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Tag: government surveillance
Jacob Appelbaum’s extraordinarily disingenuous claims about NSA penetration of Apple iPhones
Jacob Appelbaum has yet another revelation from the Edward Snowden trove…
Apple: We’ve never worked with U.S. NSA to create a backdoor in any of our products, including iPhone
Apple just responded to newly released documents claiming that the U.S. National Security Agency…
Ex-NSA chief calls for Obama to reject commission’s recommendations to rein in NSA surveillance
etired general Michael Hayden, former director of the National Security Agency…
How the U.S. NSA remotely bugs your Apple iPhone
Following up on the latest stunning revelations released yesterday…
Report: U.S. NSA intercepts computers during shipping to install surveillance malware
The NSA’s TAO hacking unit is considered to be the intelligence agency’s top secret weapon…
Research shows how Mac webcams can spy on their users without warning light
The woman was shocked when she received two nude photos of herself by e-mail…
U.S. government panel recommends new limits on NSA spooks
A panel of presidential advisers who reviewed the National Security Agency…
Tech leaders challenge Obama over NSA surveillance at White House meeting
A White House meeting meant to get technology executives…
Apple CEO Tim Cook: Obama tech meeting was ‘great’
Obama today faced a group of executives including Apple’s Tim Cook…
Obama to face Apple CEO Tim Cook, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, other tech execs pressing for NSA limits
Obama today will face a group of executives including Apple Inc.’s Tim Cook…
U.S. federal Judge: NSA phone surveillance program likely violates Fourth Amendment of U.S. Constitution
A federal judge ruled Monday that the National Security Agency program…
U.S. NSA uses Google cookies to pinpoint targets for hacking
The National Security Agency is secretly piggybacking on the tools…
New Snowden leak reveals U.S. NSA planted agents inside ‘World of Warcraft’
Documents provided by Snowden from 2008 say that the NSA…
Apple, Google, others call for government surveillance reform
Eight U.S. technology giants are making a joint appeal to reform government…
Ex-official: FBI can secretly activate an individual’s webcam without indicator light
The most powerful FBI surveillance software can covertly download…
Obama to propose curbs on NSA spying
U.S. President Barack Obama plans to propose curbs on the National Security Agency…
Obama stuck with BlackBerry, says not allowed an iPhone ‘for security reasons’
US President Barack Obama admitted Wednesday he was not allowed to have an iPhone…
NSA spying risks $35 billion in U.S. technology sales
The trust that’s threatened is essential to U.S. technology companies…
Apple iPhones phased out of German government in favor of encrypted phones to block U.S. NSA spying
Members of the German government will use encrypted phones…
Home wireless network keeps the government snoops away
The Personal Telco Project, one of a growing number of community wireless…
U.S. Rep. Goodlatte sees surveillance restrictions passing Congress
U.S. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte…
How and why Silicon Valley turned on Obama
In the months leading up to the 2012 presidential election, Silicon Valley…
Apple releases ‘Report on Government Information Requests’
We believe that our customers have a right to understand how their personal information is handled…
Google’s 8th-ranked D.C. lobbying machine flexes new political power
Google Inc. is moving its Washington office closer to Capitol Hill…
How to erase yourself from the Internet
If your growing weariness of being constantly tethered to the internet…
U.S. Senate panel passes plan to continue mass surveillance; Apple, other tech firms, civil-liberties groups oppose
The Senate Intelligence Committee approved legislation…
U.S. NSA secretly infiltrated Yahoo, Google data centers worldwide, Snowden documents say
The National Security Agency has secretly broken into the main communications…
Apple reiterates: iMessage is not architected to allow us to read messages
Touting its commitment to user privacy in the wake of the NSA surveillance…
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…
Apple’s iPhone 5S with biometric identification: Big Brother’s dream?
The U.S. NSA and bloated federal government at large will be beyond ecstatic
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…
Gmail users have no reasonable expectation of privacy, Google says in filing
People who use Gmail have no reasonable expectation of privacy…
Apple CEO Tim Cook, tech execs meet with Obama to talk surveillance
Barack Obama hosted Apple CEO Tim Cook…
PRISM: How to fly under the radar
Don’t listen to charlatans like Eric Schmidt who insist that you have nothing to fear…
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…
