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Lockbox Aims to NSA-Proof the Cloud
The startup that encrypts the cloud for NASA and Coke was given $2.5 million to expand to more users.
If Martin Luther King Were Around Today, He'd Be Spied On by the NSA
MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech triggered a sketchy FBI surveillance operation, regarded as one of the biggest abuses of power by US intelligence.
NSA Spying Has Turned Silicon Valley Into a Political Machine
It’s a rare political moment for the nation’s tech capital, as the techno-libertarian fantasy of keeping government at arm’s length crashes into the hard realities of the government’s dragnet data collections.
New Zealand Just Passed Its Own Domestic Spying Bill
Even after all of the domestic spying revelations revealed by Edward Snowden, New Zealand decided it wants to start it's own mini-NSA.
The FISA Court Knew the NSA Lied Repeatedly About Its Spying, Approved Its Searches Anyway
What's truly shocking is that the secret court tasked with overseeing the legality of the NSA's operations knew it had conducted overly-broad operations and had lied about it.
I'm Short, Not Stupid Presents: 'The Lark'
The Lark is a simple story: man meets woman, woman falls in love (?), they get married, man takes advantage, woman puts up with it, man goes too far, and woman finally snaps.
I'm Short, Not Stupid Presents: 'KNIFE'
Fuck fracking. Or at least that’s the tone of the short film KNIFE by James M. Johnston. The film is efficient, telling it quick and to the point with a bit of flair. There’s a party, a shirtless man and woman, fighting, evil laughs, an...
Gun Nuts, Weed Advocates and Muslims Are Ganging Up to Sue the NSA
Environmentalists, libertarians and human rights workers think the agency violated the US Constitution, too.
The Demise of Lavabit and Silent Circle Means Your Emails Will Never Be Safe from the Government
This week, two encrypted email providers shut down their services, and that’s very bad news if you’d rather the government didn’t read your emails. Clearly, the right to buy and sell on the free market and the right to privacy only apply to people who...
Before PRISM, There Was Underwater Cable Tapping
Government surveillance and the tapping of communication cables is not a new threat to public privacy. Edward Snowden may have brought to light some of the NSA’s more recent eavesdropping strategies, but citizen surveillance in America has a much older...
The NSA Director Asked Hackers for Advice, But Left a Lot Unanswered
Got advice for the NSA? Send it to ideas@nsa.gov.