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The Supreme Court Doesn’t Care About Your Privacy

The Supreme Court Doesn’t Care About Your Privacy

By Zach Walton October 10, 2012

After the September 11 terrorist attacks, the government began to implement programs that would “protect” the country and its citizens from future attacks. One of those plans was an amendment to FISA that would allow warrantless wiretapping of American citizens. …

NSA Develops Super-Secure Android Phone NSA Develops Super-Secure Android Phone
By · March 2, 2012 · 1 Comment

The National Security Agency has designed and built a series of Android phones intended to provide communications security for U.S. government staff. The phones were designed by the agency’s Information Assurance Directorate, which is responsible maintaining the U.S. government’s secure …

Technology
NSA Thinks Anonymous May Be A Threat To U.S. NSA Thinks Anonymous May Be A Threat To U.S.
By · February 21, 2012 · 2 Comments

It appears that Anonymous may pose more of a threat to the U.S. government than initially thought. The Wall Street Journal is reporting General Keith Alexander, director of the NSA, has said that Anonymous may be capable of taking down …

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Would You Want The NSA Monitoring The Internet? Would You Want The NSA Monitoring The Internet?
By · February 20, 2012

Cybersecurity is one of those funny things that is talked about, but nothing is really ever done about it. We can, and have implemented new safeguards on our infrastructure. It doesn’t change the fact that there isn’t a national standard …

Life
U.S. Launching Program To Detect Cyberattacks On Critical Infrastructure
By · July 8, 2010 · 2 Comments

The U.S. National Security Agency is launching a program called "Perfect Citizen" aimed at detecting cyberattacks on private companies and government agencies running critical infrastructure such as the electricity grid and nuclear power plants.

Perfect Citizen would rely on a set of sensors deployed in computer networks for critical infrastructure that would flag "unusual activity" signaling an impending cyberattack, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Technology
EFF Sues President Bush Over Internet Surveillance
By · September 21, 2008 · 69 Comments

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has filed a lawsuit against President George W. Bush and others in his administration for the illegal surveillance of emails and telephone calls without a warrant.

The suit also names the National Security Agency (NSA), Vice President Dick Cheney, Cheney’s chief of staff David Addington, and former Attorney General and White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales.

Business
Google Working Closely With Intelligence Agencies
By · March 31, 2008 · 7 Comments

The major intelligence agencies in the U.S. have turned to Google to help them better share and process information they have on security threats.

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No Wiretapping Immunity For Telecoms
By · March 17, 2008

The gauntlet has been laid down for the White House to pick up and veto a House bill that does not provide retroactive immunity for lawbreaking telecoms that wiretapped without warrants.

If AT&T and other big telcos fed the National Security Agency a stream of data pilfered from switching rooms, it may come out in court. However, President Bush has promised to veto any bill that lacks immunity for the telcos.

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EFF Reminds AT&T What It Said The First Time
By · August 10, 2007

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has sent a reminder to AT&T (and the rest of us) that at one time the company resisted government pressure to spy on US citizens, and even publicized it.

Life
In The Newsletter
French Fear The Blackberry
By · June 20, 2007

Since servers for the addictive Blackberry wireless mail service reside in places like the United States, some government workers in France have been told to eschew using those devices.

NSA Eyes Social Networking Sites
By · June 9, 2006

It was revealed last month that the National Security Agency has been tracking the phone calls of millions of Americans.

Telco Rollover Wins Verizon $50 Billion Lawsuit
By · May 15, 2006 · 2

Is this what they meant by “rollover minutes?” Verizon was slapped with a lawsuit for up to $50 billion last week over its involvement in supplying the National Security Agency (NSA) with customer phone records.

Qwest Told NSA To Bug Off
By · May 15, 2006

Requests for access to customer calls received the brushoff from Qwest’s former CEO, and the blogosphere has turned the beleaguered telecom into something of a hero.

What Am I Going to Do with 403 links?
By · March 30, 2006

I’m a big social bookmarker, perhaps too big. As I was looking at my account yesterday, I realize I have 403 links bookmarked at BlinkList.

Congress: NSA Requests? Yahoo: No Comment
By · February 16, 2006

During the Congressional smackdown on search engine companies over their business practices in China, one Congressman raised the issue of surveillance with Yahoo.

NSA Wiretaps, MySpace, and Virtual Surveillance
By · February 10, 2006

Earlier this week, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales faced questioning from the Senate Judiciary Committee, in regards to legitimacy of the Bush Administration’s NSA wiretapping surveillance program.

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