Skype’s Project Chess worked on letting U.S. agencies in
A lot has been said, written and claimed about Skype and the possibility that the U.S. government, intelligence, and law enforcement agencies have been given access to the …
Secret documents reveal broad extent of NSA domestic surveillance
Two more top secret NSA documents that Edward Snowden shared with reporters of The Guardian have revealed that his claims about what the agency’s analysts are authorized …
Report on crime against businesses ignores cybercrime
A new Home Office report finds that the number of crimes committed against wholesale and retail business premises has fallen significantly over the last ten years – from …
EU citizens’ data must be protected against US surveillance
The US PRISM internet surveillance case highlights the urgent need to pass legislation to protect EU citizens’ personal data, most MEPs agreed in Wednesday’s Civil …
Global repercussions of PRISM scandal
The revelation of the existence of the PRISM program, which allows U.S. government agencies to either directly or indirectly have access to email and chat content, videos, …
Cookie Clearinghouse to enable user choice for online tracking
The Center for Internet and Society (CIS) at Stanford Law School launched a new online privacy initiative called the Cookie Clearinghouse, which will empower Internet users to …
Collected data helped foil 50 terrorist plots, says NSA chief
A number of top government officials have been called to testify at a congressional hearing before U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on the topic of NSA …
Thwarting facial recognition systems with privacy visors
Despite Google announcement that it won’t allow facial recognition on Google Glass (yet) and Facebook turning it off (just in Europe), every person should be aware that …
Customized spam uses cell phone users’ data against them
US mobile spammers are using cell phone users’ personal data to launch invasive, highly targeted attacks, according to AdaptiveMobile. For the first time, mobile …
Facebook once again accessible via Tor
For several hours on Tuesday, regular Tor users have been taken aback by the fact that Facebook was blocking connections from the Tor network. The Onion Router allows users to …
Google asks secret court permission to publish FISA numbers
Google’s open letter to U.S. Attorney General Holder and the Federal Bureau of Investigation chief Muller last week obviously produced some results, but the company in …
How to detect hidden administrator apps on Android
Following the discovery of a new Android Trojan that uses several errors and vulnerabilities in the Android OS to make analysis harder for researchers and to remain hidden …
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