by Joe Williams. Edward Snowden, the computer whiz who blew the whistle on widespread surveillance against American citizens, speaks for himself in a real-life spy thriller. From a Hong Kong hideout to a temporary Russian haven, documentarian Laura Poitras and reporter Glenn Greenwald uncover the story in virtual real time. ... MORE
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"The Most Important Film Of The 21st Century"
by Joe Williams. Edward Snowden, the computer whiz who blew the whistle on widespread surveillance against American citizens, speaks for himself in a real-life spy thriller. From a Hong Kong hideout to a temporary Russian haven, documentarian Laura Poitras and reporter Glenn Greenwald uncover the story in virtual real time. ... MOREThe American Government Treats All Of Us As Suspects
Everyone is a target says whistleblower Edward Snowden. The US intelligence whistleblower Edward Snowden has warned that entire populations, rather than just individuals, now live under constant surveillance. “It's no longer based on the traditional practice of targeted taps based on some individual suspicion of wrongdoing,” he said. ... MORE
Will Congress Codify NSA's Sweeping Surveillance Power?
by Brendan Sasso. Supporters and critics of the National Security Agency are preparing for a showdown on Capitol Hill over how to reform the agency in the wake of the leaks by Edward Snowden. Defenders of the agency — primarily the leaders of the House and Senate Intelligence committees — are preparing legislation that would increase ... MORESenator Calls To Scrap Key Patriot Act Snooping Provision
by Stephen Dinan. The Senate’s
senior lawmaker said Tuesday that its time to end the Patriot Act power
that the intelligence community has relied on to collect all Americans’
phone records, saying it isn’t making the country safer. “In my view, and I’ve discussed this with the White House, the Section 215 collection of Americans’ phone records ... MOREWhy NSA's PRISM Program Should Terrify America
by Al Maurer. When the government says it is not reading the content of your emails and other digital communications, just collecting the “metadata,” rather than being reassured, you should be alarmed. Let’s see how this works. When you send a letter to someone the contents are sealed inside an envelope and no one other than ... MOREObama's Assurances About NSA Surveillance Ring Hollow
by Jacob Sullum. Last Friday, in an interview with CNN, President Obama
acknowledged that "the capabilities of the NSA are scary to
people." The challenge for him, he
explained at a press conference earlier this month, is "how do
I make the American people more comfortable" with the National
Security Agency's routine collection of ... MORE"Most Serious Attacks On Free Speech We've Ever Seen"
Josh Levy on the NSA' state surveillance programs. August 24, 2013 "Information Clearing House - The NSA's state surveillance programs are anti-democratic and unconstitutional. They could be the most serious attacks on free speech we’ve ever seen. On Sunday, U.K. intelligence officers held Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald’s ... MORENSA Surveillance Reach Far Greater Than Thought
The spies are everywhere. The National Security Agency's surveillance network has the capacity to spy on 75 percent of all U.S. Internet traffic, The Wall Street Journal reports. Citing current and former NSA officials for the 75 percent figure,
the paper reported that the agency can observe more of Americans' online
communications than ... MORE
The Surveillance Reforms Supported By Candidate Obama
by Kara Brandeisky. When the House of Representatives recently considered an amendment that would have dismantled the NSA’s bulk
phone records collection program, the White House swiftly condemned the measure. But only five years ago, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. was part of a group of legislators
that supported substantial changes to NSA ... MOREBrae Jaeger: Your Place In The Database
Don't think for a moment you're not important. Regarding the American surveillance state, it seems that the truth comes out a little at a time. We learned about the FBI's Carnivore in the 1990s, which the copied internet data of people whom the agency deemed "reasonably suspicious." In September 2001, we saw the worst attacks on ... MOREDuckDuckGo, PRISM And The New Business Of Privacy
by Ricardo Bilton. One the most valuable things in the world right now is your data. For Facebook and Google, your data is a window into your soul, your interests, and your buying habits. It’s how they can convince advertisers that giving them money makes sense. It’s how they’ve gotten rich. But the rise of data companies has also given birth to more ... MOREDaniel J. Flynn: The Real Creepy-Ass Crackers
A society of exhibitionists invites a government of voyeurs. If Americans were honest, we would change our national anthem from Francis Scott Key’s “Star Spangled Banner” to Rockwell’s 1984 hit “Somebody’s Watching Me.” The lyric “can the people on TV see me” surely fits America 2013 better than a dated 1814 reference to “the land of the free.” ... MOREByron Acohido: Privacy Tools Can Curtail PRSIM Tracking
Surf in a "Cocoon." Powerful privacy tools you can use to curtail how big tech companies — and sometimes the federal government — track your every step on the Internet have been available for years. Thanks to whistle-blower Edward Snowden these privacy tools have emerged from the fringes of the Internet into the limelight. "It's not just the ... MORENSA Copies All Internet Data, Creates Dossiers On Users
The extent of government lawlessness is massive. The Associated Press dropped a bombshell report yesterday that claims the NSA's secret Internet spy program Prism is just a small part of a much more "expansive and intrusive" digital spying effort. According to the AP, the NSA copies ALL INTERNET traffic in and out of the United ... MOREVIDEO: The NSA's Future Crime Unit
A lawless government based on a general warrant by a secret court. The United States was created in part to explicitly reject the abuses of King George. One of those abuses, so-called "general warrants," allowed police to search homes and businesses without evidence of a crime. The broad collection of Americans' phone records, e-mail correspondence and purchase records has largely occurred without suspicion of criminal activity. Jim Harper, director of information policy studies at the Cato Institute, comments on the redefinition of privacy by the National Security Agency.
Wary Of Tracking, Users Flock To DuckDuckGo
by Nidhi Subbaraman. First news of the government's Web tracking program PRISM broke late
last Thursday, and by Friday, traffic at the indie search engine
DuckDuckGo was on the upswing. The tagline on its homepage: "Search anonymously." "You could notice the difference almost immediately," Gabriel Weinberg, DuckDuckGo's founder ... MORE
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