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The future of FISA

News that court-approved Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) searches dropped to new lows in 2020 hit the papers recently, and it raised some eyebrows as well as …

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Leaked hacking tools can be tied to NSA’s Equation Group

The batch of data released by the Shadow Brokers, an entity that claims to have hacked the Equation Group, contains attack tools that can be tied to the group. Equation Group …

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Snowden wants you to know when your phone is revealing your location

NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden and hardware hacker Andrew “Bunnie” Huang have possibly come up with a solution for warning users when their phones are revealing their …

European Parliament members want member states to protect Edward Snowden

Too little has been done to safeguard citizens’ fundamental rights following revelations of electronic mass surveillance, members of the European Parliament have stated …

Edward Snowden to discuss privacy at IP EXPO Europe 2015

Edward Snowden will deliver a keynote at IP EXPO Europe 2015, taking place at London’s ExCel. Joining the event live via satellite on Wednesday 7th October, Snowden will share …

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NSA surveillance since Snowden revelations is strong as ever

A Thycotic survey of 202 RSA Conference 2015 attendees found that 94% feel that NSA’s surveillance of U.S. citizens has increased or remained the same since Edward Snowden …

How Snowden’s revelations affected Americans’ communication habits and online activities

Nearly two years after news outlets started reporting on previously publicly unknown surveillance and data collection practices by the US NSA and its counterparts around the …

Video: Bruce Schneier talks to Edward Snowden

As part of a Harvard computer science symposium, Bruce Schneier had a public conversation with Edward Snowden. The topics were largely technical, ranging from cryptography to …

Americans’ privacy behaviors and attitudes in the post-Snowden era

Most Americans are aware of and worried about government efforts to monitor communications and access their data but, interestingly enough, they still look to the government …

Post Snowden, most users have changed Internet habits

On the heels of Edward Snowden’s advice to switch from Dropbox, Facebook and Google to services that place a high priority on security and privacy, F-Secure is releasing …

Snowden allowed to stay in Russia for three more years

NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has been permitted to stay in Russia for another three years, and is free to travel within the country and abroad, Russia Today reports. …

Video: Edward Snowden on privacy and technology

Edward Snowden speaks about privacy and technology with the ACLU’s Ben Wizner and Christopher Soghoian at SXSW Interactive.

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