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NYC may install police cameras in all 250,000 streetlights
The plan is currently in the 'early stages.'
Did Reddit uncover the ‘smoking gun’ that could take down Hillary Clinton?
Where there's smoke there's fire—unless it's all just an illusion.
Obama calls for bravery as police apprehend Chelsea bombing suspect
'We all have a role to play as citizens to make sure we don't succumb to that fear.'
FBI seeks 28-year-old suspect in NYC bombing
Ahmed Khan Rahami should be considered armed and dangerous, according to the FBI.
Dutch intelligence chief calls for backdoors into encrypted chat apps
The push for weakening encryption is picking up more steam around the globe.
Encryption backdoors lose steam in Congress
Technologists and an increasing number of lawmakers say encryption backdoors make little sense.
Hackers leak more confidential medical data for American Olympic athletes
It includes basketball player Brittney Griner and tennis player Bethanie Mattek-Sands.
Rep. Michael McCaul says Russians hacked the Republicans too but backtracks soon after
'The Russians have hacked into both parties at the national level.'
Edward Snowden makes his case for a presidential pardon in NYC
'Today, whistleblowing is democracy's safeguard of last resort.'
Russian hackers leak U.S. Olympic athlete data, allege widespread doping
WADA has confirmed the cyberattack is real.
U.S. ‘quietly’ asking Silicon Valley for help accessing encrypted communications
Encryption backdoors are not the answer, a Pentagon official says.
New push for encryption backdoors faces first big test on Capitol Hill
The Crypto Wars are back in Washington, D.C.
The megalomaniac dictator who hid the Door to Hell: Layer 8 Podcast
Meet the journalists and internet freedom fighters who try to get the truth into Turkmenistan.
WikiLeaks release excludes evidence of €2 billion transfer from Syria to Russia
WikiLeaks denies withholding any documents it received as part of its 'Syria Files' release.
U.S. congressman: Americans ‘will be shocked’ by government use of phone-spying tech
A House committee will soon investigate the use of Stingray surveillance technology.
Congress: U.S. ‘has never before been more vulnerable to cyberattacks’
A new congressional report on the 2014 OPM hack found major flaws in the agency's cybersecurity.
Meet Ahmed Mansoor, the world’s most spied-on man: Layer 8 Podcast
You may have recently updated your iPhone to patch security flaws. You can thank Ahmed Mansoor for that.
FBI director: ‘There is no such thing as absolute privacy in America’
FBI Director James Comey has vowed to reignite the encryption debate after the 2016 election.