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US spy leaks: How intelligence is gathered
Documents leaked by whistleblower Edward Snowden suggest the US government has undertaken mass surveillance operations across the globe - including eavesdropping on US allies.
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Why Is America Turning To Shit?
My hand stayed on the bathroom door handle, unwilling to twist the knob that would let me in. Behind me was the hum and chatter of an art opening—this was at a now sadly departed radical Chicago cultural center called Mess Hall. On a table nearby were offerings of hummus and home-made brownies.
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NSA files decoded: Edward Snowden's surveillance revelations explained
In the last five months, the NSA's surveillance practices have been revealed to be a massive international operation, staggering in scope. But how do all of the NSA's programmes fit together – and what does it mean for you?
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Lavabit creator launches Kickstarter campaign for dark mail open-source project for encrypted email
Lavabit creator Ladar Levison has launched a Kickstarter campaign for the dark mail encrypted email initiative he’s working on in partnership with Silent Circle. The project is looking to raise $196,608 to take the Lavabit source code and turn it into a free and open-source project with the new dark mail protocol. Dark mail is intended to provide a next-generation form of email with end-to-end encryption.
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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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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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How the Government Spied on Me
My complaint to the FBI about a stalker was regarded as an invitation to invade my privacy.
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Google ordered to remove Max Mosley orgy pictures
A French court has ordered Google to find a way to remove recurring links to nine images of former Formula One chief Max Mosley, who was photographed in 2008 at an orgy.
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C.I.A. Is Said to Pay $10 Million Per Year To AT&T for Call Data
The C.I.A. is paying AT&T more than $10 million a year to assist with overseas counterterrorism investigations by exploiting the company’s vast database of phone records, which includes Americans’ international calls, according to government officials.
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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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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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The secret world of cargo ships
On a modern shipping vessel, what's in the hold is unknown — even to the people moving it
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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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GCHQ Used Fake LinkedIn Pages to Target Engineers
Elite GCHQ teams targeted employees of mobile communications companies and billing companies to gain access to their company networks. The spies used fake copies of LinkedIn profiles as one of their tools.
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Snowden effect: young people now care about privacy
Results of a Harris Poll released this morning show four out of five people have changed the privacy settings of their social media accounts, and most have made changes in the last six months.
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Homeland Security must disclose ‘Internet Kill Switch,’ court rules
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) must disclose its plans for a so-called Internet “kill switch,” a federal court ruled on Tuesday. The United States District Court for the District of Columbia rejected the agency’s arguments that its protocols surrounding an Internet kill switch were exempt from public disclosure and ordered the agency to release the records in 30 days. However, the court left the door open for the agency to appeal the ruling.
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C.I.A. Collecting Data on International Money Transfers, Officials Say
The Central Intelligence Agency is secretly collecting bulk records of international money transfers handled by companies like Western Union — including transactions into and out of the United States — under the same law that the National Security Agency uses for its huge database of Americans’ phone records, according to current and former government officials.
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Home Wireless Network Keeps the Snoops Away
Wireless mesh networks - internet access that's crazy cheap, locally controlled, and without government snoopage. You could totally do this.
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Gmail is boiling the frog – and we are the frog
It probably would have compromised my Great Debate argument – that Gmail's increasing sequesterization of itself means it's time to abandon the world's most popular webmail service – had I mentioned that I am also a rabid fan of the service and would, like many of us, struggle to live without it.
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