NSA planned hack of Google app store
The US National Security Agency developed plans to hack into data links to app stores operated by Google and Samsung to plant spyware on smartphones, a media report said Thursday.
View ArticleEither way, no more NSA collection of US phone records
However Congress resolves its impasse over government surveillance, this much is clear: The National Security Agency will ultimately be out of the business of collecting and storing Americans' calling...
View ArticleWith law expired, Senate mulls changes to phone collection
The Senate now will decide the fate of a House bill backed by the president that would end the National Security Agency's collection of American calling records while preserving other surveillance...
View ArticleNSA phone collection bill clears Senate hurdle
Two days after letting a disputed post-9/11 surveillance program go dark, the Senate sped toward passage Tuesday of legislation to revive but also reshape it. GOP leaders mounted a last-ditch effort to...
View ArticleCongress sends NSA phone-records bill to president
Congress approved sweeping changes Tuesday to surveillance laws enacted after the Sept. 11 attacks, eliminating the National Security Agency's disputed bulk phone-records collection program and...
View ArticleAnalysis: NSA bill barely touches the agency's vast powers
The surveillance law enacted this week stands as the most significant curb on the government's investigative authorities since the 1970s. But it's practically inconsequential in the universe of the...
View ArticlePost-Snowden, UK watchdog issues online spying report
The man responsible for reviewing Britain's anti-terrorism laws called Thursday for more judicial oversight over data interception as ministers prepare legislation firming up the powers of security...
View ArticleBuzzFeed hires Guardian's Gibson for UK expansion
Social news group BuzzFeed announced Tuesday it had hired former Guardian senior editor Janine Gibson to lead an expansion push in the British market.
View ArticleUS agencies face uphill battle for tech talent
The US government agencies that defend the nation are in the midst of a charm offensive—trying to win over the hearts and minds of Silicon Valley's tech workers.
View ArticleUS warns encryption hampering anti-terror fight
US law enforcement officials warned Wednesday that criminals and terror suspects would benefit from stronger data encryption, and called for service providers to retain access to such protected data.
View ArticleNSA to stop using bulk US phone data in November
The National Security Agency will cease its access to most bulk data collected under a controversial surveillance program in November, but retain records for litigation purposes, officials said Monday.
View ArticleOpinion: Hacktivists aren't terrorists – but US prosecutors make little...
Activists who use technology to conduct political dissent – hacktivists – are increasingly threatened with investigation, prosecution and often disproportionately severe criminal sentences.
View ArticleNew Indonesian crayfish species escapes the decor market to become a freedom...
With its orange to greenishly orange motley tip, the new crayfish species has been long-confused with its relatives by the tradesmen who have been collecting them for ornamental purposes. Being...
View ArticleSnowden on video at NYC forum to promote privacy treaty
Domestic digital spying on ordinary citizens is an international threat that will only be slowed with measures like a proposed international treaty declaring privacy a basic human right, Edward Snowden...
View Article"Can you hear me now?" Snowden joins Twitter, follows NSA
Edward Snowden, who has confounded U.S. officials since his abrupt departure from the country two years ago, has just found a new megaphone in Twitter.
View ArticleBritain to unveil new online spying laws
Britain's government gave the first details Sunday of contested plans to update Internet spying laws to keep pace with the digital age.
View ArticleMicrosoft to keep German customers' cloud data in country (Update)
Microsoft may soon be one of the first U.S. cloud-computing companies to let Europeans store their online data closer to home, a response to fears that U.S. data centers are more vulnerable to snooping...
View Article'Moral' anger is a force for good at work
Employers should embrace anger among employees for the vital role it plays in sustaining a just and fair workplace, according to a University of Liverpool academic.
View ArticleBosses' right to snoop on staff emails is an invasion of privacy and ignores...
Since Edward Snowden revealed the existence of internet surveillance programmes such as XKeyScore, Prism and Tempora, there have been many discussions of digital snooping and its implications for...
View ArticleSurprisingly, the online advertising industry's future may lie in offering...
The online advertising industry has faced a considerable backlash recently as a greater understanding of how the practices of data scraping, aggregation, mining and user profiling are carried out...
View ArticleEU and US days away from deadline to renew data-sharing pact
The European Union and the United States are hurtling toward a deadline on reaching a new agreement over data sharing that would extinguish the risk of costly litigation by consumers worried about...
View ArticleImage: April 14, 1981, landing of first space shuttle mission
On April 14, 1981, the rear wheels of the space shuttle orbiter Columbia touched down on Rogers dry lake at Edwards Air Force Base, NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center (then Dryden Flight Research...
View ArticleCourt dismisses Snowden request for safe travel to Norway
A Norwegian court has dismissed a lawsuit that sought a legal guarantee to allow Edward Snowden to travel to Norway without risk of being extradited to the United States.
View ArticleThe rights of men: Medieval charter from King Edward I authenticated
Medieval scholars at the University of Lincoln, UK, have authenticated a 700-year-old king's charter that put an end to a tax scandal blighting the historic city.
View ArticleOpinion: Tech industry should lead Snowden pardon charge
There's a debate raging right now over whether President Barack Obama, before he leaves office, should grant Edward Snowden a pardon.
View ArticleInquiry says Snowden in contact with Russia's spy services
Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden has remained in contact with Russian intelligence services since he arrived in Moscow three years ago, according to a declassified report on a...
View ArticleGerman prosecutors examining WikiLeaks report on CIA base
Germany's federal prosecutors say they are examining a WikiLeaks report suggesting that the Central Intelligence Agency used the U.S. consulate in Frankfurt as a base for covert hackers.
View ArticleCIA chief: Intel leaks on the rise, cites leaker 'worship'
CIA Director Mike Pompeo says he thinks disclosure of America's secret intelligence is on the rise, fueled partly by the "worship" of leakers like Edward Snowden.
View ArticleDream Chaser spacecraft in captive-carry test over desert
A test version of a spacecraft resembling a mini space shuttle was carried aloft over the Mojave Desert by a helicopter Wednesday in a precursor to a free flight in which it will be released to...
View ArticleEdward Snowden unveils phone app, Haven, to spy on spies
The former National Security Agency contractor who exposed U.S. government surveillance programs by disclosing classified material in 2013 has a new job: app developer.
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