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…as one former NSA official noted, “You have to assume everything is being collected.” (Read More) Source:  I’m not willing to trade privacy (defined by people being able to…

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Experts warn that educators may be embracing technology without doing enough to secure student data.

Phil Zimmermann, the creator of PGP, successfully predicted an incident similar to the one happening right now with PRISM and the NSA over 17 years ago.

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In his novel 1984, George Orwell forecasted a dystopian society 36 years in the future, in which an all-powerful state uses advanced technology to exert totalitarian control over the thoughts, words…

Two more leaked NSA documents explain how the spy agency handles encrypted data it collects from non-U.S. persons and how long it’s retained.

If you use privacy tools, according to the apparent logic of the National Security Agency, it doesn't much matter if you're a foreigner or an American: Your communications are subject to an extra dose of surveillance. Since 29-year-old systems administrator Edward Snowden began leaking secret documentation of the NSA's broad surveillance [...]

ConnectED initiative aims high, but there’s more to consider. GUEST COLUMN | by John Harrington President Obama has called for high speed digital connections to our schools and libraries, “en…

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In response to the ongoing NSA debacle, I’ve heard and read a lot of people discussing “going off the grid”. Examples would be using more cash instead of credit cards, not purchasing things online…

News of the US National Security Agency's surveillance has sent web users scrambling to find new ways to avoid tracking. It might have seemed paranoid not long ago when internet users used tools to hide their tracks, "shred" data or send self-destructing messages.

Leaders of the House Veterans Affairs Committee suggest that VA Secretary Eric Shinseki may have been misled about multiple breaches of department computers since

ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

At the heart of Edward Snowden's decision to expose the NSA's massive phone and Internet spying programs was a fundamental belief in the people's right-to-know. "My sole motive is to inform the public as to that which is done in their name and that which is done against them," he …