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Cell Phone Users Beware: How to Protect Yourself from Government Spying
13 Android Apps to Protect Your Privacy
Phil Zimmermann, Creator of PGP, Quote on Government & Crypto from 1996
Phil Zimmermann, the creator of PGP, successfully predicted an incident similar to the one happening right now with PRISM and the NSA over 17 years ago.
Keep It Simple: Yet Another Wrap-Up of Privacy Tools
…as one former NSA official noted, “You have to assume everything is being collected.” (Read More) Source: I’m not willing to trade privacy (defined by people being able to…
Data Security Is a Classroom Worry, Too
Experts warn that educators may be embracing technology without doing enough to secure student data.
Where Orwell got it wrong
In his novel 1984, George Orwell forecasted a dystopian society 36 years in the future, in which an all-powerful state uses advanced technology to exert totalitarian control over the thoughts, words…
New NSA Leak Sheds Light on Encrypted Data Retention
Two more leaked NSA documents explain how the spy agency handles encrypted data it collects from non-U.S. persons and how long it’s retained.
What is the encryption standard used for resolving wireless security issues
The First Web-based Console to Control Encryption
Leaked NSA Doc Says It Can Collect And Keep Your Encrypted Data As Long As
If you use privacy tools, according to the apparent logic of the National Security Agency, it doesn't much matter if you're a foreigner or an American: Your communications are subject to an extra dose of surveillance. Since 29-year-old systems administrator Edward Snowden began leaking secret documentation of the NSA's broad surveillance [...]
The Government Is Watching You: 8 Ways to Disappear Online
Internet users, spooked by US spying, seek tools to hide presence on web
News of the US National Security Agency's surveillance has sent web users scrambling to find new ways to avoid tracking. It might have seemed paranoid not long ago when internet users used tools to hide their tracks, "shred" data or send self-destructing messages.
Full NSA access built into every Windows OS since 1997
‘Do Not Extradite Snowden!’: Hundreds Of Protesters In The Streets Of Hong
Flashback: NSA intercepted and mocked soldiers’ phone calls as far back as
PRISM update: Recent reports you definitely shouldn’t miss
More than a week after the PRISM story first broke, you might have reached saturation point when it comes to news and discussion about it. That's understandable, and it seems like some ...
NSA admits listening to U.S. phone calls without warrants
The Snowden Principle
At the heart of Edward Snowden's decision to expose the NSA's massive phone and Internet spying programs was a fundamental belief in the people's right-to-know. "My sole motive is to inform the public as to that which is done in their name and that which is done against them," he …
"You Now Have To Assume Everything Is Beling Collected"
ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero
There soon will be no “offline”
In response to the ongoing NSA debacle, I’ve heard and read a lot of people discussing “going off the grid”. Examples would be using more cash instead of credit cards, not purchasing things online…
Secret to Prism program: Even bigger data seizure
Why, What and How to Encrypt: Security Expert Insights
News and Analysis on Big Data, the Cloud, BI and Analytics
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Encryption software set to make phone, internet monitoring hard
Governments will not be able to detect every suspicious interaction that takes place on phone and Internet networks, experts have said.
Enforcing Desktop Encryption for Healthcare
Keeping Your Data Private from the NSA (and Everyone Else)
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David vs. Goliath: how to protect yourself from bulk data tracking
Since the NSA's mass data collection against Americans is the hot topic du jour, some of you may be wondering what the average American can do to reduce their digital "footprint" in the name of privacy. The below primer is an effort to collect various techniques in one convenient place...