- Online Surveillance
- By Gabriela Vatu
- July 7th, 2014
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
- Editorials
- By Alexandra Arici
- July 5th, 2014
Wearable Gadgets: Are They Taking It a Little Too Far?
Those considering adopting a wearable should think if they really need one
- Online Surveillance
- By Gabriela Vatu
- July 3rd, 2014
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
- Online Surveillance
- By Gabriela Vatu
- July 2nd, 2014
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
- Online Surveillance
- By Gabriela Vatu
- July 1st, 2014
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
- Online Surveillance
- By Gabriela Vatu
- July 1st, 2014
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
- Online Surveillance
- By Gabriela Vatu
- July 1st, 2014
The NSA Was Given Permission to Spy on All but Four Countries
NSA's allies from the Five Eyes are not on the list
- Online Surveillance
- By Gabriela Vatu
- June 30th, 2014
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
- Online Surveillance
- By Gabriela Vatu
- June 28th, 2014
NSA Collects Millions of US Records, Targets Only 248 People
It's now clear that the NSA uselessly spies on everyone
- Online Surveillance
- By Gabriela Vatu
- June 28th, 2014
NSA Issues Misleading Transparency Report
Under one single order in 2013, the NSA collected data about 89,000 targets, but millions could be affected
- Online Surveillance
- By Gabriela Vatu
- June 27th, 2014
Germany's Govt Stops Working with Verizon over NSA Scandal Reuters
The ministries will from now on work with Deutsche Telekom
- General Business
- By Bogdan Popa
- June 25th, 2014
Microsoft Top Lawyer Wants Govt to Stop Spying Programs, Says Users' Trust Is Essential
Brad Smith talked about government's latest programs in a new conference
- General Business
- By Bogdan Popa
- June 20th, 2014
Microsoft Says the NSA Scandal Made Users Trust the Company Less
Consumers no longer trust American tech companies, it added
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- June 20th, 2014
NSA’s Retro Reflectors Reverse-Engineered
Researchers worked them out with a tiny transistor and a 2-inch wire
- Online Surveillance
- By Gabriela Vatu
- June 20th, 2014
Hackers Managed to Reverse-Engineer NSA's Device Spying Tools
They did this to point out system vulnerabilities
- Online Surveillance
- By Gabriela Vatu
- June 20th, 2014
US House Finally Takes Measures Against NSA Mass Surveillance
The move cuts down funds for NSA's backdoors in hardware and imposes the need for warrant, but it may not be enough
- Online Surveillance
- By Gabriela Vatu
- June 18th, 2014
NSA's Largest Listening Post in Europe Is in Germany
A report indicates just how close the NSA and Germany are