Edward Snowden Releases Tell-All Book, Promptly Notes He’s NOT Planning to Kill Himself
By Matt Agorist To some, Edward Snowden is a hero whose bravery and self-sacrifice helped to inform the world on the surveillance state treachery taking…
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Snowden Spills: Infamous Whistleblower Opines on Spycraft, AI, and Being Suicided
By Tyler Durden Edward Snowden has finally laid it all out – documenting his memoirs in a new 432-page book, Permanent Record, which will be…
Americans Deserve Their Day in Court About NSA Mass Surveillance Programs
By David Greene EFF continues our fight to have the U.S. courts protect you from mass government surveillance. Today in our landmark Jewel v. NSA…
NSA Spying: They’re Trying to Make Warrantless Surveillance Permanent
By Michael Boldin Earlier this year, it was reported that a massive call records program was no longer being used and was probably going to…
Trump Wants to Permanently Bring Back Deactivated NSA Program Exposed by Snowden
By Jake Johnson Civil liberties groups and privacy advocates raised alarm Thursday after the Trump administration called on Congress to reauthorize an NSA mass surveillance…
CNN Article Says Intel Agencies Are Recruiting Teens In High School
By Aaron Kesel A recent article in CNN tells the tale of teens whose friends think they are spying on their phone conversations because they…
NSA Whistleblower Speaks About Julian Assange & The “Shadow Government”
By Arjun Walia The Facts: Longtime high-ranking NSA employee William Binney shares his thoughts on the arrest of Julian Assange and who is really in…
Palantir’s Software For Fusion Centers Exposed In California FOIA
By Aaron Kesel ‘Gotham’ software written by Palantir shows how government agencies can use very little information to obtain quick access to anyone’s personal minutiae….
The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board Signals It Will investigate NSA Surveillance, Facial Recognition, and Terror Watchlists
By Matthew Guariglia After a long dormant stretch, the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) has signaled it’s ready to tackle another big review…
Again!? The NSA’s Phone Records Program Still Can’t Stay Within the Law
By Matthew Guariglia Just as the Trump administration has signaled its interest in a permanent “clean” reauthorization of the Patriot Act’s phone surveillance provision, the…
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…
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….