Tag: Surveillance
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Privacy: UK government to tweak Snooper’s Charter after conceding it is illegal in its current form
The highly controversial Snooper’s Charter — also known as the Investigatory Powers Act — is, the government has been forced to admit, …
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House Intelligence Committee’s NSA Surveillance Bill Includes New Threats and Old
Thrown last-minute into a torrent of competing legislation, a new bill meant to expand the NSA’s broad surveillance powers is the most …
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Radio Shack robbery to have huge consequences for location privacy
The time has come, finally, after years of confusion, to iron out what kind of privacy – if any – Americans can expect with regards to …
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Toshiba Launches 10TB Surveillance Hard Drive
Toshiba added the MD06ACA-V, the latest addition to its SV Series line-up of 3.5-inch hard drives for surveillance applications. The new …
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Surveillance Capitalism thinks it won, but there’s still time to unplug it
On a walk across the show floor at January’s Consumer Electronics Show, a friend working in technology for nearly thirty years expressed …
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The Motherboard Guide to Avoiding State Surveillance
This is excerpted from the Motherboard Guide to Not Getting Hacked, our comprehensive guide to digital security. We recommend you read that …
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“ProtonMail Contacts” world’s first encrypted contacts manager is here
The world-renowned encrypted email service provider ProtonMail is back in the news for yet another good reason. The Switzerland based firm …
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NSA Internet Surveillance Under Section 702 Violates the First Amendment
The First Amendment is too often overlooked in discussions of the National Security Agency’s vast surveillance authorities. But as …
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US Senate takes aim at “warrantless surveillance”
The US Congress still hasn’t passed any legislation to reign in what critics call “warrantless surveillance” of US citizens by the …
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Why We’re Helping The Stranger Unseal Electronic Surveillance Records
Consider this: Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has been going around talking about “responsible encryption” for some time now— …
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Is Germany right to tell parents to destroy kids’ smartwatches over snooping fears?
Germany’s federal network agency, the Bundesnetzagentur, has announced a ban on the sale of children’s smartwatches because some models …
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