Tag Archives: National Security Agency

NSA reportedly using radio waves to tap offline computers

Posted on January 20, 2014 by The Soul Brother

By Steven Musil The National Security Agency is using secret wireless technology that allows it to access and alter data on computers, even when they are not connected to the Internet, according to a New York Times report. Since 2008, … Continue reading →

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NSA uses Google cookies to pinpoint targets for hacking

Posted on December 11, 2013 by The Soul Brother

By Ashkan Soltani, Andrea Peterson, and Barton Gellman The National Security Agency is secretly piggybacking on the tools that enable Internet advertisers to track consumers, using “cookies” and location data to pinpoint targets for government hacking and to bolster surveillance. The … Continue reading →

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NSA Infiltrating Online Games Like World of Warcraft and Second-Life

Posted on December 10, 2013 by The Soul Brother

By Alex Kane Players of fantasy games like World of Warcraft are usually worried about their character dying or running out of money. But new documents leaked by whistleblower Edward Snowden reveal that they should have another concern: government spying. The … Continue reading →

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Could privacy-protecting software become a new Internet standard?

Posted on November 27, 2013 by The Soul Brother

By MIT Technology Review Following NSA surveillance revelations, talks advance on making the privacy-protecting tool Tor an Internet standard. The Internet’s main engineers have asked the architects of Tor—networking software designed to make Web browsing private—to consider turning the technology … Continue reading →

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America cares for you – until you start asking questions

Posted on September 3, 2013 by The Soul Brother

By Gary Younge When Ray Kelly, the man Barack Obama is currently considering to lead homeland security, was the New York City police commissioner, he allegedly had a policy of terrorising black and Latino neighbourhoods. A hearing into the city’s … Continue reading →

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NSA Officers Sometimes Spy on Love Interests

Posted on August 24, 2013 by The Soul Brother

By Siobhan Gorman National Security Agency officers on several occasions have channeled their agency’s enormous eavesdropping power to spy on love interests, U.S. officials said. The practice isn’t frequent — one official estimated a handful of cases in the last … Continue reading →

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If You’ve Ever Traveled to a “Suspicious” Country, This Secret Program May Target You

Posted on August 22, 2013 by The Soul Brother

By Nick Baumann A previously unknown Bush administration program continued under President Barack Obama grants the FBI and other national security agencies broad authority to delay or squash the immigration applications of people from Muslim countries, according to documents obtained … Continue reading →

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How to Keep the NSA Out of Your Computer

Posted on August 19, 2013 by The Soul Brother

By Clive Thompson Joseph Bonicioli mostly uses the same internet you and I do. He pays a service provider a monthly fee to get him online. But to talk to his friends and neighbors in Athens, Greece, hes also got something much … Continue reading →

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5 Companies That Make Money By Keeping Americans Terrified of Terror Attacks

Posted on August 17, 2013 by The Soul Brother

By Alex Kane Michael Hayden, the former director of the National Security Agency, has invaded America’s television sets in recent weeks to warn about Edward Snowden’s leaks and the continuing terrorist threat to America. But what often goes unmentioned, as … Continue reading →

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How Many Americans Are Rotting in Prison Because of Secret Evidence Collected by Spy Agencies?

Posted on August 13, 2013 by The Soul Brother

By Andrew O’Hehir So the paranoid hippie pot dealer you knew in college was right all along: The feds really were after him. In the latest post-Snowden bombshell about the extent and consequences of government spying, we learned from Reuters reporters … Continue reading →

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