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Technology to Protect Against Mass Surveillance

Posted on July 18, 2013 by The Soul Brother

By Seth Schoen In the past several weeks, EFF has received many requests for advice about privacy tools that provide technological shields against mass surveillance. We’ve been interested for many years in software tools that help people protect their own privacy; … Continue reading →

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Despite What the President Said, There’s Nothing “Transparent” About a Secret Court Issuing Secret Rulings

Posted on June 20, 2013 by The Soul Brother

By Trevor Timm On Charlie Rose last night, President Obama gave his most detailed defense of the NSA surveillance programs since a FISA court order demanding that Verizon hand over phone records information on all its US customers leaked to the … Continue reading →

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CIAs Gus Hunt On Big Data: We Try To Collect Everything And Hang Onto It Forever

Posted on March 21, 2013 by The Soul Brother

By Matt Sledge NEW YORK — The CIAs chief technology officer outlined the agencys endless appetite for data in a far-ranging speech on Wednesday.  Speaking before a crowd of tech geeks at GigaOMs Structure:Data conference in New York City, CTO … Continue reading →

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FBI Access To Email And Web Records Raises Privacy Fears

Posted on July 30, 2010 by The Soul Brother

Hmmmm….interesting. I understand the need for expanded surveillance in this day due to internal and external threats to our national security. Yet, somehow the fact that only a signature by a FBI field agent in charge to get records from communication companies … Continue reading →

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