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The NSA is trying to build the fastest computer in the world

Jan 3, 2014
The Washington Post is reporting the NSA is trying to build a quantum computer.

Inside the NSA's elite hacking unit

Dec 30, 2013
Tailored Access Operations is the NSA's elite hacking division.

RSA and the NSA: Who is telling the truth?

Dec 24, 2013
The latest revelation about government surveillance is that the National Security Agency had a partner in building weakness into security standards: a firm that is supposed to be strengthening them.

Obama to meet with tech execs about NSA spying

Dec 17, 2013
President Obama is meeting with tech industry leaders this morning. One of the big issues on the table is the National Security Agency’s big surveillance program.
Edward Snowden speaking during his dinner with a group of four retired US ex-intelligence workers and activists at a luxurious room in an unidentified location. Snowden warned of dangers to democracy in the first video released of the fugitive since Russia granted him temporary asylum in August.
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The NSA’s virtual spies in 'World of Warcraft' -- on a fool’s mission?

Dec 10, 2013
Virtual worlds already have “bad guys” -- and company spies.

A proposal to limit government spying written by tech companies

Dec 9, 2013
Eight large tech companies sent a letter to the Obama administration requesting the government put new limits on its surveillance practices.

NSA gathers 5 billion phone records a day

Dec 5, 2013
The National Security Agency is collecting almost 5 billion cellphone records daily from around the world, meaning the NSA is tracking individuals movements in ways previously unknown.

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Think your AT&T bill is big? Try picking up the CIA's spying tab

Nov 8, 2013
The CIA is said to pay AT&T more than $10 million a year for access to phone records.

Apple discloses government information requests, too

Nov 6, 2013
Apple, Inc. is trying to give customers a sense of how often governments around the world officially demand private data.

NSA blowing it for AT&T's European aspirations

Nov 1, 2013
AT&T reportedly wants to go global and buy the U.K.'s Vodafone. But revelations about the NSA tapping European data may complicate its plans.