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​Former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden has been awarded the Fritz Bauer Prize of the German Humanist Union, a prominent civil rights organization, for exposing the controversial surveillance practices of the NSA and its accomplices.

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When considering adding cryptography to an embedded system (or any other information system) manufacturers always ask: “Why do I need cryptography?” That is, unless they have already been burned by…

Revealed! The coolest PC tech coming in 2025

Bloomberg Businessweek helps global leaders stay ahead with insights and in-depth analysis on the people, companies, events, and trends shaping today's complex, global economy

University researchers have found that developers often store authentication keys in the Android apps on Google Play, making it possible for criminals to steal corporate or personal data.

Police in Florida have been deliberately deceiving judges and defendants about their use of a controversial surveillance tool known as a stingray at the request of the U.S. Marshal's Service, according to newly obtained emails.

Exploiting bug in Supermicro hardware is as easy as connecting to port 49152.

A simplified introduction to SFTP. What it does. Why it's better than FTP. How it transfers files securely. How to use it.

An update to the Globe and Mail Guide to Safer Computing

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has been quietly advising local police not to disclose details about surveillance technology they are using to sweep up basic cellphone data from entire …

There has been plenty of bad news when it comes to NSA spying, so it’s encouraging when the news is good. At the end of May, the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology signaled the beginning of the end for NSA’s effort to undermine encryption, passing an amendment that extricates the NSA...

A "cross-site scripting" vulnerability apparently left the social media service interface open to attacks.

'Squalid And Rancid' Government Spying Must Be Stopped, Says Stephen Fry

The principal of Booker T Washington High in Pensacola FL cancelled the school's One School/One Book summer reading program rather than letting all the kids go through with the previously approved assignment to read Little Brother, the bestselling young adult novel by Cory Doctorow. With Cory and Tor Books' help, the teachers are fighting back.

In the wake of the Heartbleed flaw, a researcher finds new weaknesses in OpenSSL that could be exploited to launch man-in-the-middle attacks,

You now get NSA-grade encryption on your Android device in less than one minute.

SecureDrop platform allows sources to submit documents and data while avoiding most common forms of online tracking

Email surveillance violates our fundamental rights and makes free speech risky. This guide will teach you email self-defense in 40 minutes with GnuPG.

This is Secretary of State John Kerry’s answer, given May 28 on CBS This Morning: “He should man up, come back to the United States. If he has a complaint about what’s wrong with American surveillance, come back here and stand in our system of justice and make his case. But instead, he’s just sitting […]

Over the past year, as the Snowden revelations have rolled out, the government and its apologists have developed a set of talking points about mass spying