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President Obama on NSA spying: Congress has known about it and approved for years
President Obama just delivered his first public statements on the massive government surveillance Continue reading…
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UK government is allegedly involved in US internet spying program PRISM
A major intelligence agency in the United Kingdom is part of the US government's massive secret i Continue reading…
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Buried in immigration reform bill, a plan to create a national photo database
The immigration reform bill currently sitting in the Senate is huge: it's more than 800 pages long, Continue reading…
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Golden Gate Bridge's new cashless tollway promises convenience in exchange for privacy
San Francisco’s iconic and highly-trafficked Golden Gate Bridge transitioned to all-automated toll Continue reading…
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CityScan: the dystopian technology that could make breaking the law impossible
There's a scene in Demolition Man — the goofball 1993 action film starring Sylvester Stalone as a Continue reading…
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Chinese citizens turn the tables, use surveillance and social media to expose corrupt officials
It's easy to associate surveillance cameras with Big Brother — to imagine that governments would Continue reading…
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Universities to pilot ebook program that monitors student reading habits
It's difficult to know for certain how much time students spend with their traditional, paper Continue reading…
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Lots of investment in facial recognition, but are we any safer?
In his review of Kelly Gates's Our Biometric Future: Facial Recognition Technology and the Culture Continue reading…
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Big Brother likes cheap hard drives
Cheap hard drives might be great for data hogs (and pirates), but UCLA professor John Villasenor Continue reading…
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FBI holding Carrier IQ data for 'law enforcement purposes'
When we spoke to Carrier IQ at length about the company's controversial cellular tracking service, Continue reading…
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Canada criminalizes masks at 'unlawful' protests with up to 10 years in prison
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Intel picks a favorite in the wireless charging race with A4WP membership
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Twitter scoops up Spindle in bid to improve local recommendations
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Back to reality: Microsoft's new Xbox One policies retreat from the future
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Vine founders tease redesigned UI with drafts and category features
