Glenn Greenwald Talks About Snowden’s Contingency Plan: Documents Backed Up Around the World
Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor that released documents about the agency’s Prism program, has stashed encrypted backups…
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U.S. Files Espionage Charges against Snowden
A court document unsealed on Friday at a federal court in the Eastern District of Virginia showed that Edward Snowden…
NSA Whistleblower Snowden Emerges from Hiding to Discuss Extradition
Edward Snowden, the man responsible for releasing National Security Agency documents revealing the existence of the PRISM data collection project…
White House Advisory Board Urges Intelligence Gathering Procedure Reforms in New Report
The US President's Intelligence Advisory Board (PIAB) has issued a crucial report supporting the reauthorization of Section 702 under the…
Supreme Court Rejects Wikipedia’s Attempt to Challenge NSA Surveillance
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear the appeal by the Wikimedia Foundation, the operator of the popular internet…
Irish Case Tests Facebook’s Use of Privacy Shield
Summary: A case in Ireland may challenge Facebook's ability to transfer data overseas. The EU-US Privacy Shield mechanism is now…
CIA Allegedly Hacking into Our Phones, Cars, and Televisions
Summary: Wikileaks has released a report that the CIA is now hacking into our personal devices to spy on us.…
Yahoo Secretly Scanned Email Accounts for the Government
Summary: Yahoo allegedly scanned millions of its email accounts to provide information for the federal government. In recent years, having…
Why Is Apple Refusing to Unlock the San Bernardino Shooter’s Phone?
Summary: Apple is fighting back against the FBI, which wants it to create an operating system to hack into the…
Obama Lightens Up on Encrypted Data Law
Summary: The Obama administration has relented in its efforts to gain access to user smartphones, but many think the debate…
Court Rules Government’s Collection of All Phone Records is Illegal
Summary: A federal court has determined that the Obama administration’s definition of “relevant” is too broad when it comes to…
Microsoft Battling Government With Three Separate Lawsuits
Summary: The general counsel for Microsoft, Brad Smith, has decried the privacy 'arms race' in this country and has filed three…