New Zealand passes controversial spy bill
Earlier today, New Zealand narrowly passed a surveillance bill allowing its intelligence agency to assist domestic law enforcement.
On Aug 21, 2013 by Joe Kloc
Report: NSA can monitor 75 percent of U.S. Internet traffic
The Wall Street Journal has reported it’s found a long-suspected, but not yet proven, piece of the NSA surveillance puzzle.
On Aug 21, 2013 by Kevin Collier
Groklaw shut down for fear of NSA spying
The award-winning legal site Groklaw shut down today in order to protect its users from NSA surveillance.
On Aug 20, 2013 by Joe Kloc
Thailand begins monitoring of Facebook, YouTube and LINE
Thailand will monitor its citizens on popular social media platforms including Facebook, YouTube, and Japanese messaging app LINE.
On Aug 20, 2013 by Curt Hopkins
The NSA may review 10 times as much data as it claims
The NSA has denied the claim made by several media outlets that the agency underestimated the amount of data it collects by a factor of 10.
Glenn Greenwald’s partner appeals 9-hour “terrorism” detention
The suit demands the U.K. not search David Miranda’s hard drive—in the off chance they haven’t already done exactly that.
On Aug 20, 2013 by Kevin Collier
British intelligence destroyed the Guardian’s hard drives
According to Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger, the U.K. government destroyed the paper’s hard drives that contained leaks from Edward Snowden.
Greek community creates an off-the-grid Internet
Communities around the world are building their own parallel Internets to stay out of reach of governments and major corporations.
On Aug 19, 2013 by Joe Kloc
U.K. detains Glenn Greenwald’s partner at airport for 9 hours
In an apparent effort to intimidate Glenn Greenwald, U.K. authorities detained his partner, David Miranda, at England’s Heathrow Airport.
On Aug 18, 2013 by Fernando Alfonso III
Only paranoid jerks can win the government’s cybersecurity training game
Find out what everyday activities could be potential aids to the enemy in the war on cybercrime!
On Aug 17, 2013 by Aja Romano
Is WikiLeaks bluffing, or did it really just post all its secrets to Facebook?
WikiLeaks released about 400 gigabytes’ worth of mysterious data in a series of encrypted torrent files. And no one can open it.
Ed Snowden talks to his dad online, against lawyer’s advice
The Snowden family risked an encrypted chat, their Russian lawyer reported.
On Aug 16, 2013 by Curt Hopkins
Did the head of the NSA lie about breaking privacy laws?
Two weeks ago, the head of the NSA gave an apparently untrue speech in which he denied that the agency had ever broken any privacy laws.
On Aug 16, 2013 by Joe Kloc
NSA audit finds agency broke surveillance laws thousands of times a year
According to a top secret audit, in the 12-month period preceding March 2012 alone, the agency committed 2,776 violations.
The best NSA parody on the Web is almost too good
What makes this NSA parody site so good is how not far-fetched it seems.
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