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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • June 1st, 2015
British Police Request Access to Personal Data 28 Times per Hour, Once Every 2 Minutes

British Police Request Access to Personal Data 28 Times per Hour, Once Every 2 Minutes

British police forces are refused once in 25 times when trying to access personal communications data

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • June 1st, 2015
NSA Temporarily Loses Spying Powers, New Laws Will Reform Its Activity - The New York Times

NSA Temporarily Loses Spying Powers, New Laws Will Reform Its Activity - The New York Times

US Senate prepares to approve USA Freedom Act, lets original Patriot Act internal spying provisions expire

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • May 28th, 2015
UK Planning New Laws to Give MI5 & MI6 Easier Access to Google, WhatsApp, and Facebook Data

UK Planning New Laws to Give MI5 & MI6 Easier Access to Google, WhatsApp, and Facebook Data

UK continues its attack on privacy and social networks

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  • By Andreea Murgu
  • March 20th, 2015
White House Hires Facebook Engineering Director to Modernize IT

White House Hires Facebook Engineering Director to Modernize IT

David Recordon becomes a member of the USDS team

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  • By Bogdan Popa
  • February 19th, 2015
Google Opposes Law That Would Allow the US to Spy on Any Computer in the World

Google Opposes Law That Would Allow the US to Spy on Any Computer in the World

This could affect everyone who uses the Internet, it says

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  • By Ionut Ilascu
  • January 27th, 2015
UK, Canada Spy Agencies Used BADASS Program to Explore Mobile Traffic

UK, Canada Spy Agencies Used BADASS Program to Explore Mobile Traffic

Slide presentation details how everything works

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  • By Filip Truta
  • January 12th, 2015
WhatsApp and Snapchat Could Get Banned in UK If PM Has His Say

WhatsApp and Snapchat Could Get Banned in UK If PM Has His Say

Apple might need to make some amendments to the way it handles user data as well, at least in the UK

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  • By Filip Truta
  • January 8th, 2015
Help End the NSA’s Mass Spying with This Free App

Help End the NSA’s Mass Spying with This Free App

EFF releases free advocacy app for Android users, leaves iOS customers out because of Apple’s strict guidelines

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  • By Bogdan Popa
  • December 30th, 2014
France Passes Online Surveillance Law That Makes It Legal to Spy on Internet Users

France Passes Online Surveillance Law That Makes It Legal to Spy on Internet Users

The French government can now collect data about users

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  • By Bogdan Popa
  • December 30th, 2014
Kim Dotcom Announces MegaChat, Browser-Based Encrypted Video and Chat App

Kim Dotcom Announces MegaChat, Browser-Based Encrypted Video and Chat App

This is going to be the real Skype killer, Dotcom says

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  • By Gabriela Vatu
  • November 18th, 2014
Tech Giants Push Senate to Pass US Freedom Act

Tech Giants Push Senate to Pass US Freedom Act

The NSA needs to be reined in and this reform is the first step towards achieving this goal that was set a year ago

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  • By Gabriela Vatu
  • November 14th, 2014
US Govt Secretly Bulk Collects Americans' Phone Info via Cessna Planes

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

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  • By Gabriela Vatu
  • November 13th, 2014
80 Percent of Americans Fear Online Government Surveillance

80 Percent of Americans Fear Online Government Surveillance

Following the NSA revelations, Americans no longer feel safe

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  • By Gabriela Vatu
  • November 11th, 2014
Joseph Gordon-Levitt to Play Edward Snowden in Oliver Stone Film

Joseph Gordon-Levitt to Play Edward Snowden in Oliver Stone Film

The actor will be portraying the whistleblower in the film that's scheduled for release sometime in 2016

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  • By Gabriela Vatu
  • November 8th, 2014
Snowden Calls Out FBI Director on Phone Data Access Comments, Says Warrants Are Enough

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

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  • By Gabriela Vatu
  • November 7th, 2014
Ex-NSA Lawyer Warns Google, Apple That Encryption Was BlackBerry's Downfall

Ex-NSA Lawyer Warns Google, Apple That Encryption Was BlackBerry's Downfall

Encryption is a bad thing as long as NSA can't get its hands on people's personal data without a warrant

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  • By Gabriela Vatu
  • November 5th, 2014
United Nations to Investigate GCHQ, MI5 Spying on Climate Summit

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

 
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