All posts tagged "NSA"

Apple / Google / Microsoft / Security / Tech

NSA says they are deleting millions of call detail records

Rather than sift through the large pile of records, the agency is opting to simply delete them.

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Hacking group Shadow Brokers have just released a new NSA data dump

Some experts believe the Shadow Brokers is a cover name for the Russian government but no proof of that is out just...

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Entertainment / Movies / Tech

Oliver Stone’s Snowden Official Trailer Released

There’s no doubt that the saga of Edward Snowden and his leak of confidential NSA documents which unveiled details of global surveillance operations...

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Apple’s Unlikely Encryption Ally: Former NSA & CIA Chief Michael Hayden

Wait, what? I know, you may be rubbing your eyes and thinking that you’ve perhaps entered Crazytown, but here we are. In...

The Broad NSA Phone Surveillance Program Is Being Shut Down

President Obama’s administration has announced that the NSA phone surveillance program will be shut down today and will be replaced with a...

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The NSA Informs Companies Of Their Security Flaws, So They Say

The NSA (National Security Agency) is now on record stating that the organization informs companies (they’re spying on) of their security flaws...

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Why Would The IRS Need A Cellphone Tracking System?

Senators Chuck Grassley and Patrick Leahy are investigating why the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is using a cellphone tracking system in its investigations. IRS Commissioner...

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Cellphone Surveillance Gets New Federal Regulations And Guidelines

When Edward Snowden dropped the NSA/government surveillance bomb on the world, many Americans, as well as countries around the world, started taking...

AT&T Users Data Was Being Sent To The NSA Without Your Permission

A shocking (or perhaps not so shocking) report has emerged from the New York Times revealing that AT&T has been sending users...

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Mobile / Security / Tech

Smartphones & App Stores Targeted By Five Eyes Spy Agency Alliance

A new top-secret document obtained from Edward Snowden shows that intelligence agencies from the US, Canada, the UK, New Zealand, and Australia (the...

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SKYNET Is Here, At Least For The NSA

According to documents released by Edward Snowden, the NSA whistleblower, the intelligence organization uses a program they call SKYNET to analyze location...

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US And UK Play War Games To Fight Cyber Terrorism

Just days after vowing to outlaw encrypted communication if he is re-elected, David Cameron had a quick stopover in the US last night to...

Julian Assange Slams Google And Eric Schmidt

Julian Assange started off as a programmer and hacker before becoming the editor-in-chief of WikiLeaks which publishes many secret documents and other...

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Business / Tech

Eric Schmidt Talks Tim Cook, Online Security, The NSA And Minorities In Tech

CNNMoney has a short interview with Google’s Eric Schmidt where he answers some questions about some of Tim Cook’s comments concerning Google,...

FBI Director James Comey Testifies Before Senate Appropriations Committee

Mobile / Tech

FBI Director James Comey Is Miffed With Google And Apple

Apparently FBI Director James Comey is less than happy with both Google and Apple for recently making their mobile operating systems less...

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Business / Mobile / Tech

NSA Built Their Own Search Engine called, ICREACH

Classified documents published by The Intercept seem to point to the NSA creating their own search engine in which they shared 850 billion...

US House Votes To Cut NSA Surveillance Funding

US House Votes To Cut NSA Surveillance Funding

Wired is reporting that the United States House of Representatives voted late Thursday night to cut the NSA’s surveillance funding. This could...

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Editorial

Wonder Twin Powers Activate: Shape Of Stored Data, Form Of Excessive Government Reach (Opinion)

We suspected it for a long time and Snowden blew the lid off last year. The United States government loves data on as...

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Editorial / Tech

Blake’s Stage Of Rage: Lavabit, Secret Courts, And Trampled Freedom

As I write this have finished reading a write up at The Guardian by Ladar Levison the founder of Lavabit, an email service that...

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Business / Tech

Aljazeera Claims New Emails Point To A “Cozy” Relationship Between Silicon Valley And The NSA

The Huffington Post is reporting that Aljazeera America has obtained emails that show some Silicon Valley Executives had a much cozier relationship...

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Science / Tech

Birthday Alert: The Internet Turns 25 Today!

Twenty five years ago today, while working as an independent contractor at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Sir Tim Berners-Lee...

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Editorial / Mobile

Why You Should Use Telegram Instead of WhatsApp

When Facebook acquired popular messaging platform WhatsApp on February 19, 2014, for US$19 billion in shares, stock, and cash, two things happened:...

Google, Microsoft And Others, Lead Campaign To Limit Government Surveillance

Looks like Google is turning the other cheek on the Microsoft Scroogled campaign to work with them on government surveillance matters. Google, Microsoft,...