A deep dive into the methods used to unmask confidential sources in seven Justice Department cases against US government whistleblowers
Micah Lee / The Intercept : Tweets: @rsingel , @freedomofpress , @trevortimm , @micahflee , @theintercept , and @theintercept Tweets: Ryan Singel / @rsingel : Jesus this is scary. It makes clear that...
Study: Facebook lets ads target your account using info given for security purposes, like your phone number, as well as info from your friends' address books
Facebook Is Using Your Private Information … Seamus Bellamy / Boing Boing : Facebook's been caught using their customers' 2FA information to spam them with text ads John Glenday / The Drum : Extent of...
Law experts say US government is looking to loosen Constitutional protections against arbitrary governmental surveillance, such as bulk Yahoo email scanning
they're trying to expand it. http://www.reuters.com/... Edward Snowden / @snowden : REUTERS: “Part of a growing push by officials to loosen constitutional protections Americans have.” http://www.reute...
WaPo's Russian propaganda story has dubious sources, little evidence, and too general claims that describe how any news is usually shared on social media
On Thanksgiving, the Washington Post dropped … Carrie Mihalcik / CNET : Russian propaganda may have fueled fake election news fiasco AOL : Report claims Russian propaganda campaign bolstered ‘fake’ U....
WaPo's Russian propaganda story has dubious sources, little evidence, and too general claims that describe how any news is usually shared on social media
On Thanksgiving, the Washington Post dropped … Carrie Mihalcik / CNET : Russian propaganda may have fueled fake election news fiasco Lizzie Plaugic / The Verge : Russian propaganda campaign reportedly...
A look at how Donald Trump's nascent policy platform on tech-related issues, such as immigration, trade, and cybersecurity will affect Silicon Valley
at itself Aaron Mamiit / Tech Times : Trump Presidency Places Net Neutrality In Danger Kate Vinton / Forbes : In Wake Of Trump's Win, Billion-Dollar Gains For Warren Buffett And Losses For Amazon's Je...
Source: email scanner installed after government order was not a modified spam filter; Yahoo's security team thought it was a rootkit when they discovered it
How Yahoo risked user security … Regina Festin / Tech Times : Google, Microsoft, Apple And Facebook Deny Spying On Emails And Other Messages Neema Singh Guliani / American Civil Liberties Union : The ...
FBI is investigating suspected Russian hack of DNC, which led to an email trove on WikiLeaks
includes personal email of staffer researching Manafort David E. Sanger / New York Times : As Democrats Gather, a Russian Subplot Raises Intrigue Nat Levy / GeekWire : Q&A: Cybersecurity expert explai...
Edward Snowden and hacker Andrew Huang present designs for a device to monitor whether your iPhone's radios are transmitting when they are supposed to be off
Edward Snowden … Zac Hall / 9to5Mac : Edward Snowden wants to make your iPhone more secure with this snoop-proof accessory Tweets: @arstechnica : If you want one person designing smartphone privacy de...
Senate narrowly rejects a bill that would have allowed FBI to access browser history and email info without warrant; McConnell submits motion to reconsider vote
likely down the line as senators are away. http://twitter.com/... http://www.techmeme.com/... Ron Wyden / @ronwyden : Good news: Proponents of this fake, knee-jerk solution failed to get support. That...