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NSA collects 250 million global email contact lists a year
By Farrha Khan published
A new report says typical intake figures for a single day from 2012 points to a rate of more than 250 million accounts a year that the NSA collected contact lists from.
Google chairmain won't 'pass judgement' on government spying
By Michael Rougeau published
Google's Eric Schmidt says "it's the nature of our society" for spying, like we've seen at the NSA, to take place.
Google now encrypting data to deter NSA snoops
By Chris Smith published
Google has been encrypting information flowing around its data centres to ward of prying government eyes.
The guys that fight governments that spy on you
By Mike Saunders published
In Depth We investigate how the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) protects us from the organisations that are out to steal your data.
UK gov forced newspaper to destroy hard drives housing NSA leak information
By Heather Frank published
Guardian editor calls government posturing 'pointless symbolism' in the digital age.
NSA says it analyzes only a teeny bit of daily global internet traffic
By Michael Rougeau published
The under-scrutiny NSA claimed that the amount of internet data it evaluates every day is 'a dime on a basketball court.'
Yahoo scores order to declassify docs it claims show Prism resistance
By Michelle Fitzsimmons published
U.S. Dept. of Justice must release classified documents the company says prove it fought back.
Aussie network has been hoarding your data for the US for over 10 years, says report
By Farrha Khan published
Updated Telstra stored electronic communications between Asia and America for the US Government, according to a leak.
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