It was breathlessly announced today by that pillar of independent news sources, US intelligence contractor Eric Garland, that the Dutch possess incontrovertible proof that Russia indeed hacked the US election. Citing an article in a Dutch publication, Garland let fly with a series of narrative tweets with screenshots of a translation of the article, to […]
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Facebook Set for NSA Privacy Grilling as EU Court Greenlights Max Schrems Lawsuit…
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled Austrian activist Max Schrems can bring a case against Facebook over privacy violations, but that he can’t bring a class action suit against the social media giant. “@EUCourtPress decides: I can finally sue Facebook in Vienna over Privacy violations!” Schrems wrote on Twitter. “However, it limits consumer […]
AT&T Captures Classified NSA Tech Contract…
Following a resolved bid protest, the National Security Agency can now begin work with telecommunications giant AT&T on the second of three massive tech contracts that make up the agency’s classified Groundbreaker program. The Government Accountability Office denied a protest last week, filed by losing bidder DXC Technology, allowing AT&T to begin executing on an […]
Google for the First Time Outspent Every Other Company to Influence Washington in 2017…
Google for the first time spent more than any other company in 2017 to influence Washington, highlighting both the sprawling reach of the country’s thriving tech industry and the rising concern by regulators and lawmakers of its ascendance. All told, the search giant broke its own record by allocating more than $18 million to lobby […]
Davos Elite: Regulate Social Media Before Flyover Rubes Get Hooked on Wrong News Sources…
Tesla ‘on Autopilot’ Slams into Parked Fire Truck…
A Tesla Model S reportedly on “Autopilot” smashed into the back of a fire truck parked at a freeway accident scene Monday morning, authorities said. The union representing Culver City firefighters whose truck was hit around 8:30 a.m. on Interstate 405 in Culver City tweeted that the Tesla driver said he had been using Tesla’s […]
Facebook Admits Social Media Threat to Democracy…
Facebook acknowledged Monday that the explosion of social media poses a potential threat to democracy, pledging to tackle the problem head-on and turn its powerful platform into a force for “good.” The comments from the world’s biggest social network were its latest response to intense criticism for failing to stop the spread of misinformation among […]
Why Apple’s Tim Cook Doesn’t Want His Nephew to Use Social Media…
Although he runs the biggest tech company on the planet, Apple Inc. Chief Executive Tim Cook is concerned by the risk that technology poses to kids. Speaking at Harlow College in Essex, England, last week, Cook said there should be limits on the use of technology in schools, and said he doesn’t want his young […]
NSA “Sincerely Regrets” Deleting All Bush-Era Surveillance Data It Was Ordered To Preserve…
There is a growing consensus among many observers in Washington that the national security agencies have become completely politicized over the past seventeen years and are now pursuing selfish agendas that actually endanger what remains of American democracy. As Philip Giraldi notes, up until recently it has been habitual to refer to such activity as […]
Google Has An Actual Secret Speech Police…
More than 100 nongovernment organizations (NGOs) and government agencies around the world help police YouTube for extremist content, ranging from so-called hate speech to terrorist recruiting videos. All of them have confidentiality agreements barring Google, YouTube’s parent company, from revealing their participation to the public, a Google representative told The Daily Caller on Thursday.
Brit Teen Hacker Posed as CIA Boss to Access Secret Military Files…
A BRIT teen hacker posed as a CIA boss to access secret military files – and sent lewd rape threats to a Homeland Security chief, a court has heard. Kane Gamble, 18, hacked into intelligence head John Brennan’s email account, made hoax calls to his family home and even took control of his wife’s iPad, […]
Palantir: The PayPal-offshoot Becomes a Weapon in the War Against Whistleblowers and WikiLeaks…
Peter Thiel, who once compared writers at Gawker to Al Qaeda after they wrote about his sexuality, is a close confidant of Donald Trump — who, as president, continues to crack down on whistleblowers (even denying them bail) and whose administration has named arresting WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange a top priority. Thiel is a perfect […]
Newsweek Confirms Manhattan DA Raided Its Offices, Searched Its Servers…
In a statement obtained by CNN, Newsweek Media Group said that “No information regarding the company’s content, stories, personnel or sources was given and Newsweek Media Group has been assured by the DA’s office that the investigation is not about any content-related issues.” And yet, if nothing that was on the servers was the target […]
FBI Whistleblower on Pierre Omidyar and His Campaign to Neuter Wikileaks…
The Daily Beast ran an exclusive report detailing how the Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) was set to break ties with WikiLeaks amidst concerns among the foundation’s board, which includes such well-known figures as Daniel Ellsberg, Edward Snowden, Laura Poitras, John Cusack and Glenn Greenwald, among others. The news was confirmed less than a […]
Finding Your Voice Forget About Siri and Alexa — When It Comes to Voice Identification the “NSA Reigns Supreme”…
At the height of the Cold War, during the winter of 1980, FBI agents recorded a phone call in which a man arranged a secret meeting with the Soviet embassy in Washington, D.C. On the day of his appointment, however, agents were unable to catch sight of the man entering the embassy. At the time, […]
Big Brother on Wheels: Why Your Car Company May Know More About You Than Your Partner…
Daniel Dunn was about to sign a lease for a Honda Fit last year when a detail buried in the lengthy agreement caught his eye. Honda wanted to track the location of his vehicle, the contract stated, according to Dunn — a stipulation that struck the 69-year-old Temecula, Calif., retiree as a bit odd. But […]
Assange Keeps Warning of AI Censorship, And it’s Time We Started Listening…
Throughout the near entirety of human history, a population’s understanding of what’s going on in the world has been controlled by those in power. The men in charge controlled what the people were told about rival populations, the history of their tribe and its leadership, etc. When the written word was invented, men in charge […]
Senate Votes To Reauthorize FISA Without Substantial Reforms…
The Senate voted Thursday 65 to 34 to reauthorize the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) — a piece of legislation that was recently set to expire — without significant changes to the government’s surveillance apparatus. The bill, which passed the House 256-164 last week, extends Section 702 of the FISA program for six years if […]
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Apple to Repatriate Billions in Overseas Cash, Says it Will Contribute $350B to U.S. Economy…
Apple on Wednesday made a slew of announcements about its investment in and contribution to the U.S. economy in part because of the new tax law. The headline from Apple is that it will make a $350 billion “contribution” to the U.S. economy over the next five years, although it’s unclear exactly how the company […]
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House Report Concluded Pakistanis Made ‘Unauthorized Access’ to Congressional Servers…
House investigators concluded that Democratic IT aides made unauthorized access to congressional servers in 2016, allegedly accessing the data of members for whom they did not work, logging in as members of Congress themselves, and covering their tracks, according to a presentation summarizing the findings of a four-month internal probe. Their behavior mirrored a “classic […]
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