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The U.S. NSA can still listen to your iPhone’s microphone when off; here’s the trick to beat it
The NSA could technically listen in to the microphone of an iPhone…
Cook, Zuckerberg, Mayer, other tech CEOs ask U.S. Senate to restrict U.S. spying
A group of prominent technology company CEOs, including the most prominent, Apple CEO Tim Cook…
Tim Cook likely to be asked to testify at NSA case in Germany
German lawmakers may call the heads of the largest U.S. technology companies…
How the NSA tapped AT&T’s network
In 2002, an AT&T technician named Mark Klein discovered that the National Security Agency had installed a secret monitoring facility…
U.S. House passes bill to curb NSA data collection programs
The U.S. House of Representatives voted to curb some National Security Agency powers…
U.S. House passes bill to curb NSA’s data collection programs; Apple opposes over ‘unacceptable loophole ‘
The U.S. House of Representatives voted to curb some National Security Agency powers…
Why I’m sending back Google Glass
10 good reasons to skip Google Glass…
Apple to government authorities: ‘Show warrant to get data’
Apple will let its customers know if a government or law enforcement agency has requested information…
CNBC’s Najarian: I had Google Glass for two weeks, but sent it back because ‘the product stunk’
I like to say ‘the ‘Gl’ is silent in ‘Glass’…
Warning: Glassholes to storm cities and towns across America this Saturday
WARNING: Google is dispatching “Glass Explorers” in a series of events across the U.S.A…
Apple, others to defy U.S. government authorities, notify customers of secret data demands
U.S. tech companies will ignore the instructions stamped on the fronts of subpoenas…
My awkward week with Google Glass
I’m wearing Google Glass. And I hate it…
Through a Google Glass, darkly; surveillance of, by, and for the people
The first time I saw someone wearing Google Glass in the wild, I was…
As U.S. government discusses expanding digital searches, ACLU sounds caution
Late last month, we reported on new federal efforts to gain an expanded ability…
Obama to meet again with tech CEOs about NSA spying
Top executives from Facebook, Google and other tech giants will…
Apple co-founder Woz and Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee voice support for Edward Snowden’s whistleblowing
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and World Wide Web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee…
US NSA used Facebook to hack into computers
The National Security Agency is breaking into…
Rand Paul: ‘What you do on your cellphone is none of their damned business!’
Paul put his concerns about the NSA on front pages with a class-action lawsuit…
iPhone surveillance startup moves to NYC Financial District
Keeping track of users’ phone calls, texts, browsers, and even their WhatsApp activity…
Orwellian: UK government, with aid from US NSA, intercepted webcam images from millions of users
Britain’s surveillance agency GCHQ, with aid from the US National Security Agency…
Twitter threatens to sue Obama administration over government surveillance requests
Twitter says it is prepared to sue the Obama administration…
Woz has harsh words for Microsoft and the NSA; doubts computers will achieve consciousness
On Wednesday, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak spoke…
Edward Snowden nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
A Norwegian member of parliament nominated former U.S. National Security Agency…
U.S gov’t reaches deal with Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Facebook, LinkedIn to allow data disclosures on national security orders
The Justice Department on Monday reached agreements with…
U.S. NSA watching, tracking phone users with Google Maps
The National Security Agency and its UK counterpart GCHQ have been…
Apple issues update on U.S. NSA and law enforcement orders
Apple Inc. has released the following statement…
Apple’s Tim Cook on U.S government surveillance: ‘There is no back door, the government doesn’t have access to our servers’
Cook touches on his concerns regarding the NSA and their deeply controversial PRISM surveillance program…
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer calls on Obama administration to provide greater U.S. NSA transparency
Marissa Mayer, Yahoo Inc.’s chief executive…
Obama’s NSA proposals fall far short of real change
The White House’s tepid plan aims to calm the public, not curtail U.S. government surveillance programs…
U.S. NSA devises radio pathway into computers to conduct surveillance, launch cyberattacks
The National Security Agency has implanted software in nearly 100,000 computers…
The NSA, Apple’s iPhone and a whole lot of bad reporting
With the treasure trove of classified information Edward Snowden…
U.S. NSA seeks to build quantum computer to crack most types of encryption
In room-size metal boxes secure against electromagnetic leaks…
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…
