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Ex-CIA head quits Trump team amid intelligence standoff over Russian election hacks

'I didn't want to fly under false colors,' James Woolsey said.

On Jan 6, 2017 by Dell Cameron

Tech

Tor Project addresses servers allegedly used by Russian hackers

'Clearly the evidence they have that these are Russian hackers isn't what they released,' said Tor Project Director Shari Steele.

On Jan 5, 2017 by Dell Cameron

Tech

U.K. police arrest teenage hacker who allegedly broke into CIA director’s email

The young man is also suspected of leaking thousands of FBI and DHS employees' personal data.

On Feb 12, 2016 by William Turton

Tech

FBI director invokes San Bernardino attack in defense of anti-encryption narrative

James Comey denied wanting a 'backdoor' but said that some kind of encryption workaround was needed.

On Feb 9, 2016 by Eric Geller

Tech

Civil-liberties groups ask the government to detail surveillance statistics

More than two dozen groups want answers.

On Oct 29, 2015 by Eric Geller

Tech

Your complete guide to the 5 cybersecurity bills in Congress

What's the difference between CISA and CISPA? Here's what you need to know—and a whole lot more.

On Apr 24, 2015 by Eric Geller

Tech

Here’s the court ruling that let the NSA track your email

For years the NSA collected the metadata from Americans' emails. Monday night, the 2004 ruling on the program was finally released. 

On Nov 19, 2013 by Joe Kloc

Tech

NSA metadata collection program swept up Americans’ credit card numbers

Here's a breakdown of the declassified documents that reveal how it happened. 

On Nov 19, 2013 by Joe Kloc

Tech

Germany’s Merkel to Obama: Monitoring is ‘completely unacceptable’

German Chancellor Angela Merkel phoned Obama, warning the president that such spying was "completely unacceptable."

On Oct 23, 2013 by Joe Kloc

Tech

U.S. denies NSA recorded millions of French phone conversations

James Clapper denies that the NSA recorded 70 million French phone conversations in a one month period. But should we believe him?

On Oct 23, 2013 by Joe Kloc

Tech

Gems mined from the NSA documents and FISA court opinions released this week

The EFF covers the highlights from the NSA documents they just obtained in a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit.

On Sep 11, 2013 by [email protected]

Internet Culture Via

Activists forced courts to declassify NSA docs, even if U.S. won’t admit it

The EFF won the right to that court opinion that finds evidence of NSA misconduct. So why is the government claiming it's releasing it "in the interest of increased transparency"?

On Aug 22, 2013 by Kevin Collier

Tech

Head of U.S. intelligence joins Tumblr, forgets to add GIFs

Hey, welcome to our Tumblr! Here, we [REDACTED].

On Aug 22, 2013 by Kevin Collier

Tech

U.S. admits NSA tracked email metadata until 2011

The NSA tracked who you emailed, who emailed you, and when. But not actually what you said.

On Jul 31, 2013 by Kevin Collier

Internet Culture News

Is the NSA trying to release secret surveillance documents before Snowden does?

In an effort to temper concerns about NSA spying, the Director of National Intelligence will declassify documents about NSA surveillance operations.

On Jul 30, 2013 by Joe Kloc

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