2009: NSA Building “HAL” A.I. System, Facebook Now Developing Brain-Machine Interface
By Daniel Taylor Think of 2001: A Space Odyssey and the most memorable character, HAL 9000, having a conversation with David. We are essentially building…
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Federal Judge Sides With Federal Government, Rules Mass Surveillance Can Remain Secret
By Derrick Broze Despite a wealth of public information detailing the U.S. government’s secret warrantless mass surveillance programs, a federal judge has blocked a lawsuit,…
Google Tracks Your Location and Shares It With Police, Even When Your Phone is Off
By Derrick Broze Even if you disable GPS, deactivate phone location tracking, and turn off your phone, it’s still possible for Google and the NSA…
Judge Dodges Legality of NSA Mass Spying, Citing Secrecy Claims
By Aaron Mackey EFF’s case challenging NSA spying, Jewel v. NSA, has come further than any case trying to end the government’s mass surveillance programs….
NSA Intelligence Analyst Addresses New York Times Schizophrenic Coverage of Energy Weapons
By Karen Melton Stewart This is an open letter to the media, but especially the New York Times. I will be addressing your schizophrenic coverage…
NSA Whistleblower Reality Winner Receives Longest Sentence Ever for Unauthorized Disclosure
By Kevin Gosztola (SP) — Former National Security Agency contractor Reality Winner was sentenced to five years and three months in prison at a federal courthouse in…
At Least Eight AT&T Facilities Help NSA Spy on Everybody
By Michael Maharrey The NSA uses AT&T facilities in at least eight cities to warrantlessly monitor and collect billions of emails, phone calls, and online…
State Sets Massive Precedent, Passes Law To Effectively Ban The NSA
By Rachel Blevins Michigan has become the first state to ban the National Security Agency’s intrusive data collection practices by passing a law that prohibits…
The NSA Wants a Skeleton Key to Everyone’s Encrypted Data
By Gavin Hanson Like it or not, you are your data. In this day and age, your receipts, social media activity, public records, GPS data,…
Yet Another Former NSA Analyst Faces Criminal Charges
By Janet Phelan Karen Melton-Stewart, a foreign language intelligence analyst with the Weapons and Space Directorate at the NSA, discovered that the Russians were selling…
Is the NSA Spying on Your International Payments?
With cross-border transactions growing at an incredibly rapid rate, the question of secure payments has become a pressing issue for those who work in the…
Two Israeli Companies: Spying on the World
By Jon Rappoport I’m reprinting my article from 2013 below. But first, a quick bit of recent history concerning two little known Israeli companies, Narus…
New Revelations Shed Light On Extent Of NSA Spying Under Obama
By Will Porter In the waning years of the Obama administration, the National Security Agency (NSA) swept up and reviewed the communications of Americans to…
Should We Believe The NSA About Stopping Its Unconstitutional “About Searches”?
By Catherine J. Frompovich Recently, the NSA announced it no longer will conduct “about searches” as part of its Upstream Surveillance. That sounds great, but…