- Web / Internet Life
- By Gabriela Vatu
- March 3rd, 2017
US Congress Says NSA Still Hasn't Revealed How Many Americans It Spied On
They didn't even ask for an exact number, but an "estimate"
- Online Surveillance
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- July 29th, 2016
Russia Finalizes Procedures for Collecting Encryption Keys
Companies sweating as they wait to see Russia's implementation details for its latest encryption backdoor law
- Online Surveillance
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- February 26th, 2016
Tor Project Accuses CloudFlare of Mass Surveillance, Sabotaging Tor Traffic
CloudFlare is only the tip of the iceberg, many companies do the same, including Yahoo, Google, Akamai
- Linux
- By Marius Nestor
- April 24th, 2015
European Union Should Finance Key Open Source Projects, Says "Mass Surveillance" Study
The study was written by a group of IT security experts
- Web / Internet Life
- By Gabriela Vatu
- November 14th, 2014
US Senate May Vote on Freedom Act Next Week
The NSA mass surveillance practices may reach an end
- Online Surveillance
- By Gabriela Vatu
- November 14th, 2014
US Govt Secretly Bulk Collects Americans' Phone Info via Cessna Planes
With the help of devices that mimic a cell phone tower, they collect phone locations and other identification details
- Online Surveillance
- By Gabriela Vatu
- November 13th, 2014
80 Percent of Americans Fear Online Government Surveillance
Following the NSA revelations, Americans no longer feel safe
- Online Surveillance
- By Gabriela Vatu
- November 8th, 2014
Snowden Calls Out FBI Director on Phone Data Access Comments, Says Warrants Are Enough
Although the FBI wants Google and Apple not to give users encryption tools, it still claims it doesn't want backdoors
- Online Surveillance
- By Gabriela Vatu
- November 5th, 2014
United Nations to Investigate GCHQ, MI5 Spying on Climate Summit
The United Nations is not backing down and will look into the issue of being spied on by the British
- Editorials
- By Gabriela Vatu
- November 4th, 2014
Why Privacy Is an Absolute Human Right, Must Be Respected by Spy Agencies
Spy agencies want to discuss what privacy means, even though the definition is pretty clear and has been for a long time
- Online Surveillance
- By Gabriela Vatu
- November 4th, 2014
GCHQ Chief Says Web Is Command and Control Network for Terrorists
The fearmongering techniques of the GCHQ have pushed Hannigan to ask for the support of US tech firms
- Web Blog
- By Gabriela Vatu
- November 3rd, 2014
Metropolitan Police Sweeps Phone Data with Snooping Device
Even the police officers handling the tool are uncomfortable
- Online Surveillance
- By Gabriela Vatu
- October 30th, 2014
Verizon Denies Banning Editors of Its New Tech News Site from Writing About Surveillance, Net Neutrality
Verizon says SugarString will write about topics that fit its mission, without expanding on what the mission is
- Web / Internet Life
- By Gabriela Vatu
- October 29th, 2014
Survey Says People Trust the NSA More than Google
While both collect people's data, Google asks for permission, while the NSA just takes it all without evidence
- Internet Life
- By Gabriela Vatu
- October 21st, 2014
GCHQ Chief Claims Agents Would Rather Quit than Be a Part of Mass Surveillance
Since the GCHQ helps the NSA with mass surveillance and the GCHQ still has loads of employees, the math doesn't add up
- Online Surveillance
- By Gabriela Vatu
- October 15th, 2014
United Nations: Mass Surveillance Hurts the Right to Privacy
The UN is addressing mass surveillance and how it impacts people all over the world as it violates the right to privacy
- Internet Life
- By Gabriela Vatu
- October 14th, 2014
Anonabox, a Simple Tool That Routes Internet Traffic Through Tor, Seeks Funding, Costs $45
Anonabox works to avoid censorship and mass surveillance