GigaomSupreme Court rejects challenge to NSA program over Verizon phone records
Advocacy group EPIC’s unusual request for the Supreme Court to rule on a controversial program to collect phone records was turned aside. Read more »
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Advocacy group EPIC’s unusual request for the Supreme Court to rule on a controversial program to collect phone records was turned aside. Read more »
America’s spy agency has been asking government officials to “share their Rolodexes” as part of an extensive program to listen in on the calls of world leaders. Read more »
The United States paid to build the Tor network, which provides a secure way to communicate for everyone, including the military and dissidents. Why, then, is it also trying to compromise… Read more »
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 »
In response to a lawsuit brought by the ACLU, a secret spy court has ordered the federal government to declassify decisions (issued by the spy court) that authorized the NSA to… Read more »
New leaks reveal how the government is using a massive secret program to break into personal, business and financial communications long considered secure. Here’s the most important takeaways. Read more »