A provider of secure email communications closed abruptly in August. Now, a report suggests that it did so as an alternative to turning over its encryption tools to the FBI. Read more »
The FBI has shut down notorious online marketplace, Silk Road, and arrested the man who controls it. The news appears to creating upheaval in markets for Bitcoin, the currency used for… Read more »
The secret court that oversees America’s spy agencies explained (a bit) about why it believes the mass collection of phone records is legal under the Patriot Act and the Constitution. Read more »
Microsoft and Google are fighting for the right to reveal the number of surveillance requests they receive from the National Security Agency. New court filings that appeared on Friday provide new… Read more »
Only a handful of very large software and entertainment associations are permitted to use the official FBI logo to warn consumers about the perils of piracy. Until now, that is. Read more »
A Twitter account tied to hacking collective Anonymous is telling followers not to be discouraged by news that “top members” have been arres… Read more »