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Tag: Privacy

Major technology companies building technical defenses against NSA

June 6th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Civil Liberties, Core Topics, Technology

Major technology companies building technical defenses against NSA The New York Times reports that technology giants like Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, and Facebook are finally resisting

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NSA chief: Snowden “probably not” a Russian spy

June 4th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Civil Liberties, Core Topics, Technology, World Community

NSA chief: Snowden “probably not” a Russian spy The head of the National Security Agency has admitted the NSA doesn’t believe it likely that Edward

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U.S. Marshals seize local cops’ spying records to keep them from ACLU

June 3rd, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Civil Liberties, Core Topics, Technology

U.S. Marshals seize local cops’ spying records to keep them from ACLU In a move that staff for the American Civil Liberties Union are calling

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The real origins of the religious right

May 27th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Civil Liberties, Core Topics, Media & Culture

The real origins of the religious right “They’ll tell you it was abortion. Sorry, the historical record’s clear: It was segregation,” writes Randall Balmer in

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Ron Wyden calls former CIA Director’s attack on Senator Feinstein outrageous

April 7th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Civil Liberties, Core Topics, National Defense

General Hayden unfortunately has a long history of misleading the American public – he did it on domestic surveillance when he was the head of

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NSA spying revelations are costing American technology companies

March 21st, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Civil Liberties, Core Topics

It’s clear to every single tech company that this is affecting their bottom line. — Daniel Castro, a senior analyst at the Information Technology and

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Mark Zuckerberg rebukes Obama administration over NSA spying

March 13th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Civil Liberties, Core Topics, Technology

When our engineers work tirelessly to improve security, we imagine we’re protecting you against criminals, not our own government. The U.S. government should be the

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Snowden says he raised NSA concerns internally over ten times before leaking documents

March 7th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Civil Liberties, Core Topics, Technology

I had reported these clearly problematic programs to more than ten distinct officials, none of whom took any action to address them. — Edward Snowden, explaining

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Amazing mind reader reveals his ‘gift’

September 25th, 2012 Andrew Villeneuve Civil Liberties, Core Topics, Technology

Digital privacy public service announcement: Dave is an extremely gifted clairvoyant who finds out specific financial information. This video reveals the magic behind the magic,

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EFF, ACLU to appeal dismissal of spying cases

June 6th, 2009 Andrew Villeneuve Unscheduled Programming

EFF, ACLU to appeal dismissal of spying cases The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) have announced they will ask

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