Edward Snowden has come in from the cold - on Twitter. Snowden, a former National Security Agency contractor who leaked details about the U.S. government’s massive surveillance programs, started a Twitter account on Tuesday from exile in Russia with a simple handle - @snowden. He pulled in more than 171,000 followers in about an hour… [Read More]
Microsoft stresses that Windows 10 does not breach your privacy, Yes and Money Grows on Trees
Microsoft has come under quite a lot of fire recently due to privacy concerns from numerous users as well as erroneous reporting from a few news outlets. Even Microsoft updating its Services Agreement terms to stop people from playing counterfeit games on their devices such as the Xbox, has been a victim of these misleading… [Read More]
NSA chief says Clinton emails were ‘opportunity’ for foreign powers
It would present an “opportunity” for spy agencies if the foreign minister of Russia or Iran were to use a private email server for official business, the chief of the U.S. National Security Agency said on Thursday. The comments by Admiral Mike Rogers were in response to questions during a U.S. Senate hearing about former… [Read More]
New Cellphone Surveillance Safeguards Imposed On Federal Law Enforcement
The Justice Department says it will beef up legal requirements for using cell-site simulators, an increasingly controversial form of surveillance technology that secretly gathers data about mobile devices. Under the new policy, federal investigators will be required to get a warrant from a judge demonstrating probable cause, in most domestic criminal probes. Agents will need… [Read More]
U.S. appeals court asked to halt NSA phone spying program
A U.S. appeals court appeared reluctant on Wednesday to put an immediate halt to the federal government‘s collection of millions of Americans’ phone records, with the controversial spy program set to expire in November. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York previously found the program illegal in May, ruling that the Patriot… [Read More]
U.S. court hands win to NSA over metadata collection
A U.S. appeals court on Friday threw out a judge’s ruling that would have blocked the National Security Agency from collecting phone metadata under a controversial program that has raised privacy concerns. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said there were not sufficient grounds for the preliminary injunction imposed by… [Read More]
Sarah Palin Shared This Hillary Clinton Comparison — And It’s EPIC
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, a Republican, posted an image on her Facebook page Monday of former National Security Agency subcontractor Edward Snowden next to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. In 2013, Snowden released documents which revealed how the NSA spies on American citizens. He currently resides in Russia. Text on Snowden’s photo reads: “Publicly Exposed Classified Information…Wanted for… [Read More]
U.N. says expects states to respect privacy after AT&T spying report
The United Nations said it expects member states to respect its right to privacy and is assessing how to respond to a report that telecommunications company AT&T Inc helped the U.S. National Security Agency spy on the world body’s communications. The company gave technical assistance to the NSA in carrying out a secret court order… [Read More]
NSA Spying Relies on AT&T’s ‘Extreme Willingness to Help’
ProPublica.org, THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY’S ability to spy on vast quantities of Internet traffic passing through the United States has relied on its extraordinary, decades-long partnership with a single company: the telecom giant AT&T. While it has been long known that American telecommunications companies worked closely with the spy agency, newly disclosed NSA documents show… [Read More]
Chris Christie’s Fearmongering Argument Against Privacy: His Clash with Rand Paul Reflects the Clash Between the GOP’s Authoritarian and Libertarian Tendencies
Jacob Sullum, One of the most telling moments in last week’s Republican presidential debate came when moderator Megyn Kelly asked New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie to defend his position that Rand Paul, the Kentucky senator, should be held responsible for the next terrorist attack on Americans because he opposes the National Security Agency’s indiscriminate collection… [Read More]
Clinton e-mails had classified data from five intel agencies, including NSA
Ed Morrissey, Since March, Hillary Clinton has repeatedly claimed that nothing that she sent or received through her e-mail system contained information that was classified at the time. Two Inspectors General referred the matter to the Department of Justice, claiming that material transmitted in four of the 40 emails they sampled contained information that was… [Read More]
Irked by U.S., but EU keeps own spy projects quiet
Revelations of U.S. spying in Europe have soured transatlantic relations, prompting a White House apology and, as leak followed leak over the past two years, have fostered feelings of moral superiority among Europeans. Yet EU governments are stepping up surveillance of their own citizens: last month France, smarting from Islamist attacks in January, passed intrusive… [Read More]
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