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Why the Spying Scandal Is a Serious Racial Justice Issue
By Imara Jones Given the massive investment in national security after 9-11, recent news that the federal government is spying on hundreds of millions of people in the United States and around the world may not have come as a … Continue reading
NSA-proof encryption exists. Why doesn’t anyone use it?
By Timothy B. Lee Computer programmers believe they know how to build cryptographic systems that are impossible for anyone, even the U.S. government, to crack. So why can the NSA read your e-mail? Last week, leaks revealed that the Web … Continue reading
Did Hollywood Help Make NSA Surveillance Permissible?
By John Patterson Last week’s NSA leaks scandal had one scary side-story: a poll determining that a slim but clear majority of Americans weren’t worried in the least about the 360-degree, all-platform access that the eavesdropping agency apparently now has … Continue reading
Don’t Want to Be Spied On? Think About Encryption
By Fahmida Y. Rashid The twin disclosures last week about the National Security Agency’s extensive surveillance program accomplished something that no amount of SecurityWatch posts could ever have accomplished: It got regular Internet users talking about encryption. Right after the … Continue reading
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Edward Snowden was NSA Prism leak source
A former CIA technical worker has been identified by the UK’s Guardian newspaper as the source of leaks about US surveillance programmes. Edward Snowden, 29, is described by the paper as an ex-CIA technical assistant, currently employed by defence contractor Booz … Continue reading
AT&T, Sprint also part of NSA’s phone data collection probe
By Sean Buckley The National Security Agency’s phone and data collection effort targeting Verizon (NYSE: VZ) also included AT&T (NYSE: T) and Sprint (NYSE: S), according to various reports. While Verizon was initially the only provider named by The Guardian … Continue reading
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