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NSA Collects "Startlingly Intimate" Data Belonging to Ordinary US Citizens: Washington Post

Nine of 10 online communications intercepted by the National Security Agency were ordinary American and non-American Internet users, not legally targeted foreigners, according to an investigative report by the Washington Post on Saturday. Continue reading

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US House Representatives Vote to Rein in Unwarranted Government Surveillance and Backdoors

The US House of Representatives has voted 293-123 in favor of a proposal that would essentially block government authorities from conducting warrantless searches on the data of US citizens, and stop the Central Intelligence Agency and National Security Agency from creating hardware and software backdoors for spying. Continue reading

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One Year After the Snowden Revelations: Restoring Trust in Online Services Remains Elusive

A year ago this week, it became known outside of secretive circles that the US National Security Agency had been collecting mass amounts of data on the American public and international citizens. Continue reading

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Leaked Documents Implicate NSA in Spying on China’s Huawei

Amid allegations the US National Security Agency had infiltrated its servers for the purpose of spying, network equipment supplier Huawei said it would condemn such tactics if they were true, according to reports. Read More Continue reading

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Obama to Propose New Limits on Bulk Phone Data Collection: Report

US President Barack Obama is readying a legislative proposal that would put new limits on the National Security Agency’s bulk collection of phone data, according to a report from the New York Times. Continue reading

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