January 8th, 2016
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Zoom ProPublica Launches the Dark Web’s First Major News Site | WIRED Andy Greenberg writes: “On Wednesday, ProPublica became the first known major media outlet to launch a version of its site that runs as a “hidden service” on the Tor network, the...

ProPublica Launches the Dark Web’s First Major News Site | WIRED

Andy Greenberg writes: 

On Wednesday, ProPublica became the first known major media outlet to launch a version of its site that runs as a “hidden service” on the Tor network, the anonymity system that powers the thousands of untraceable websites that are sometimes known as the darknet or dark web. The move, ProPublica says, is designed to offer the best possible privacy protections for its visitors seeking to read the site’s news with their anonymity fully intact. Unlike mere SSL encryption, which hides the content of the site a web visitor is accessing, the Tor hidden service would ensure that even the fact that the reader visited ProPublica’s website would be hidden from an eavesdropper or Internet service provider.

(Source: Wired)

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July 22nd, 2015
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Do we really want to live in a world where no one is allowed to make mistakes?
Do Cheaters Deserve to Have Their Lives Ruined? – The Cut

(Source: New York Magazine)

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May 15th, 2015
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This Free Tool Scans Computers For Government Surveillance Software
Reblogged from Afterthoughts
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May 11th, 2015
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Zoom The Vindication of Edward Snowden “A federal appeals court has ruled that one of the NSA programs he exposed was illegal. ”

The Vindication of Edward Snowden

A federal appeals court has ruled that one of the NSA programs he exposed was illegal. 

(Source: The Atlantic)

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May 6th, 2015
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Most people realize that emails and other digital communications they once considered private can now become part of their permanent record.

But even as they increasingly use apps that understand what they say, most people don’t realize that the words they speak are not so private anymore, either.

Top-secret documents from the archive of former NSA contractor Edward Snowden show the National Security Agency can now automatically recognize the content within phone calls by creating rough transcripts and phonetic representations that can be easily searched and stored.
How the NSA Converts Spoken Words Into Searchable Text - The Intercept

(Source: firstlook.org)

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August 13th, 2014
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Zoom WIRED’s James Bamford spent three days with Edward Snowden, the most time any journalist has spent with Snowden since he arrived in Russia in June 2013. Read Bamford’s full account of his time with the whistleblower in The Most Wanted Man in the...

WIRED’s James Bamford spent three days with Edward Snowden, the most time any journalist has spent with Snowden since he arrived in Russia in June 2013.

Read Bamford’s full account of his time with the whistleblower in The Most Wanted Man in the World | WIRED

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June 25th, 2014
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The Supreme Court struck a major blow in favor of digital privacy Wednesday by ruled that police generally need a warrant before searching the cell phone or personal electronic device of a person arrested.

Writing for a nearly unanimous court Wednesday, Chief Justice John Roberts said searches of digital devices for information are not comparable to searches law enforcement officers often conduct for contraband after making an arrest.
SCOTUS rules warrants needed for cell phone search - Josh Gerstein and Tal Kopan - POLITICO.com

(Source: politico.com)

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May 13th, 2014
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EU court backs 'right to be forgotten': Google must amend results on request

Individuals have right to control their data and can ask search engines to remove results, says European court

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May 2nd, 2014
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Zoom Privacy Badger Protects You from Online Tracking

Privacy Badger Protects You from Online Tracking

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February 27th, 2014
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A whole new level of violation of our users’ privacy
UK spy agency intercepted webcam images of millions of Yahoo users (via guardian)
Reblogged from The Guardian
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