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  • By Gabriela Vatu
  • August 4th, 2014
NSA Files Reveal US Has Become a Key Part of Israeli Attacks

NSA Files Reveal US Has Become a Key Part of Israeli Attacks

Israel gets a lot of help from the US, including via NSA

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  • By Gabriela Vatu
  • July 30th, 2014
USA Freedom Act Gets Introduced to US Senate, Seeks to Limit NSA Powers

USA Freedom Act Gets Introduced to US Senate, Seeks to Limit NSA Powers

The US lawmakers are making another effort to reform the NSA

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  • By Gabriela Vatu
  • July 29th, 2014
Researchers to US Govt: Here's What You Need to Do About the NSA

Researchers to US Govt: Here's What You Need to Do About the NSA

The NSA scandal has a deep impact on economy, foreign relations, and cybersecurity, despite what the White House says

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  • By Gabriela Vatu
  • July 29th, 2014
NSA Spying Activities Have Costly Impact on Private Sector, US as a Whole

NSA Spying Activities Have Costly Impact on Private Sector, US as a Whole

The widespread spying practices of the NSA are affecting more than just the US image all over the globe

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  • By Gabriela Vatu
  • July 28th, 2014
NSA Surveillance Threatens Press Freedom, Right to Counsel, Democracy, Report Shows

NSA Surveillance Threatens Press Freedom, Right to Counsel, Democracy, Report Shows

A new report from Human Rights Watch and ACLU looks at the effects of mass surveillance and it doesn't look good

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  • By Gabriela Vatu
  • July 28th, 2014
Judges Approving NSA's Surveillance Request Bought Verizon Stock

Judges Approving NSA's Surveillance Request Bought Verizon Stock

It doesn't bode well for the Judge in question

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  • By Gabriela Vatu
  • July 18th, 2014
Snowden: Intercepted Nude Pics Are Commonly Passed Around by NSA Employees

Snowden: Intercepted Nude Pics Are Commonly Passed Around by NSA Employees

NSA stuck to its classic statement claiming "zero tolerance" for such violations, but the reality seems different

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  • By Gabriela Vatu
  • July 15th, 2014
NIST Needs to Cut Ties with the NSA, Says Advisory Committee

NIST Needs to Cut Ties with the NSA, Says Advisory Committee

Following the NSA scandal, trust in NIST is low

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  • By Gabriela Vatu
  • July 14th, 2014
Snowden on UK Data Retention Law: The NSA Could Have Written the Draft

Snowden on UK Data Retention Law: The NSA Could Have Written the Draft

The Brits are in a hurry to give the intelligence agencies more powers, despite the entire international scandal

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  • By Gabriela Vatu
  • July 7th, 2014
90 Percent of People the NSA Spies on Are Not Targets

90 Percent of People the NSA Spies on Are Not Targets

Only a small fraction of the people the NSA spies on are doing anything illegal, but that doesn't stop the agency

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  • By Gabriela Vatu
  • July 3rd, 2014
NSA Sees Tor Users as Extremists, Also Targets People Looking for Encryption Tools

NSA Sees Tor Users as Extremists, Also Targets People Looking for Encryption Tools

Wanting to protect your content or to hide your tracks is enough to put you on NSA's list of people to keep an eye on

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  • By Gabriela Vatu
  • July 2nd, 2014
Independent Board Finds NSA Bulk Collection as Legal and Effective Against Terrorism

Independent Board Finds NSA Bulk Collection as Legal and Effective Against Terrorism

The board managed to somehow find some terrorist attempts thwarted by the NSA despite previous lack of evidence

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  • By Gabriela Vatu
  • July 1st, 2014
PayPal Freezes Accounts of NSA-Proof Service ProtonMail

PayPal Freezes Accounts of NSA-Proof Service ProtonMail

ProtonMail was asked if it had government approval to encrypt emails, although that's not a necessity

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  • By Gabriela Vatu
  • July 1st, 2014
NSA, FBI, and CIA Run Warrantless Searches on Americans' Data

NSA, FBI, and CIA Run Warrantless Searches on Americans' Data

The Director of National Intelligence had no qualms about exposing this in a letter sent to Senator Ron Wyden

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  • By Gabriela Vatu
  • July 1st, 2014
The NSA Was Given Permission to Spy on All but Four Countries

The NSA Was Given Permission to Spy on All but Four Countries

NSA's allies from the Five Eyes are not on the list

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  • By Gabriela Vatu
  • June 30th, 2014
New NSA Chief Plays Down Snowden Leaks Damage [NYT]

New NSA Chief Plays Down Snowden Leaks Damage [NYT]

Rogers has mentioned that the list of world leaders that the NSA spies on is mostly intact, as was expected

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  • By Gabriela Vatu
  • June 28th, 2014
NSA Collects Millions of US Records, Targets Only 248 People

NSA Collects Millions of US Records, Targets Only 248 People

It's now clear that the NSA uselessly spies on everyone

 
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