President Obama finally spoke up in detail about the controversial surveillance practices exposed by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden. The speech was also significant for what he didn’t say. Read more »
Amidst the ongoing controversy over phone carriers’ role in a surveillance scandal, AT&T says it will publish data about government requests for customer information. Read more »
Verizon is joining companies like Google and Facebook in deciding to publish a report that states how often the government asks for subscriber data. Read more »
A panel appointed by the White House to report on the NSA’s surveillance tactics has responded with surprising recommendations to rein in the agency. Read more »
The government’s claim that it “minimizes” spies’ access to a giant phone database is laughable in light of an important new court ruling that cites Domino’s Pizza and the Beatles to… Read more »
Google’s latest Transparency Report, which shows government data demands, has a more aggressive tone than previous ones — which is not surprising, since it is the company’s first report since the… Read more »
The legal fight over tech companies’ right to disclose information about government surveillance got a big boost from Apple this week. Here’s a look at its legal filing. Read more »
Google employees are raining f-bombs — and interesting observations — about how they see the NSA’s decision to break into the company’s private databases. Read more »
There has been a lot of speculation over whether recent disclosures about America’s extensive spy programs will harm the country’s economic interests. Now, in one of the first concrete examples of… 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 »