Apple, Google, and Others Push Senate to Limit NSA Spying
Source: Thinkstock Apple, Google, and several other Internet and technology companies are in a race against the clock to get the Senate to approve a bill that will end the NSA’s bulk data collection...
View ArticleNew Senate Bill Aims to Block Mandatory Backdoors in Tech Products
Ever since former NSA contractor Edward Snowden first exposed the extent of the agency’s bulk data collection programs in 2013, Americans’ privacy rights have been in a tug of war between civil...
View ArticleNew Snowden Docs Highlight the NSA’s War Against Encryption
Source: PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images While it’s been over a year-and-a-half since former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden first leaked documents that exposed the U.S....
View ArticleSenate Investigates: Was ‘Cuban Twitter’ a Pro-Democracy Campaign?
Source: Getty Images Last week, The Associated Press revealed that United States government attempted to create a Twitter-like social media network, called ZunZuneo, with the intention of stoking...
View ArticleSnowden Questions Putin on Spying; Answers Fail to Satisfy
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/robertdouglass/ Edward Snowden, a former contractor with the U.S. National Security Agency, is presently a fugitive in Russia, having fled the United States after...
View ArticleChina: Apple’s iPhone Is a Threat to National Security
WANG ZHAO/AFP/Getty Images Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone was described as a threat to China’s national security in a recent broadcast made by the country’s government-run China Central Television. The...
View ArticleWhy Do We Spy on Our Allies?
With allegations of a second American spy being caught in Germany, Chancelor Angela Merkel — who has herself dealt with NSA cell phone tapping — said she is “not amused” by the possibility, according...
View ArticleDoes the NSA Want to See You Naked? Snowden Says Maybe
Beto Barata/AFP/Getty Images Edward Snowden, former National Security Agency contractor, has been the prophet of a hefty load of government disclosures. He’s become both a champion for freedom from...
View ArticleDoes the NSA Want to See You Naked? Snowden Says Maybe
Beto Barata/AFP/Getty Images Edward Snowden, former National Security Agency contractor, has been the prophet of a hefty load of government disclosures. He’s become both a champion for freedom from...
View ArticleRussia Seeks Apple’s Source Code Over Spying Concerns
Justin Sullivan/Getty Russia’s government has asked Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and enterprise software company SAP (NYSE:SAP) to share its software source codes in order to ensure that the two companies’...
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