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5 crazy Scientology scandals that don’t appear in ‘Going Clear’

Filmmaker Alex Gibney could have made a whole miniseries with this stuff.

On Mar 30, 2015 by Miles Klee

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FBI director urges Congress to crack down on encryption

He doesn't want the smoking gun to be an encrypted email.

On Mar 26, 2015 by Aaron Sankin

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How social media makes us feel less upset about surveillance

Facebook is charging you something whether you like it or not.

On Mar 19, 2015 by [email protected]

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Police must sign an NDA to keep Stingray cellphone spying secret

More surveillance, more secrecy, more problems.

On Mar 16, 2015 by Dell Cameron

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Congresswoman wants the FBI to investigate Gamergate

We're sure Gamergate won't react hysterically to this news, no sir.

On Mar 11, 2015 by Eric Geller

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Why you should be encrypting your phone calls and texts

The barriers to entry are so low that there's really no reason not to.

On Mar 9, 2015 by S.E. Smith

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Ex-Anonymous hacker Sabu reviews ‘CSI: Cyber’

The infamous former member of Anonymous didn't find Bow Wow's hacking that believable.

On Mar 4, 2015 by Hector "Sabu" Monsegur

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Taking a virtual-reality tour of the Museum of Stolen Art

Have you seen these missing paintings?

On Mar 3, 2015 by Miles Klee

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The FBI is lobbying for more domestic spying permissions

FBI cites increased use of encryption to justify its bid to keep metadata collection programs.

On Feb 27, 2015 by Dylan Love

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Online threats to kill Obama lead to arrests of 3 NYC men who tried to join ISIS

They tried to take their virtual jihad into the real world.

On Feb 25, 2015 by Patrick Howell O'Neill

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FBI posts $3 million reward for most-wanted hacker

The suspect is said to be responsible for over $130 million in theft.

On Feb 24, 2015 by Patrick Howell O'Neill

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U.S. government indicts teenager with jihadist tweets for attempting to join ISIS

It started with tweets, but it didn't end there.

On Feb 19, 2015 by Patrick Howell O'Neill

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FBI admits to using fake cellphone towers to track Americans’ locations

We've known this for a while, but now the government is admitting it.

On Feb 17, 2015 by Kevin Collier

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ISIS supporters hijack Newsweek’s Twitter, threaten Michelle Obama

The hackers than angrily... posted screengrabs of widely available documents.

On Feb 10, 2015 by Kevin Collier

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Anthem insurance hack puts 80 million people at risk

Names, Social Security numbers, and physical addresses all appear to be stolen.

On Feb 5, 2015 by Kevin Collier