private data of citizens who are not suspected of any connection to terrorism or any wrongdoing.
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Chinese whistleblower blinded in acid attack
An amateur Chinese whistleblower, who spent his free time embarrassing Communist party officials by posting pictures of their luxury cars on the internet, was rammed by a car, blinded with acid, and deprived of two of his fingers.
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FBI withholds autopsy of Tsarnaev associate 'shot in head' during questioning
The FBI has ordered a Florida medical examiner’s office not to release the autopsy report of a Chechen man who was killed during an FBI interview in May over his ties to one of the suspected Boston Marathon bombers.
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Apple, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and Others Call for More NSA Transparency
The alliance includes 63 companies, investors, non-profits and trade organizations.
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FEMA hacked: Anonymous hacks US server in defense of Snowden and government transparency
Refocused and reorganized, Anonymous has apparently breached an emergency management server, stealing valuable user information including that of US government and military personnel.
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Allowing the Government to Charge Bradley Manning With “Aiding the Enemy” Is a Dangerous Precedent
Must the government take every possible ounce of flesh from Pfc. Bradley Manning in punishing him for his massive data dump to WikiLeaks? The woeful answer is yes. Today, the military judge in Manning’s trial decided not to drop the most serious—and least supportable—charge against him, “aiding the enemy.”
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Apple, Google, and more join forces to request NSA data be made public
After having their reputation damaged by the National Security Agency controversy earlier this year, Apple, Microsoft, Google, Facebook, and many more are joining forces to demand more transparency regarding NSA requests and surveillance.
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Court renews secret U.S. surveillance program
A top-secret court has renewed the authority of U.S. national security officials to collect telephone data as part of an anti-terror surveillance program that was exposed by intelligence leaker Edward Snowden.
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Anti-feminism posters pop up in Saskatoon
Some unsusual posters carrying controversial messages have been popping up on Saskatoon streets.
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Utah ISP owner describes the NSA 'black box' that spied on his customers
There's been more pushback on privacy from the private sector ever since leaked documents revealed the existence of massive NSA spying programs that tap into consumer services. But the owner of XMission, a small ISP in Utah, has been especially adversarial towards the secret FISA court orders which force companies to give data to the government.
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Amazon Beat Out IBM And Won A $600 Million Cloud Computing Contract With The CIA
Amazon is becoming a force in the booming business of cloud computing.
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The Secret Service Agent Who Collared Cybercrooks by Selling Them Fake IDs
The government calls it “Operation Open Market,” a four-year investigation resulting, so far, in four federal grand jury indictments against 55 defendants in 10 countries, facing a cumulative millennium of prison time. What many of the alleged scammers, carders, thieves, and racketeers have in common is one simple mistake..
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U.S. high-tech industry feeling the heat from Edward Snowden leaks
The disclosures about the National Security Agency's massive global surveillance by Edward Snowden, the former information-technology contractor who's now wanted by the U.S. government for treason, is hitting the U.S. high-tech industry hard as it tries to explain its involvement in the NSA data-collection program.
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NSA chief slams "transparency culture," compares Snowden to Boston bombers
The former head of the National Security Agency (NSA) has compared Edward Snowden, who leaked a host of the agency's top secret documents, to both "the Boston bombers" and Benedict Arnold.
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PayPal Cuts Off “Pirate Bay” VPN iPredator, Freezes Assets
PayPal has cut off VPN provider iPredator, an anonymity service launched by Pirate Bay co-founder Peter Sunde. The popular VPN provider is no longer allowed to accept payments and PayPal has frozen all funds for up to 180 days. PayPal didn't provide any details as to why iPredator was banned, but the action comes after their credit card processor stopped doing business with all VPN services.
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Feds put heat on Web firms for master encryption keys
Whether the FBI and NSA have the legal authority to obtain the master keys that companies use for Web encryption remains an open question, but it hasn't stopped the U.S. government from trying.
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White House Seems Afraid NSA Defunding Law Could Actually Pass Today
A law to defund the National Security Agency’s Internet dragnet program is gaining surprising momentum. The House of Representatives’ vote today on Michigan Republican Justin Amash’s proposal has gained so much support that the White House is officially urging Congress to reject it. “This blunt approach is not the product of an informed, open, or deliberative process.
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Snowden said to be preparing for a life in Russia. Maybe permanently?
Russian media say the NSA leaker will be allowed to leave the airport, and his lawyer says he plans to seek a job.
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