Snowden Domino Effect: 3 People Facing the Consequences
Edward Snowden, former NSA contractor, is not the only individual feeling the fall-out following his release of secret government documents. At present, Snowden is being sheltered in Russia — where he...
View ArticleNew Study: NSA Data Program Found Unnecessary
The United States National Security Agency has been under scrutiny with a great deal of criticism from many who believe they have overstepped American’s personal privacy boundaries ever since Edward...
View ArticleWhat Effects Could the Spending Bill Have on the NSA?
Months ago, the government shut down over pushing a spending bill through Congress. Now, the House of Representatives is expected to vote Wednesday on a spending bill of $1.1 trillion that would fund...
View ArticleSenate Intelligence Committee Accuses CIA of Spying
The Central Intelligence Agency is under investigation for allegedly spying on the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, its Chair and Democrat Dianne Feinstein of California confirmed to...
View ArticleIBM: We’ve Never Given Client Data to the NSA
In an open letter to clients published Friday, International Business Machine Corp. (NYSE:IBM) denies complying with National Security Administration, saying it hasn’t provided the government agency...
View ArticleWhen NSA’s Bulk Collection Ends, What’s the White House’s New Plan?
Source: Thinkstock New legislation is in the works from the Obama administration concerning NSA data collection — namely, ending the mass collection of phone data while still allowing the NSA to...
View ArticleWhy Isn’t the Supreme Court in a Hurry to Challenge the NSA?
Source: Thinkstock Justice Antonin Scalia indicated at a March talk at Brooklyn Law College that the U.S. Supreme Court was very much attuned to the significant constitutional questions posed the...
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’...
View ArticleApple, 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...
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