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NSA spying programs give access to US citizens’ private data to low-level analysts with little court approval or supervision, says Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald, who broke the story on Washington’s PRISM surveillance system.

Not too many people get out of bed in the morning, head in to work, and say to themselves “I’m really looking forward to screwing up today!” Sure, there are always a few bad apples with horrible attitudes... Read More

Typically eloquent Noam Chomsky, speaking this weekend at the Geneva Press Club: My own opinion is that Snowden should be honored. He was doing what every citizen ought to do, telling. [Applause] He was telling Americans what the government was doing. That’s what’s supposed to happen. Governments as I mentioned before always plead security no…

Encryption is one of the most effective ways of protecting data against third party access. One popular option for home users and businesses alike is to encrypt part of or all of […]

End the bulk collection of phone records.

Teaching kids about online privacy becomes crucial amid concerns over surveillance and the implications of living in a digital age.

New attack targets weakness in at least 500 million smartphone SIM cards.

With the recent fiasco with the NSA and PRISM program, concern for user privacy has skyrocketed tremendously, and now that the word is out on…

Late last night Tumblr made a mysterious and cryptic plea to its iPhone and iPad app users, asking any persons who have ever logged in through the app to reset their passwords, because of a complete lack of password security.

World+Cat in this case. Should call it 'Spaffr'

Track your personal stock portfolios and watch lists, and automatically determine your day gain and total gain at Yahoo Finance

Lavabit is a secure and encrypted email platform that has been getting a lot of attention lately in light of recent news events. Lavabit aims to prevent reductions of privacy, and so not only does …