Back in March, I filed a Freedom of Information request with the FBI asking if the agency had ever wiretapped an Amazon Echo. This week I got a response: "We can neither confirm nor deny…"
I've never met Edward Snowden, so please understand that I'm not trying to besmirch his character. And the truth is that I was thrilled when his disclosures hit. I was managing a professional-level VPN and traveling widely, warning people (who we
The lawsuit was filed by users in Illinois, who claim that Facebook's face recognition and suggested tagging features for photographs posted to the site unlawfully violated the state's Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), reports Reuters.
The FBI is fighting to keep citizens from finding out if their information is contained in their massive biometric database called the "Next Generation Identification System," which collects palm prints, fingerprints, iris scans, facial and tatto
Studio director James Pinkstone said Apple's subscription-based service stripped approximately 122GB worth of music, including his own original compositions, from his machine seemingly without notification or consent.
The Transportation Security Administration is admitting their mistake and claiming that agents "did not follow correct screening protocols," after they "humiliated" a wheelchair-bound six-time Olympic champion at the Denver Airport over the w
It's something you've likely seen in the movies -- it's something you may not know is also happening in real life. People are getting chips implanted into their hands in an effort to make daily life a little bit easier. From opening doors to m
A BRAZILIAN STATE JUDGE ordered mobile phone operators to block nationwide the extremely popular WhatsApp chat service for 72 hours, a move that will have widespread international reverberations for the increasingly contentious debate over encryption
Tor and VPN users will be target of government hacks under new spying rule. We had reported a landmark judgement by the United States Supreme Court, which will give FBI powers to hack any computer in the world using a single warrant. The same judgeme
Can I count on you to chip in a contribution to our Emergency IRS Attack Money Bomb before tonight's midnight deadline? Without your immediate support, I'm afraid Campaign or Liberty won't have the funds to resist another IRS attack.
A U.S. senator is calling for a federal investigation into an outdoor advertising company's latest effort to target billboard ads to specific consumers.
It started as a request to help catch the San Bernardino mass-shooters, but the FBI request for iPhone decryption has experienced massive mission creep.
It started as a request to help catch the San Bernardino mass-shooters, but the FBI request for iPhone decryption has experienced massive mission creep.
Would all of our lives be safer if the government could break down all the doors it wishes, listen to all the conversations it could find and read whatever emails and text messages it could acquire? Perhaps. But who would want to live in such a socie
The US Central Intelligence Agency has become increasingly focused on monitoring social media, according to a document obtained by The Intercept; the intelligence agency is pouring money in start-ups mining tweets, Instagram photos, and Facebook post
Voorhees reiterated that no customer funds were at risk, and those who had pending trades at the time of the shutdown are urged to contact ShapeShift in order to secure their funds.
A draft of the Compliance with Court Orders Act of 2016 was officially released last week, confirming that the WikiLeaks release was accurate. Written by Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Richard Burr and Vice Chairman Dianne Feinstein
Britain and its European allies have announced new rules designed to be a "hammer blow" against tax evasion in direct response to the Panama Papers leak that exposed how the world's richest and most powerful people hide their wealth from tax au
Every move you make is being monitored, mined for data, crunched, and tabulated in order to form a picture of who you are, what makes you tick, and how best to control you when and if it becomes necessary to bring you in line.
I'm here to give you something to think about. In addition to sending the IRS your money, you're also sending them your data. It's a lot of highly personal financial data, so it's sensitive information. Is that data secure? The short answer is "no."
A battle is underway about the limits of cryptography. On the one side are people who want to break into iPhones, tap into conversations and decrypt our backups.
The Office of Personnel Management is preparing for a pilot program to automatically track public social media postings of people applying for security clearances.
James Corbett (The Corbett Report) provides World News Update, GOP POTUS Circus - Austin Petersen (Libertarian Candidate for POTUS) talks about his campaign - Chris Waid (Founder of ThinkPenguin) provides an update on the Linux-Based Computer/Operati
"Considering all options [to reduce waiting times] including replacing the TSA with private security contractors. It's really a sign of us looking outside the box," Lance Lyttle said. "We have a problem and we can't operate the same way a
A draft version of a Senate bill would effectively prohibit unbreakable encryption and require companies to help the government access data on a computer or mobile device with a warrant.