Obama today will face a group of executives including Apple Inc.’s Tim Cook…
Tag: surveillance
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…
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…
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…
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…
Google Glass ban list grows; top 10 places banning Google Glass
Google Glass hasn’t even hit shelves and it’s already getting widely banned…
Those who brush-off NSA surveillance because it’s ‘just metadata’ don’t have the slightest idea what metadata is
One of the key themes that has come out from the revelations concerning NSA surveillance…
Eric Schmidt: Regulate civilian drones but not Google Glass
At some point in the not-too-distant future…
Google Glass: Orwellian surveillance with fluffier branding?
Recently a Seattle bar has pre-emptively banned Google Glass…
