- By Catalin Cimpanu
- June 1st, 2015
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
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- June 1st, 2015
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
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- May 28th, 2015
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
- By Andreea Murgu
- March 20th, 2015
White House Hires Facebook Engineering Director to Modernize IT
David Recordon becomes a member of the USDS team
- By Bogdan Popa
- February 19th, 2015
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
- By Ionut Ilascu
- January 27th, 2015
UK, Canada Spy Agencies Used BADASS Program to Explore Mobile Traffic
Slide presentation details how everything works
- By Filip Truta
- January 12th, 2015
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
- By Filip Truta
- January 8th, 2015
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
- By Bogdan Popa
- December 30th, 2014
France Passes Online Surveillance Law That Makes It Legal to Spy on Internet Users
The French government can now collect data about users
- By Bogdan Popa
- December 30th, 2014
Kim Dotcom Announces MegaChat, Browser-Based Encrypted Video and Chat App
This is going to be the real Skype killer, Dotcom says
- By Gabriela Vatu
- November 18th, 2014
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
- 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
- By Gabriela Vatu
- November 13th, 2014
80 Percent of Americans Fear Online Government Surveillance
Following the NSA revelations, Americans no longer feel safe
- By Gabriela Vatu
- November 11th, 2014
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
- 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
- By Gabriela Vatu
- November 7th, 2014
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
- 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