March 07, 2019

NSA might shut down phone snooping program, whatever that means

We've heard this tale before. This time, it was mentioned by a congressional aide. Also, the NSA released Ghidra, a free reverse-engineering tool.

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January 15, 2018

House votes for six more years of warrantless surveillance

If you’re a member of the US “intelligence community” Thursday was a great day for homeland security. Less so if you're a privacy advocate.

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December 11, 2017

Warrantless surveillance can continue until April, say Feds

Thought FISA Section 702 was due to bite the dust on New Year's Eve? Think again, say Trump's lawyers: you're stuck with it until the spring

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December 07, 2017

US gov says it can break your encryption without a court order

The encryption battle between the FBI and Apple is all octopus ink, if you go by what the government says

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November 21, 2017

US Senate takes aim at “warrantless surveillance”

The proposal would put curbs on Section 702, but will it pass?

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October 27, 2017

Debate rages over divisive US surveillance law renewal

The lines are drawn, with predictable players on each side

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May 04, 2017

NSA kept an eye on 151m phone records – but wait, didn’t bulk collection stop three years ago?

How did the NSA end up collecting the records of so many people on 2015 when it was only authorized to go after 42 suspected terrorists?

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July 01, 2015

Surveillance court OKs NSA phone metadata collection for six more months

Let the NSA's bulk metadata collection continue for six more months, the court rules, until the phone companies get control over the records. Plus ça change...!

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