Tracking how we’re being watched—and how the internet reacts every time we find out.
The British Library crowdsourced a Magna Carta for Internet rights
Magna Carta 2.0 is long overdue.
On Jun 8, 2015 by Eric Geller
Bernie Sanders vs. Hillary Clinton: Where they stand on the big 2016 issues
Are you a Bernie booster or a Hillary head? Or neither?
On May 1, 2015 by Aaron Sankin
Edward Snowden tells you what encrypted messaging apps you should use
Here are some privacy apps endorsed by Edward Snowden
On Mar 6, 2015 by Dell Cameron
This device is like an anti-drone forcefield for your home
Plug it into your wall, and set it to disable wireless surveillance.
On Feb 28, 2015 by Selena Larson
Want to protect yourself from police abuse? Buy a dashcam
It’s a little purchase that could go a long way.
On Feb 19, 2015 by Gillian Branstetter
How ‘Terminator’ defines our fear of robots after 30 years
Thirty years later, we’re still afraid of Skynet.
On Oct 29, 2014 by Gillian Branstetter
GoPro, drones, and smartphones: The modern surveillance society
Yet it is far harder to get away from a camera than even Orwell imagined.
On Jun 13, 2014 by Nicholas White
How a major bank and the U.S. government joined forces to spy on Anonymous
According to new information, Bank of America solicited information about social activists from various federal agencies, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
On Jan 7, 2014 by Dell Cameron
After Snowden leaks, daily adoption rate of PGP encryption triples
Kristian Fiskerstrand cautions that more users trying it out now doesn’t necessarily mean they’ll adopt the practice permanently.
On Jul 31, 2013 by Patrick Howell O’Neill
How the NSA used 9/11 to collect your telephone metadata
Just a month after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the NSA began compiling vast amounts of Americans’ metadata—and it hasn’t stopped since.
On Jul 24, 2013 by Kevin Collier
Snowden: The U.K.’s spying operation is worse than PRISM
The U.K.’s GCHQ has tapped directly into fiber-optic cables to intercept communications, Snowden and another Guardian source claim.
On Jun 21, 2013 by Kris Holt
U.S. shared PRISM data with Dutch intelligence agency
Dutch intelligence agencies have received info from the U.S. National Security Agency’s broad online surveillance program.
On Jun 11, 2013 by Kevin Collier
This could be how PRISM actually works
The NSA doesn’t need a secret back door to Google’s servers to get the information it wants.
On Jun 7, 2013 by Kevin Collier
Does the NSA’s PRISM spying program violate EU law?
President Obama claims PRISM isn’t targeting American citizens. That doesn’t do much to reassure European governments.
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