US President Barack Obama admitted Wednesday he was not allowed to have an iPhone…
Tag: spying
Everyone hates Huawei: CEO says company is giving up on U.S. market
Okay, Huawei haters, you win…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Obama administration demands master encryption keys from firms in order to conduct electronic surveillance against Internet users
The U.S. government has attempted to obtain the master encryption keys that Internet companies…
Former CIA boss Michael Hayden accuses Huawei of spying for China
Late last year, allegations had surfaced regarding Chinese handset makers…
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,,,
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…
PRISM: Do Apple, Google, Facebook have an ethical obligation not to spy on users?
Many Americans are outraged at the government for mining user data…
Google fights glass backlash even before launch
Google Glass isn’t even for sale yet, but it’s already facing backlash…
Early version of Google Glass not fully functional when used with Apple iPhone
Google this week began shipping its Glass smart eyewear to app developers…
Eric Schmidt: Regulate civilian drones but not Google Glass
At some point in the not-too-distant future…
China’s Huawei plots to overtake Apple and Samsung
In Barcelona this week, the annual Mobile World Congress had halls packed full…
Julian Assange: ‘iPhone, Blackberry, Gmail users – you’re all screwed’
Surveillance companies can use your iPhone to take photos of you and your surroundings…
