Policy & Law Archive

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  NSA 'Boundless Informant' software leak shows just how much data the government has

  By Adi Robertson on June 8, 2013 04:00 pm + 128 comments

  Leaked information about a piece of NSA software called Boundless Informant could shed light on how Continue reading…

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  Designer tweaks PRISM PowerPoint so it won't hurt your brain

  By Adrianne Jeffries on June 8, 2013 12:28 pm + 16 comments

  This past week's revelation of a secret government program to monitor data on citizen communications Continue reading…

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  TiVo patent settlements with Google, Cisco, Time Warner yield $490 million

  By Dieter Bohn on June 8, 2013 08:23 am + 35 comments

  We now have a dollar amount and a couple of other companies to assign to TiVo's settlement of Continue reading…

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  NSA had no 'direct access' to tech company servers, claim CNET sources

  By Dieter Bohn on June 8, 2013 03:03 am + 62 comments

  CNET is reporting that a "former government official who is intimately familiar with [the] process Continue reading…

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  Google: 'we cannot say this more clearly,' no government access to servers

  By Dieter Bohn on June 8, 2013 02:22 am + 157 comments

  Following a report from the New York Times that implied that several companies had provided data to Continue reading…

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  Was a subway terror plot really foiled by the PRISM surveillance program?

  By Sean Hollister on June 7, 2013 11:45 pm + 60 comments

  President Obama addressed the US government's controversial domestic surveillance programs on Continue reading…

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  Tech companies reportedly built 'secure portals' for government surveillance in lieu of 'direct access' to servers

  By Bryan Bishop on June 7, 2013 10:05 pm + 133 comments

  The nine tech companies implicated in the PRISM data-collecting operation yesterday have refuted the Continue reading…

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  Phone spying and PRISM internet surveillance: what's the difference?

  By Adi Robertson on June 7, 2013 08:00 pm + 59 comments

  Director of National Intelligence James Clapper briefs President Barack Obama. Image credit: White Continue reading…

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  Facebook, like Apple and Google, 'hadn't even heard of PRISM,' says CEO Mark Zuckerberg

  By Dieter Bohn on June 7, 2013 05:51 pm + 83 comments

  Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is the latest tech company CEO to vehemently deny granting government Continue reading…

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  Leaked presidential directive calls for the US to identify potential foreign cyberattack targets

  By Nathan Ingraham on June 7, 2013 05:31 pm + 28 comments

  One day after revealing that the US government is utilizing a widespread internet surveillance tool Continue reading…