January 24, 2014

Sleepwalking Into Censorship: How Internet Freedom Is Under Threat

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In a US Court last week, the concept of net neutrality received a blow to the head from which it may not recover. Why is this important? N...
January 21, 2014

1981 Internet report

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December 16, 2013

Judge Deals Blow to NSA Phone Spying

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WASHINGTON—A federal judge on Monday ruled against the National Security Agency's collection of phone records, saying the program ...
December 12, 2013

Freakishly realistic telemarketing robots are denying they're robots

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This is how it starts, people. First we get our chatbots to sound and act realistic — and then we get them to convince everyone they'...
August 30, 2013

The Black Budget

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Covert action. Surveillance. Counterintelligence. The U.S. “black budget” spans over a dozen agencies that make up the National Intelligen...
August 29, 2013

50 years later, hotline to Moscow still relevant

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HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) - The Washington-Moscow Hot Line, used by U.S. and Russian leaders for frank discussions about crises including the ...
August 21, 2013

Blarney, Fairview, Oakstar, Lithium and Stormbrew

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WASHINGTON—The National Security Agency—which possesses only limited legal authority to spy on U.S. citizens—has built a surveillance netwo...
August 8, 2013

Email service Lavabit abruptly shut down citing government interference

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Founder of service reportedly used by Edward Snowden said he would not be complicit in 'crimes against the American people' If you ...
June 17, 2013

What We Need to Know About PRISM

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A lot remains uncertain about the number of users affected by the NSA PRISM surveillance program that is taking place, the extent to which...

U.S. gov't destroyed my chance for fair trial

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"If I target for example an email address, for example under FAA 702, and that email address sent something to you, Joe America, the a...