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Julian Assange Asks The US To Drop Wikileaks Investigation
Controversial publisher holds a press conference to mark the anniversary of his residence at the embassy of Ecuador in London
Government Has ‘Secret Policy’ To Intercept Facebook, Google And Twitter
Charles Farr statement reveals how the government could legally intercept people's social network data by separating internal and external comms
Microsoft Wants ‘Unfinished Business’ On Surveillance Reform Sorted
Microsoft's Brad Smith outlines five changes the company wants to see from the US government to rein in surveillance
Google Open Sources End-To-End Email Encryption
Open source effort should help email providers encrypt messages between one another
NSA Gathers Email Images For Facial Recognition
The NSA has reportedly stockpiled a huge database of 'facial recognition quality' images from intercepted Internet communications to help build profiles of suspects
Tech Titans Withdraw Support For NSA Reform Bill
Tech giants object to a US government reform bill of the NSA, saying the measures do not go far enough
China Urges US To Drop Cyber Espionage Charges
Five charged for cyber espionage in China, leading to outrage and claims the US is the one doing the hacking
Encrypted Web Traffic Spiked Since Snowden Leaks
Surveillance revelations appear to lead to big jump in SSL web encryption across the world
Glenn Greenwald: NSA Intercepted And Backdoored Servers
Journalist's book to reveal more details of NSA's efforts to spy on the Internet
Emails Reveal Google’s Close Working Relationship With NSA
NSA coordinated meetings with Google and other tech titans on mobile security
Anonymous Linux Distribution TAILS Reaches Release Version 1.0
The OS that helped Edward Snowden communicate with journalists is ready for prime time
Brazil ‘Internet Constitution’ Guarantees Privacy And Net Neutrality
Brazil passes legislation designed to protect web users ahead of global confernence on the future of Internet governance in the country
Lavabit Loses Contempt Of Court Appeal
Failure to hand over encryption keys could land Lavabit founder Levison with hefty fines
Snowden: NSA Targeted Human Rights Groups
Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch concerned about Snowden claims
Ex-GCHQ Head And David Blunkett Call For Spying Transparency
Former Home secretary David Blunkett and ex-director of GCHQ Sir David Omand both say the intelligence agency should be more transparent
Yahoo Launches Post-Snowden Security Boost
Yahoo's new CISO promises more after encryption drive
Government Requests For Google User Data Up 120 Percent In Four Years
Googles latest Transparency Report reveals a steep rise in government requests for data
Huawei Upset At NSA Hacking Reports
Huawei is outraged: it seems that the NSA was spying on it, while the US government accused it of spying for the Chinese
NSA ‘Can Collect All Phone Calls In One Nation’
NSA data collection even more vast than previously thought
IBM Denies Any Links To NSA Spying Program
IBM looks to reassure its clients and customers that it has not passed on their data to external sources
NSA Hits Out At ‘False’ Mass Hacking Allegations
The NSA vehemently denies mass hacking reports, as an exasperated Mark Zuckerberg contacts President Obama
Tim Berners-Lee: I Knew The Web Would Be Big
However, the inventor of the World Wide Web never thought his creation would facilitate the exchange of so many cat pictures
NSA Automates Cyber Crime Techniques For Mass Hacking
Snowden leaks show NSA wanted to ramp up its hacking efforts with automation
Edward Snowden Welcomes Debate On Surveillance, Warns The Fight Is Not Over
We need to encrypt everything, the whistleblower tells South by Southwest festival, over a live link from Moscow
Snowden Leaks Pit Technology Against Democracy, Says EU: CeBIT 2014
EU Commissioner Neelie Kroes says it is crucial that European data protection legislation is pushed through in 2014
Nick Clegg Launches A Review Of GCHQ Accountability
Deputy Prime Minister says a universally despised intelligence agency cannot protect the country
Snowden Leak: NSA And GCHQ Targeted WikiLeaks And Pirate Bay
WikiLeaks website visitors have their IP addresses scooped up by British snoops, fresh leaks show
Snowden Used Basic Web Scraping Tools In NSA Breach
Use of basic web crawlers leads to concern over the quality of the intelligence agency's security
Snowden Leak: GCHQ Targeted Anonymous With DoS Attacks
GCHQ attacked Anonymous with DoS attacks, knocking IRC chat rooms offline, whilst scaring members away by sending warning messages