Why Government Phone Spying Is Really About Big Data
• popsci.comVerizon has given the U.S. National Security Agency information on all its telephone calls for months. But it's not the calls' content the government is looking at—it's their context.
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Is This Mysterious Silicon Valley Company Helping The NSA Spy On Americans?
• popsci.comHey Palantir Technologies: Are you reading this right now?
The NSA Is Building the Country’s Biggest Spy Center (Watch What You Say)
• Wired.comThe spring air in the small, sand-dusted town has a soft haze to it, and clumps of green-gray sagebrush rustle in the breeze.
Now We Are All Persons of Interest: Patriot Act Author Slams Surveillance As Excessive
• Common DreamsWe now have disclosure that under a secret program code-named PRISM, the NSA and FBI are tapping directly into nine Internet giants, including Google, Facebook, Apple andYouTube, along with AT&T, Sprint and God knows who else.
The Guardian: Verizon has been giving all of the company's US phone records to NSA
• The GuardianFor more than a month, Verizon Wireless has regularly provided the National Security Agency with logs of every phone call that Verizon Wireless customers make in the United States, according to a new report by British publication The Guardian.
Deadline Looms for Suspect to Decrypt Laptop, or Go Directly to Jail
• Wired.com
Disney's Electronic Wristband Illustrates Why Big Companies Push Contactless Wallets
• Technologyreview.comAn electronic WristBand will track people around Disney World; contactless wallets like Google’s allow similar data collection in the real world.
Google and the NSA Connection
• BATR.OrgThe data mining technology that is integral to the Google AdWords experience is a power tool in creating an individual profile for anyone who surfs the web.
It's Time To Protect Your Data - We'll Make It Fast, Easy and Risk-Free
• CryptoHippies.ComCryptohippie gives you military-grade technology in an easy-to-use form. You don't need to be a tech expert to use our system. It was built by top professionals but designed for average computer users.
Confirmed: US government records ALL private telephone calls
• naturalnews.comThere is no such thing as privacy in America anymore, as evidenced by the fact that our own government violates the Constitution's Fourth Amendment on a daily basis - for our own good, of course.
Mall Cop Goes Berserk Trying to Prevent Photos Being Taken of Accident
• http://www.dailypaul.com, by JO4RPA security guard for an Ohio shopping mall [Ohio Valley Mall in St. Clairsville] made a complete fool of herself as she tried to prevent people from taking photos of a truck that ended up in a ravine on mall property.
Congress Questions Larry Page Over Google Glass
• tomshardware.comCongress wants to know how Google plans to protect consumers using and not using Google Glass.
Google's Plan To Take Over The World
• Business InsiderGoogle's big keynote at its I/O developers conference this week wore me out.
Lawsuit Says IRS Illegally Seized 60 Million Health Records
• NextGovA lawsuit filed in California accuses the Internal Revenue Service of illegal seizure of 60 million electronic health care records belonging to 10 million Americans.
What Information Can The Justice Department Get From Your Phone Records?
• http://www.popsci.com, By Kelsey D. AthertonThe U.S. Department of Justice has subpoenaed the Associated Press's telephone records. How much data will officials have access to?
The IRS wants YOU — to share everything
• DAVID NATHER, TARINI PARTI and BYRON TAUThe Internal Revenue Service asked tea party groups to see donor rolls.It asked for printouts of Facebook posts. And it asked what books people were reading.
'Abuse of Power': Obama's DOJ Blasted for Seizure of AP Phone Records
• http://www.commondreams.org, Jon QueallyNews agency calls behavior 'unprecedented intrusion' and demands all records be destroyed
Tiny Device Will Detect Domestic Drones
• http://www.usnews.com, By Jason KoeblerWorried about an unmanned plane looking into your window? This small detector could alert you when robot planes buzz past
Biometric Database of All Adult Americans Hidden in Immigration Reform
• Wired.comThe immigration reform measure the Senate began debating yesterday would create a national biometric database of virtually every adult in the U.S., in what privacy groups fear could be the first step to a ubiquitous national identification system.
We're the Most Spied Upon People of All Time!
• M.D. CreekmoreExperience the Thrill of Being Spied on Via Warrantless Data Mining, Wiretaps, and Facial Recognition
Pentagon: Chinese government, military behind cyberspying
• Ernesto Londoño via The Washington PostCyber-espionage targeting U.S. government and business entities appears “to be attributable to the Chinese government and military,” the Pentagon charged Monday in the U.S. government’s most explicit public accusation to date against Beijing.
Are all telephone calls recorded and accessible to the US government?
• Glenn Greenwald via LewRockwell.comA former FBI counterterrorism agent claims on CNN that this is the case
1,856 to Zero: Secret Spy Court Authorizes 100% of US Government Requests
• Common DreamsIn court where civilians have no representative, government's "national security" claims win again and again
Juan Enriquez: Your online life, permanent as a tattoo
• ted.comWhat if Andy Warhol had it wrong, and instead of being famous for 15 minutes, we’re only anonymous for that long? In this short talk, Juan Enriquez looks at the surprisingly permanent effects of digital sharing on our personal privacy.
IRS to Spy on Our Shopping Records, Travel, Social Interactions
• Washingtons Blog…Health Records and Files from Other Government Investigators
Secretive Spy Court Approved Nearly 2,000 Surveillance Requests in 2012
• David Kravets via WIRED.comA secretive federal court last year approved all of the 1,856 requests to search or electronically surveil people within the United States “for foreign intelligence purposes,” the Justice Department reported this week.
Juan Enriquez: Your online life, permanent as a tattoo
• ted.comWhat if Andy Warhol had it wrong, and instead of being famous for 15 minutes, we’re only anonymous for that long? In this short talk, Juan Enriquez looks at the surprisingly permanent effects of digital sharing on our personal privacy.
Crowdfund A Shield That Protects Against Snooping Drones
• Kelsey D. Atherton via PopSci.comAnd calm your drone-panicked nerves!
Law Requiring Warrants for E-Mail Wins Senate Committee Approval
• David Kravets via WIRED.comA Senate committee today backed sweeping privacy protections requiring the government, for the first time, to get a probable-cause warrant to obtain e-mail and other content stored in the cloud.
CISPA 'Dead For Now': 'Privacy Killer' Bill Hits A Wall In The Senate
• Business InsiderThe controversial Cyber Information Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) is likely to die in the Senate, according to US News.
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