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Security expert: Apple’s iMessage and FaceTime are not ‘end-to-end’ secure
Apple’s iOS is vastly more secure than Android…
Edward Snowden explains why Apple should continue to fight the government on encryption
As the Obama administration campaign to stop Apple…
Obama administration war against Apple just got uglier
The Obama administration’s central strategy against Apple…
Understanding Apple and privacy
Appel believes that people have a right to privacy and security…
Edward Snowden: Apple is a privacy pioneer
Pioneering companies like Apple, ensuring that even if your phone is stolen, your private life remains private…
Obama urges Senate to renew NSA’s bulk phone surveillance program
Obama called on the Senate Tuesday to extend key Patriot Act…
Woz: Edward Snowden is a ‘total hero to me’
Steve Wozniak reaffirmed his staunch support for digital privacy…
U.S. Senate blocks measures to extend so-called Patriot Act; NSA’s bulk collection of phone records in jeopardy
The Senate on Saturday rejected legislation that would curb the federal government…
U.S. Senate considers short-term extension of so-called ‘Patriot Act’
With no agreement in the Senate over how to reauthorize the Patriot Act…
Rand Paul commandeers U.S. Senate to protest so-called Patriot Act, government intrusion on Americans’ privacy
Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul commandeered the Senate floor Wednesday…
Apple, others urge Obama to reject any proposal for smartphone backdoors
The U.S. government should fully support and not undermine efforts to create encryption standards…
U.S. appeals court rules NSA bulk collection of phone data illegal
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that the U.S. National Security Agency…
U.S. DOJ seeks to make it easier to locate and remotely hack into suspects’ computers
A Justice Department proposal that could make it easier to locate and hack…
Apple’s App Store says yes to pot, no to guns
Apple’s definition of morality is on display this week…
Operation AURORAGOLD: How the NSA hacks cellphone networks worldwide
According to documents contained in the archive of material provided…
Wyden introduces bill to ban U.S. government-mandated backdoors into Americans’ cellphones and computers
U.S. government officials have recently proposed to compel companies to build backdoors…
Virginia police can now force you to unlock your smartphone with your fingerprint
A Virginia circuit court judge ruled this week that smartphone users can be compelled…
Apple has installed a copy of the U.S. Constitution on every Mac
Perhaps now that more people in the federal government are using Macs, they can read the Constitution…
U.S. Supreme Court unanimously bans warrantless cell phone searches
In a blow to the Obama administration, which petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to allow warrantless cell phone searches..
Can U.S. police search your iPhone without a warrant?
Can the arresting officer, without a warrant, riffle through the contents of your Apple iPhone?
Can police search your phone on arrest? Privacy groups urge U.S. Supreme Court to say ‘no’
Ever since the US Supreme Court announced in mid-January…
Woz has harsh words for Microsoft and the NSA; doubts computers will achieve consciousness
On Wednesday, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak spoke…
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…
Apple’s Touch ID may mean U.S. iPhone 5s users can’t ‘take the fifth’
There’s a lot of talk around biometric authentication since Apple introduced Touch ID…
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…
U.S. Senator Rand Paul talks tech, civil liberties, and keeping the government out of your email
Rand Paul is having some problems with the jerks back at the office…
U.S. court ruling opens phones to warrantless searches
Cell phone users might think that their phones can’t be searched without a warrant…
U.S. feds’ use of fake cell tower violate Fourth Amendment provision against unreasonable search?
Federal authorities used a fake Verizon cellphone tower to zero in on a suspect…
