The National Security Agency has secretly broken into the main communications…
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Obama administration decides NSA spying is ‘essential,’ but oversight of NSA is not
While the National Security Agency (NSA) has largely escaped…
What email provider Lavabit did to avoid giving the US government its data
The U.S. government in July obtained a search warrant demanding that Edward Snowden’s e-mail…
What if Marissa Mayer went to jail?
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer presented her company’s side of fighting the National Security Agency…
German government: Windows 8 contains U.S. NSA snooping back doors; too dangerous to use
The National Security Agency’s snooping practices may be costing American companies a lot of money…
Report: NSA can see 75% of U.S. Web traffic, can snare emails
The National Security Agency has built a surveillance network that covers more Americans’ Internet communications than officials have publicly disclosed…
Apple CEO Tim Cook, tech execs meet with Obama to talk surveillance
Barack Obama hosted Apple CEO Tim Cook…
FBI can remotely activate microphones in Android smartphones, source says
Law-enforcement officials in the U.S. are expanding the use of tools routinely…
NSA can read email, online chats, track Web browsing without warrant, documents leaked by Edward Snowden show
A top secret National Security Agency program allows analysts to search…
Momentum builds against U.S. government surveillance
The movement to crack down on government surveillance started…
Obama administration demands Web firms turn over user account passwords
The U.S. government has demanded that major Internet companies divulge users…
U.S. House rejects effort to curb NSA surveillance powers, 205-217
The House on Wednesday rejected an attempt to curtail the National Security Agency…
Obama administration scrambles to shut down imminent U.S. House vote to defund NSA spying
A showdown is set to take place in the US House of Representatives today…
