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Snowden Designs iPhone Case to Stop Government Surveillance…
National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden continued his crusade against government surveillance on Thursday, revealing the design for an iPhone…
Why Do We Need Semi-Autonomous Bus’?…
Local laws meant that the bus had to have a human driver ready to take over in an emergency, but Mercedes-Benz says all its extra technology…
Israel Approves Bill Fining Facebook, Twitter $78,000 For Every Terror-Promoting Post Not Removed…
A new bill proposing fines for social media sites that do not remove terror-promoting content received the Israeli government’s approval on Sunday…
NASA Releases 1,300 Raw Images of Juno’s Approach to Jupiter (VIDEO)…
NASA has made over 1,300 raw images captured by the Juno spacecraft taken during its approach to Jupiter available for download…
Court Says Microsoft Does Not Need To Respond To U.S. Warrant For Overseas Data…
The 2nd Circuit appeals court today reversed that ruling and properly noted that US government warrants do not apply to overseas data. This is a hugely important case…
For The First Time, A Federal Judge Has Suppressed Evidence Obtained With A Stingray Device…
For the first time ever, a federal judge has suppressed evidence obtained by the warrantless use of a Stingray device…
The FBI Has Collected 430,000 Iris Scans in a So-Called ‘Pilot Program’…
Since [the FBI] its launch in 2013, the program has stockpiled iris scans from 434,000 arrestees…
Pokemon Go Hysteria Again Highlights How Media Is Happy To Be Gullible And Wrong — If It Means More Ad Eyeballs…
If you spend any time online, you’ve by now noticed that the internet this week belched forth a tidal wave of incessant chatter over Pokemon Go, Nintendo’s new…
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Facebook Sued Again For ‘Material Support’ Of Terrorism, Because Hamas Uses Facebook…
Stupid trend: people who are true victims of terrorist attacks suing internet platforms because terror-associated groups are using those platforms generally…
EU Okays ‘Renewed’ Data Transfer Deal, Lets U.S. Firms Move Europeans’ Private Data Overseas…
The EU has accepted a new version of the so-called Private Shield law that would allow US companies to transfer Europeans’ private data to servers across the ocean…
Android KeyStore Encryption Scheme Broken…
The default implementation for KeyStore, the system in Android designed to store user credentials and cryptographic keys, is broken…
Another Tesla Self-Driving Car Totaled in Montana Crash…
Now we learn of yet another crash where the Autopilot was reportedly at play. A Tesla Model X crashed in Montana Saturday night resulting in the SUV driving through a guardrail…
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House Committee Oks Bill for FBI to Use Rapid DNA Profiling…
DNA evidence bill that would let police in the field, not just technicians in an accredited lab, quickly test the genetic material of suspects…
Welcome to Jupiter!…
NASA’s Juno mission has completed its main engine burn and entered orbit around Jupiter…
The Solar Roadway Is Getting a Tiny Test Along Route 66…
The solar panels will be tested first on a pavement leading to the rest stop’s entrance, with plans to then expand onto the parking lot…
Secret Rules Make It Pretty Easy for the FBI to Spy on Journalists…
“The FBI is entirely able to go after journalists and with only one extra hoop they have to jump through”…
Shaping Internet Traffic and Spying on Americans…
The Intercept posted a number of documents that should have been posted long, long ago, covering how the NSA “shapes” Internet traffic and how it identifies those using…
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How to See Everything Google Knows About You…
This week the company rolled out a new tool called “My Activity,” which shows you almost everything you do online related to your Google account…
The Driver Who Died in the Tesla Autopilot Crash Had His Life Saved by Autopilot in April…
According to the Levy Journal Online the driver was Brown, an Ohio man who had been saved by his Tesla Autopilot system and recorded it on YouTube…