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House Committee Puts NSA on Notice Over Encryption Standards
A new amendment would remove the requirement that the National Institute of Standards and Technology consult with the NSA on encryption standards.
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Hacker-Informant "Sabu" Betrayed Anonymous – And Now Freed After "Extraordinary" FBI Cooperation
Anonymous condemned the court's decision, saying the FBI uses captured informants to "pacify online dissent and snuff out journalistic investigations into the U.S. government’s misconduct.”
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A Hyper-Spying Empire: How the U.S. Institutionalized Surveillance
The NSA's surveillance leviathan, funded by a black budget and presided over by a star-chamber court, suctions up inconceivable amounts of material from around the world.
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Pentagon Report: Scope of Intelligence Compromised by Snowden is "Staggering"
A classified assessment describes the impact of the leaks as 'grave.'
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Reset The Net: We’re Not Asking For Online Privacy – We’re Taking It Back
A broad-based coalition of online freedom organizations, Internet companies and advocacy groups have issued a call to "Reset the Net" on June 5, the anniversary of the Snowden leaks.
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Secrets, Lies and Snowden's Email: Why I Was Forced to Shut Down Lavabit
For the first time, the founder of an encrypted email startup that was supposed to insure privacy for all reveals how the FBI and the U.S. legal system made sure we don't have the right to much privacy in the first place.
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Cecily McMillan’s "Law Of Love" Suffers U.S. Injustice
The judge may have intended to send a message to those who dissent – and instead may have created a powerful messenger of dissent.
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The NSA Is Recording Every Cell Phone Call in the Bahamas
The National Security Agency is secretly intercepting, recording, and archiving the audio of virtually every cell phone conversation on the island nation of the Bahamas.
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Exposing The United States of Secrets
How did the government come to spy on millions of Americans?
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Today, I Help Keep the Internet Free
The Internet Is yours. If you do not stand up to be counted, you will lose this information and communication tool as you have come to know it.