- Online Surveillance
- By Gabriela Vatu
- September 30th, 2014
Executive Order 12333 Redefines Words, Authorizes Mass Surveillance
"Collection" means something else for spy agencies
- Web / Internet Life
- By Gabriela Vatu
- September 29th, 2014
Tim Berners-Lee Asks for a Digital Bill of Rights to Put a Stop to Online Snooping
Berners-Lee wants people to have the same privacy online as offline, in light of the extensive snooping taking place
- Yahoo News
- By Gabriela Vatu
- September 26th, 2014
Yahoo's Transparency Report: 18,594 Requests for 30,551 Accounts
The first semester of the year hasn't been too busy
- Online Surveillance
- By Gabriela Vatu
- September 25th, 2014
Australia Gives Spy Agency Powers to Tap an Unlimited Number of Devices with One Warrant
The Australian spy agency is getting legal powers to spy on the whole Internet with a single warrant
- Google News
- By Gabriela Vatu
- September 23rd, 2014
Google to Build Pricey Data Center in the Netherlands
Google's new data center will serve European users
- Online Surveillance
- By Gabriela Vatu
- September 22nd, 2014
Oliver Stone's Snowden Movie Could Feature Joseph Gordon-Levitt
The "Dark Knight Rises" actor may play a role in the movie
- Online Surveillance
- By Gabriela Vatu
- September 17th, 2014
New Zealand PM Denies Govt Provides NSA with Data, but Agrees That Snowden Was Truthful
John Key is getting tied up in his own statements
- Online Surveillance
- By Gabriela Vatu
- September 16th, 2014
Tim Cook on NSA Surveillance: There's No Balance Between Privacy and Security
PRISM revelations pushed Apple into more transparency
- Web / Internet Life
- By Gabriela Vatu
- September 15th, 2014
Snowden: If You Live in New Zealand, You're Being Spied On
Snowden makes it quite clear that no one in New Zealand is safe from the GCSB's or NSA's spying practices
- Online Surveillance
- By Gabriela Vatu
- September 15th, 2014
German Satellite Communications Company Stellar: NSA Could Cut Off Internet to Customers
Not only could the NSA cut off Internet access to entire continents, but they can also manipulate links and emails
- Online Surveillance
- By Gabriela Vatu
- September 15th, 2014
NSA and Co. Create Map of All Internet Devices, Gain Access to German Networks
The intelligence agencies in the Five Eyes are doing extensive work to map all Internet-connected devices
- Online Surveillance
- By Gabriela Vatu
- September 13th, 2014
NSA Denies Having Any Proof That Snowden Complained About Programs' Legality to Bosses
As expected, the NSA hasn't discovered any emails to prove Snowden's claim of talking about the agency's overreach
- Yahoo News
- By Gabriela Vatu
- September 12th, 2014
PRISM: Yahoo Was Threatened with Fine of $250,000 per Day by the US Government
Since Yahoo was unwilling to cooperate with the US government, they put pressure on the company to make sure it complied
- Online Surveillance
- By Gabriela Vatu
- September 9th, 2014
The NSA Reform Bills Might Get Pushed to Next Year
Congress appears to not really care about NSA's overreach
- Online Surveillance
- By Gabriela Vatu
- September 8th, 2014
Edward Snowden Could Get Swiss Asylum If He Testifies in NSA Probe
If Snowden's safety can be guaranteed, he's likely to travel to Switzerland in the coming months
- Online Surveillance
- By Gabriela Vatu
- September 6th, 2014
NSA and FBI Ask Tech Brokers for Access to ISP Data on Customers
Most often than not, smaller ISPs don't directly handle govt data requests, but they task others to do it for them
- Editorials
- By Gabriela Vatu
- September 4th, 2014
Stop Blaming Victims and the Cloud Industry for Celebgate, Start Pointing the Finger at the Hackers
No online service is completely safe faced with hackers, but victims shouldn't be blamed