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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.

…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…

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

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 [...]

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.

More than a week after the PRISM story first broke, you might have reached saturation point when it comes to news and discussion about it. That's understandable, and it seems like some ...

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 …

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

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 and Analysis on Big Data, the Cloud, BI and Analytics

Governments will not be able to detect every suspicious interaction that takes place on phone and Internet networks, experts have said.

Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters. Timely news source for technology related news with a heavy slant towards Linux and Open Source issues.

Since the NSA's mass data collection against Americans is the hot topic du jour, some of you may be wondering what the average American can do to reduce their digital "footprint" in the name of privacy. The below primer is an effort to collect various techniques in one convenient place...

Schools are failing to keep up with new technology and leaving pupils' privacy under threat, an expert panel says.

London, 1772. I have been asked by my superiors to give a brief demonstration of the surprising effectiveness of even the simplest techniques of the new-fangled Social Networke Analysis in the pursuit of those who would seek to undermine the liberty enjoyed by His Majesty’s subjects. This is in connection with the discussion of the role of “metadata” in certain recent events and the assurances of various respectable parties that the government was merely “sifting through this so-called metadata” and that the “information acquired does not include the content of any communications”. I will show how we can use this “metadata” to find key persons involved in terrorist groups operating within the Colonies at the present time. I shall also endeavour to show how these methods work in what might be called a relational manner.