Privacy articles

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  Federal, state police use driver's license photos in searchable, biometric databases

  By Nathan Olivarez-Giles on June 17, 2013 02:33 pm + 14 comments

  Law enforcement agencies are building what critics say is becoming a de facto national, searchable Continue reading…

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  Apple claims it can't decrypt FaceTime and iMessage data, details extent of government requests

  By Aaron Souppouris on June 17, 2013 03:02 am + 128 comments

  In the wake of the PRISM scandal, Apple has issued a public statement detailing the extent of US Continue reading…

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  Will the NSA pursue legal action against journalist Glenn Greenwald?

  By Nathan Olivarez-Giles on June 7, 2013 03:22 pm + 74 comments

  Glenn Greenwald is at the center of one of the biggest news stories of the year, and according to T Continue reading…

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  President Obama on NSA spying: Congress has known about it and approved for years

  By Carl Franzen on June 7, 2013 12:22 pm + 548 comments

  President Obama just delivered his first public statements on the massive government surveillance Continue reading…

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  Google CEO: people won't 'collapse in terror' when someone uses Glass in a bathroom

  By Matt Brian on June 7, 2013 05:02 am + 195 comments

  Google CEO Larry Page has again moved to reassure consumers over the privacy implications of Google Continue reading…

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  Secret NSA spying: how can it be stopped?

  By Carl Franzen on June 6, 2013 08:13 pm + 136 comments

  The US National Security Agency (NSA) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have been secretly Continue reading…

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  Art of the Snapbrag: the social alchemy behind Snapchat's success

  By Ellis Hamburger on June 6, 2013 12:30 pm + 52 comments

  Tech prognosticators, myself included, love to wax poetic on the virtues of "ephemeral" media — Continue reading…

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  Google won't approve facial recognition Glass apps until it has 'privacy protections in place'

  By Dieter Bohn on May 31, 2013 10:07 pm + 64 comments

  In a post on Google+ today, Google said that it does not intend on approving any apps with facial Continue reading…

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  Texas drone bill clears cops for aerial surveillance, but not citizens

  By Joshua Kopstein on May 29, 2013 06:57 pm + 34 comments

  As various US states wrestle with the implications of ubiquitous unmanned aerial vehicles, Texas Continue reading…

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  The Xbox One will always be listening to you, in your own home (update)

  By T.C. Sottek on May 21, 2013 03:48 pm + 299 comments

  In its hour-long Xbox One presentation, Microsoft blazed through announcements for its new Continue reading…