Edward Snowden Wants To Come Home
Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden wants to come back home to the United States, but U.S. officials said the fugitive whistleblower would have to stand trial for leaking details about the NSA’s secret mass surveillance programs, Reuters reported. “I won’t keep it secret that he … wants to return back home. And we […]
New Barbie May Spy On You
February 21, 2015
First it was your television, and now the new, interactive Barbie, will record conversations that will keep information in a cloud. Toy talks privacy page says: “When users interact with ToyTalk, we may capture photographs or audio or video recordings (the “Recordings”) of such interactions, depending upon the particular application being used.” “We may use, […]
Oliver Stone’s Edward Snowden Film Set For Christmas
February 21, 2015
One has to wonder how accurate this depiction will be. Snowden will star Joseph Gordon-Levitt as the NSA whistleblower who leaked details of US and British surveillance and electronic monitoring programs. Filming has begun in Munich and will move to other locations before its expected completion in May. Shailene Woodley, Melissa Leo, Zachary Quinto and […]
Snowden Leak: NSA Helped Britain Steal Cell Phone Codes
February 20, 2015
WASHINGTON (AP) – Britain’s electronic spying agency, in cooperation with the U.S. National Security Agency, hacked into the networks of a Dutch company to steal codes that allow both governments to seamlessly eavesdrop on mobile phones worldwide, according to the documents given to journalists by Edward Snowden. A story about the documents posted Thursday on […]
Your Television Is Spying On You
February 9, 2015
Isn’t it enough that the government is doing it? A single sentence buried in a dense “privacy policy” for Samsung’s Internet-connected SmartTV advises users that its nifty voice command feature might capture more than just your request to play the latest episode of Downton Abbey. “Please be aware that if your spoken words include personal […]
Ron Paul: ‘We Now Live In A Police State’
January 11, 2015
Former congressman and presidential candidate Ron Paul says our entire system has been “based on lies and ignorance.” If Americans were honest with themselves they would acknowledge that the Republic is no more. We now live in a police state. If we do not recognize and resist this development, freedom and prosperity for all Americans […]
FBI Says It Doesn’t Need Warrant To Spy On Cell Phones In Public
January 5, 2015
You can’t have a presumption of privacy from the government when talking on a cell phone. The FBI won’t bother to obtain search warrants before it uses interception devices on people in public, according to a letter written by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and staffer Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa). These devices include […]
Florida Congressman Alan Grayson believes he’s being denied access to 28 pages of classified information because of his criticism of the National Security Agency. Why was I denied? I have been instrumental in publicizing the Snowden revelations regarding pervasive domestic spying by the government and this is a petty means for the spying industrial complex […]
Rand Paul Squandered The Only Shot At NSA Reform For A Long, Long Time
November 20, 2014
The Keystone XL pipeline wasn’t the only piece of legislation that was killed on Tuesday. Make no mistake, it’ll unfortunately be back after the new Congress is sworn in next year, but for now it’s been blocked. The other item on Tuesday’s agenda was the USA Freedom Act, a bill designed to reform the National […]
Senate Republicans Block Sweeping Overhaul Of N.S.A. Program
November 18, 2014
Citing terrorism fears, freedom-loving Senate Republicans on Tuesday blocked a sweeping overhaul of the once-secret National Security Agency program that collects records of Americans’ phone calls in bulk. Mitch McConnell worked strenuously to defeat the bill. The New York Times reports: Democrats and a handful of Republicans who supported the measure fell two votes […]
