The National Security Agency has built a surveillance network that covers more Americans’ Internet communications than officials have publicly disclosed…
Tag: U.S. National Security Agency
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…
Apple, Google, dozens of others push Obama administration to disclose U.S. surveillance requests
Dozens of companies, non-profits and trade organizations including Apple…
Apple teams with tech companies, civil liberties groups to demand dramatically increased transparency around U.S. government surveillance
The number of government requests for information about their users…
Black-box testing reveals Apple can provide users’ iMessage or FaceTime conversations to NSA
Ever since the National Security Agency’s secret surveillance program came to light…
Steve Wozniak: NSA leaker Edward Snowden ‘is a hero because this came from his heart’
Computer whiz Steve Wozniak is more than a little distressed…
Snowden: Apple, Facebook, Google can resist U.S. NSA
Did Steve Jobs tell the NSA spooks to go pound sand while Tim Cook folded like a cheap suit…
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…
Obama administration defends PRISM data-collection as legal anti-terrorism tool
The Obama administration confirmed the existence of a classified U.S. government program…
Report: Intelligence program gives U.S. government direct access to customer data on Apple servers; Apple denies
Apple: We do not provide any government agency with direct access to our servers…
Apple iPhone, iPad cleared for use on U.S. military networks
The Pentagon cleared Apple Inc. devices for use on its networks…
