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Google And Yahoo Fibre Networks Allegedly Infiltrated By The NSA
The NSA could have harvested information from fibre optic channels connecting Google data centres
NSA Says Website Downtime Was Caused By Botched Update, Not DDoS
Rumours of Anonymous involvement surface on Twitter, but ultimately prove false
NSA Monitored 60 Million Spanish Phone Calls In One Month
Spanish authorities demand explanation after Snowdon documents reveal yet another mass surveillance operation
Facebook Could Face Investigation In Ireland Over PRISM Data
A group of Austrian law students demands action from the Irish privacy watchdog
French Government Outraged At The Extent Of NSA Spying
Prime Minister demands to know why the US spy agency recorded more than 70 million French phone calls in 30 days
NSA ‘Hacked Mexican Presidential Communications’
NSA hacked into email accounts of former Mexican president, fresh Snowden leaks show
Yahoo Adding Email Encryption After NSA Address Book Surveillance Revealed
Latest leaks suggest NSA grabbed 444,743 email address books from Yahoo in a single day
Skype Investigated In Luxembourg Over NSA Collaboration
Skype privacy called into question again, following Snowden revelations
Why The Army’s NSA Hates The Navy’s Tor Browser
It really hurts the Army's NSA to come up against the Navy's Tor encryption, says former naval officer Wayne Rash
Power Surges Hit ‘Cursed’ $1.4bn NSA Data Centre
Meltdowns reported at the NSA data storage site whose electricity was cursed by protesters
Privacy Bodies Take GCHQ Snooping Fight To EU Court
Complaints lodged with European Court of Human Rights as the Snowden leaks fallout spreads
Former CTO of NSA: ‘See Everything To Protect The Right Things’
Machine-generated data can enhance cyber security, says Prescott Winter during his keynote at .conf 2013
US Government Shutdown: Good News For Patent Trolls
Trolls can still file bogus patents, but the FTC can't fight them, thanks to the US government shutdown, says Wayne Rash
Caspar Bowden: I Don’t Trust My Ex-Employer Microsoft After NSA Leaks
Former Microsoft privacy advisor says he isn't convinced by the security offered by the company's tech
Microsoft Discloses 37,000 Law Enforcement Requests For 2013
For the first half of 2013 Microsoft received more than 37,000 data requests from global governments, not including national security inquiries
Big Data Developers Fear Government Snooping
Big data developers are concerned that government agencies are tracking their data, a survey reveals
Dropbox Joins Cloud Giants Calling For NSA Transparency
Dropbox says it needs to show detailed figures on national security requests if it is to be transparent
RSA Warns Customers About NSA Encryption Cracking
RSA is one of the first commercial companies to warn about issues with encryption after revelations about the NSA's meddling with standards
ICO To Investigate The Impact Of Snowden Revelations On Privacy
Christopher Graham wants to know if the NSA really had access to encrypted bank data
Mayer And Zuckerberg Hit Back Over NSA Surveillance Criticisms
Mayer says execs faced prison if they spoke out about surveillance requests, as Zuckerberg says US government "blew it"
Tech Titans Take Further Action On NSA Spying Transparency
Facebook, Google and Yahoo all lodge legal petitions to let them talk aboue NSA data requests
There Is No Way To Keep Your Data From The NSA
Even encryption won't stop the NSA. Wayne Rash warns of back doors in network adapters, which could siphon off data before it is encrypted.
Yahoo Transparency Report Shows Germany’s Personal Data Desire
Yahoo releases its first transparency report and the UK isn't in the top two for data requests for a change
NSA And GCHQ ‘Covertly Plant Vulnerabilities In Internet Encryption’
Intelligence agencies working inside tech companies to insert flaws in modern encryption, according to more of Snowden's leaks
Google And Microsoft To Sue US Government Over Surveillance Transparency
They might not get on usually, but Google and Microsoft have joined forces to fight the US government over transparency around data requests
NSA Illegally Scooped Up Thousands Of US Internet Communications
NSA wasn't honest about a snooping operation that scooped up rafts of US citizens' Internet communications, documents released by the US reveal
Let’s Hope Groklaw Comes Back
The open source law website Groklaw closed over privacy fears. Sean Michael Kerner hopes it comes back
NSA ‘Broke Privacy Rules Almost 3,000 Times In A Year’
Agency breaks rules designed to keep its surveillance in check thousands of times, according to an audit leaked by Edward Snowden
Obama Proposes Broad Surveillance Review
President Obama's proposed changes to the NSA's surveillance regime faces staunch opposition within Congress, while privacy advocates say it does not go far enough