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Groklaw shuttered because email is no longer safe

Since 2003, Pamela Jones – then a simple paralegal, now a journalist and editor – covered legal news regarding free and open source software on her law blog …

UK agents detain Greenwald’s partner, destroy The Guardian’s hard drives

It has been an eventful weekend for The Guardian newspaper, its reporter Glenn Greenwald and his partner David Miranda, as the British police held the latter and questioned …

Lavabit owner risks arrest for not complying with surveillance order

The incessant revelations fueled by the documents leaked by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden have made people reevaluate their expectations of privacy and their beliefs on …

NSA internal audit reveals thousands of privacy violations

An internal NSA audit document and several other seen by The Washington Post journalists prove that there have been over a 1,000 violations of FISA and presidential executive …

D-Link releases new network camera

D-Link announced its mydlink-enabled Pan & Tilt Day/Night Camera (DCS-5010L), a surveillance solution for home and small business owners which delivers advanced video …

Obama’s “independent” intelligence review group selected by DNI Clapper

After his speech about transparency and greater oversight over US surveillance programs, as well as the announcement about forming an “independent”, …

Mega plans to offer encrypted email service

With Lavabit’s closure and Silent Circle’s shutdown of its Silent Mail, the question is where to turn next for a secure email service. Prims-break.org has a few …

Obama defends surveillance programs, promises more oversight

Late last Friday, US president Barack Obama has held a press conference centered mostly on US surveillance programs, the details of which have been leaked, bit by bit, by …

Secure mail providers close up shop to prevent govt spying

Texas-based secure webmail service Lavabit has unexpectedly closed up shop on Thursday, and the explanation given by owner and operator Ladar Levison is as follows: I have …

Black Code: Inside the Battle for Cyberspace

If anyone knows what's really going on in cyberspace and which forces threaten stability and security, it's Ronald Deibert and his colleagues from the well known and reputed …

NSA tips off law enforcement, asks them to keep the practice secret

Just days after the NYT wrote about the NSA denying other federal intelligence agencies access to their surveillance tools comes the disclosure that a US Drug Enforcement …

German Minister calls for punishment of US companies involved in NSA spying

The revelations of mass online spying by US government agencies that involved cooperation from the British and the German governments and intelligence services, as well as the …

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