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Jon Callas on privacy in the modern age
In this interview, Jon Callas, co-founder of PGP and current CTO at Silent Circle, discusses the global erosion of privacy and the importance of confidentiality. He tackles …
NSA hacking and spying on EU officials
Over the weekend, the German Der Spiegel published a report based on a document leaked by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden that show that the US has been spying on EU …
Another NSA internet and email data collection program revealed
As the hunt for Edward Snowden continues, and the NSA whistleblower is thought to be still located in the transit zone of the Moscow Sheremetyevo International Airport, …
Technology and the death of privacy
After the PRISM scandal broke, there were a lot of those who said “So what? I have nothing to hide”, but I am convinced that they didn’t do a lot of thinking …
U.S. senators propose new privacy bill following surveillance scandal
A group of U.S. senators lead by Senator and Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee Patrick Leahy have introduced a new legislation that aims to improve government …
Facebook bug discloses user info, existence of shadow accounts
6 million Facebook users have been affected by a flaw that resulted in the email addresses and phone numbers associated with their accounts being shared with any friend and …
Skype’s Project Chess worked on letting U.S. agencies in
A lot has been said, written and claimed about Skype and the possibility that the U.S. government, intelligence, and law enforcement agencies have been given access to the …
Secret documents reveal broad extent of NSA domestic surveillance
Two more top secret NSA documents that Edward Snowden shared with reporters of The Guardian have revealed that his claims about what the agency’s analysts are authorized …
EU citizens’ data must be protected against US surveillance
The US PRISM internet surveillance case highlights the urgent need to pass legislation to protect EU citizens’ personal data, most MEPs agreed in Wednesday’s Civil …
Global repercussions of PRISM scandal
The revelation of the existence of the PRISM program, which allows U.S. government agencies to either directly or indirectly have access to email and chat content, videos, …
Collected data helped foil 50 terrorist plots, says NSA chief
A number of top government officials have been called to testify at a congressional hearing before U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on the topic of NSA …
British GCHQ spied on G20 delegates to gain advantage in talks
The British GCHQ has monitored computers and intercepted phone calls made by the foreign participants of two G20 summit meetings in London in 2009 and provided crucial …
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