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NSA reportedly using radio waves to tap offline computers
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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Could privacy-protecting software become a new Internet standard?
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
9 Household Items That Could Be Spying on You
By Adam Levin For Americans concerned about their privacy, the NSA data grabs are daunting, but what about the data grabs happening inside your own home, perpetrated not by the government but by your coffee machine? Consider every appliance and … Continue reading
Does the NSA Tap That? What We Still Don’t Know About the Agency’s Internet Surveillance
By Justin Elliott Among the snooping revelations of recent weeks, there have been tantalizing bits of evidence that the NSA is tapping fiber-optic cables that carry nearly all international phone and Internet data. The idea that the NSA is sweeping … Continue reading
The Seeds of Rebellion Are Taking Root, and Protests Against Injustices Are Blooming Across the Country
By Kevin Zeese & Margaret Flowers Stephen Shapiro describes Occupy as a “dandelion moment” in which the movement successfully dispersed seeds to float and root, thereby growing into a bigger movement. We would not limit the seeds to the US … Continue reading
NSA surveillance may be legal — but it’s unconstitutional
By Laura K. Donohue The National Security Agency’s recently revealed surveillance programs undermine the purpose of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which was established to prevent this kind of overreach. They violate the Fourth Amendment’s guarantee against unreasonable search and … Continue reading
Fact-check: The NSA and Sept. 11
By Justin Elliott In defending the NSA’s sweeping collection of Americans’ phone call records, Obama administration officials have repeatedly pointed out how it could have helped thwart the 9/11 attacks: If only the surveillance program been in place before Sept. … Continue reading
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