Edward Snowden did a TED Talks speech on government surveillance and Internet freedom, via a “telepresence” robot in Russia. The right to data privacy, he suggests, is not a partisan issue, but requires a fundamental rethink of the role of the Internet in our lives — and the laws that protect it. “Your rights matter,” he[…]
If you think someone is out to get you online, writing hateful messages, creating fake profiles trolling you, writing in forums about you, and more, it might not be that far off base to think it’s a plot against you. If you are in the sights of the NSA, there is a good chance that[…]
Surprise surprise. Edward Snowden isn’t done releasing information on how the NSA is encroaching on our privacy, literally everyday. In a report from the Washington Post, the National Security Agency is gathering nearly 5 billion records a day on the whereabouts of cellphones around the world, according to top-secret documents and interviews with U.S. intelligence officials, enabling the agency to[…]
Fight for the Future, and Demand Progress, made a video breaking down the secret government NSA spying program, in easy to understand terms. The video, which was funded by Fight for the Future members, explains the stakes of NSA spying to people around the world. The U.S. Government has turned the Internet into something it was never[…]
3D printing is the latest technology of recent memory, where it has the power to change entire businesses, lives, and processes. 3D printing could literally be one of the best inventions of our lives. 3D printing has tremendous possibilities. From medicine to design, the applications are endless. And with this much potential, and power, surely[…]
In a new leak of slides provided originally by Edward Snowden, and published by The Washington Post, detail exactly how the NSA PRISM secret spying program works: from targeting “selectors,” accessing private Internet companies’ data, to processing the data. In the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) court approved PRISM program, NSA analysts are able to[…]
Well, that escalated quickly! Thanks to the ACLU, the U.S. Government will have their day in court over the recent NSA spy program leaks. In a statement from the ACLU, they say: the ACLU filed a lawsuit charging that the [NSA PRISM] program violates Americans’ constitutional rights of free speech, association, and privacy. The lawsuit[…]
Ever since the top secret NSA PRISM documents were disclosed, the NSA has been in scramble mode, doing everything possible to try to track down the NSA leaker, Edward Snowden. The Daily Beast has a good write up on the “Q-Group” which is the top secret Associate Directorate for Security and Counterintelligence group, who is[…]
The story behind the mission to go and get Osama bin Laden has me fascinated. The Navy Seals unit that went in was well prepared, had planned for the past month and even recreated a model of the bin Laden compound in the U.S. so they could train on exactly on how they will take[…]