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Tag: National Security Agency
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…
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…
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…
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…
Apple’s iPhone 5s with Touch ID seen as protection against U.S. NSA
Apple Inc.’s use of fingerprint scanning in its new iPhone models…
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
How the U.S. NSA secures its Macs from snoopers
The U.S. National Security Agency’s “Hardening Tips for Mac OS X” manual…
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…
Obama administration petitioned to not buy products from foreign companies that have infringed upon US company patents
The Obama administration faces a new petition…
South Korean Samsung said to be near deals to supply Android devices to U.S. FBI and U.S. Navy
Samsung Electronics Co. is close to signing deals for its devices with two U.S. government agencies…
Edward Snowden seen as whistle-blower by majority of U.S. registered voters
The view of Snowden as a whistle-blower rather than traitor predominated among almost every group…
How Microsoft handed U.S. NSA, FBI, CIA access to users’ encrypted video, audio, and text communications
Microsoft has collaborated closely with US intelligence services to allow users’ communications to be intercepted,,,
Google has already inserted some U.S. NSA code into Android
Tech giants listed as part of the National Security Agency’s Prism…
DuckDuckGo search engine surges 33% in wake of PRISM scandal
The ‘anonymous’ search engine DuckDuckGo is getting a boost off the PRISM scandal…
Yahoo: Since December 2012, we have received up to 13,000 U.S. gov’t requests for customer data
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer and Ron Bell, General Counsel, have issued…
Apple: Since December 2012, we have received U.S. gov’t requests for customer data for up to 10,000 accounts
Two weeks ago, when technology companies were accused of indiscriminately sharing customer data…
Nine companies, including Apple, tied to PRISM, Obama to be smacked with class-action lawsuit
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said during a Sunday appearance…
Google asks U.S. feds to clear its name on NSA requests
Google is asking the government to allow it to release more information…
U.S. lawmakers urge review of ‘Prism’ domestic spying, Patriot Act
Lawmakers are calling for a review of the government’s monitoring of phone and Internet activities…
Apple iPhones and iPads likely to pass U.S. Pentagon security review within days
Apple iPhones and iPads will likely soon pass a Pentagon security review…
Pentagon ready to approve Apple’s iOS for high security use
The Department of Defense is expected in coming weeks to grant Apple’s iOS…
