'Your Genome Isn't Really Secret,' Says Google Ventures's Bill Maris

10-21-2015 • http://www.bloomberg.com

The venture capitalist wants to extend human life expectancy, and he says fears over privacy and the security of DNA data shouldn't stand in the way.

Apple, Google and Twitter among 22 tech companies opposing Cisa bill

10-21-2015 • The Guardian

Many of the world's top technology companies are against cybersecurity plans before US Senate on privacy grounds, according to a new poll

Apple CEO Defends Encryption, Opposes Government Back Door

10-20-2015 • Bloomberg

Apple Inc.'s Chief Executive Officer and the director of the National Security Agency squared off on Monday in a debate over how much access technology companies should afford U.S. intelligence agencies.

Facebook Now Warns Users of State-Sponsored Attacks

10-19-2015 • Wired

IN 2012, GOOGLE began notifying its users if it believed those people's accounts or computers were at risk of a state-sponsored attack. Three years later, Facebook has now followed suit, the latest in a string of security-conscious measures the soc

The NYPD is using X-ray vans that can see into cars and homes

10-16-2015 • http://www.businessinsider.com, IB Times UK

The New York Police Department is using super-secret X-ray vans and it is something the authorities want to keep tight-lipped.

Video: Edward Snowden, Glenn Greenwald & David Miranda Call for Global Privacy Treaty

10-02-2015 • popularliberty.com

NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Glenn Greenwald, Brazilian privacy activist David Miranda and others have launched a new campaign to establish global privacy standards.

How a Single Car Could Spread Malware to Thousands More

10-01-2015 • Wired

Now an automotive security researcher is calling attention to yet another potential inroad to a car's sensitive digital guts: the auto dealerships that sell and maintain those systems.

Office of Personnel Mgmt: 5.6M estimated to have fingerprints stolen in breach

09-23-2015 • CNBC

That number was originally thought to be about 1.1 million, OPM said in a statement. About 21.5 million individuals had their Social Security Numbers and other sensitive information affected by the hack.

Snowden Suggests - Aren't Getting Alien Transmissions - They Are Using Encryption

09-22-2015 • TruthDig

In a recent interview with Neil deGrasse Tyson on the astrophysicist's StarTalk podcast, NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden suggested that aliens may be using encryption, which would explain why humans have never got any messages from them.

A Dozen Libraries Want to Host Tor Nodes to Protest Government Fearmongering

09-17-2015 • Motherboard

A week after the Department of Homeland Security intimidated a New Hampshire public library into shutting down its Tor relay, about a dozen other libraries nationwide have shown interest in running their own Tor services.

Save WiFi/Individual Comments

09-16-2015 • Save WiFi

Go to SaveWiFi.Org to make comments to the FCC about proposed requirements to manufactureres to lock down computing devices (routers, PCs, phones) to prevent modification if they have a "modular wireless radio"

Security News This Week: Russia and US Homeland Security Agree on Something for Once

09-12-2015 • Wired

This week, Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield was hacked, and anywhere from 10 to 10.5 million people's personal records were exposed.

Why the TSA Lawsuit Against Whole Body Imagers Concerns Everyone

09-04-2015 • Rutherford.Org

"We are the unwitting victims of a system so corrupt that those who stand up for the rule of law and aspire to transparency in government are in the minority." said John Whitehead.

The Rutherford Institute, Wikipedia, ACLU Et Al. Ask Federal Court to Reject Gov't Motion

09-04-2015 • Rutherford.Org

The Rutherford Institute, Wikipedia, ACLU Et Al. Ask Federal Court to Reject Government Motion to Dismiss Lawsuit Over the NSA's Mass Surveillance Program...Pointing to extensive evidence that the government is systematically copying and substantiall

Ad Blocking Is Coming to Your Phone, Will Soon Be Everywhere

09-04-2015 • Motherboard

Online ads are fast becoming an endangered species, and as ad-blocking technology becomes more popular, it is finally reaching one of advertising's final frontiers: mobile browsers.

Darkwallet Developers Go Dark

09-03-2015 • http://cointelegraph.com

The developers of Darkwallet, the intentionally controversial and OBPP award winning Privacy Bitcoin client are believed to have abandoned the project. One of the developers, Amir Taaki, is allegedly busy "developing something that requires a lot o

Snowden: Others Get Prosecuted for What Hillary Clinton Did

09-03-2015 • Wired

The NSA was sloppy about guarding its classified secrets from Edward Snowden, but no one at the agency is in danger of being prosecuted for that security lapse.

Sheep Led to the Slaughter: The Muzzling of Free Speech in America

09-02-2015 • The Daily Bell - John Whitehead

If we're to have any hope for the future, it will rest with those ill-mannered, bad-tempered, uncivil, discourteous few who are disenchanted enough with the status quo to tell the government to go to hell using every nonviolent means available.

What is Your Computer Hiding From You?

08-31-2015 • The Daily Bell

Imagine this: NSA or GCHQ implants malware on your computer that instructs it to copy certain kinds of data into empty memory separate from your hard drive or flash chips. You, the owner, may think you wiped the device clean, but you really didn't.

When You Answer The Phone And No One Is There

08-27-2015 • http://www.huffingtonpost.com

According to experts, these kinds of calls are step one in a phone fraud scheme that could lead to your identity being stolen and/or your bank account drained. The silence on the other end of the phone is actually a computer gathering information abo

'This is Orwellian': Politician Reacts to Hearing His Hacked Phone Conversation

08-23-2015 • Prison Planet.com

Australian lawmaker shocked as hackers pinpoint location, view texts in real-time

Google Won't Let the Government See the Emails of Rand Paul's Aides

08-21-2015 • Mother Jones

The internet giant is defending the right of an indicted Rand Paul aide to keep his emails out of government hands.

Hackers dump 2nd, even bigger batch of Ashley Madison records with taunting message...

08-20-2015 • http://www.dailymail.co.uk

Hackers dump SECOND, even bigger batch of Ashley Madison records with taunting message to millionaire founder of 'cheating dirtbag' site

Hackers Finally Post Stolen Ashley Madison Data

08-18-2015 • Wired

Hackers who stole sensitive customer information from the cheating site AshleyMadison.com appear to have made good on their threat to post the data online.

New Glasses Will Trick Facial Recognition Technology And Protect Your Identity (VIDEO)

08-14-2015 • True Activist

The new glasses called "Privacy Visor," can trick facial recognition technology, and prevent cameras from tracing your identity.