Joe Kloc
Joe Kloc is a former Daily Dot contributor who covered technology and policy. He's contributed to Newsweek and Mother Jones, discussed his reporting on air with WNYC, and written Weekly Reviews for Harper's Magazine.
According to one heatmap, a disproportionate amount of information is captured from Brazil … but why?
On Jul 25, 2013 by Joe Kloc
The National Security Agency has come under fire for collecting loads of data, including email, from people worldwide. But, apparently, its own email system isn't that great.
On Jul 23, 2013 by Joe Kloc
Snowden's lawyer says he's "planning to arrange his life" in Russia.
The US gave a German intelligence agency access to one of its key surveillance programs, “XKeyscore.”
On Jul 22, 2013 by Joe Kloc
A former supervisor testified that Manning said he felt no allegiance to the U.S.
On Jul 20, 2013 by Joe Kloc
The charge carries with it a maximum sentence of death.
On Jul 18, 2013 by Joe Kloc
Snowden has become one of Russia's most valuable bargaining chips, even if this prisoner swap is never going to happen.
On Jul 17, 2013 by Joe Kloc
"I believe you have done the right thing," Gordon Humphrey, former Republican Senator from New Hampshire, wrote to Snowden.
On Jul 16, 2013 by Joe Kloc
Drew Crawford's post points out that perhaps the biggest flaw in online security today is how little users understand of it.
The company lost a major lawsuit in Ecuador last year, and is demanding metadata from Microsoft, Yahoo, and Google to build a racketeering case against the plaintiffs.
On Jul 15, 2013 by Joe Kloc
There was one significant risk Facebook didn't disclose before its initial public offering: the company's participation in an NSA operation.
According to an NSA whistleblower, the agency's Internet surveillance operations—including PRISM—fall under one umbrella, known as FAIRVIEW.
On Jul 12, 2013 by Joe Kloc
The Guardian reports that Microsoft was a more active participant in the NSA's PRISM surveillance program than previously realized.
On Jul 11, 2013 by Joe Kloc
The two "upstream" programs collect data directly from fiber optic cables, but details about that data remain sparse.
A hacker known as the Jester threatened to leak documents that would implicate some of Venezuela's government officials in the illegal drug trade.
On Jul 10, 2013 by Joe Kloc
