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According to the latest revelations based on the documents leaked by Edward Snowden, the former NSA contractor and the whistleblower, smartphone applications such as GoogleMaps, Facebook, Twitter, Flickr and games like Angry Birds are the biggest sources of information for NSA. Intelligence agencies use these apps to track locations, access address books, buddy lists, phone […]
NSA‘s whistleblower Edward Snowden will not be expelled from Russia when his year-long asylum ends in August this year, said a Russian Lawmaker. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in the Swiss ski resort of Davos about the future of US power, Alexey Pushkov, the Head of Foreign Affairs Committee, said that Snowden, “will not be […]
What could have been the motivation for Snowden to become the whistleblower? This question intrigued many ever since Edward Snowden, the ex-NSA contractor, leaked intelligence documents and sought asylum in Moscow. Two of the top intelligence officials of the US intelligence community share a common thinking on this question. Rep. Mike Rogers, chairperson of the […]
Although Snowden is held in high esteem by ordinary citizens of America, as a whistle-blower, there are quite a few who swear otherwise. A pentagon official told BuzzFeed, “I would love to put a bullet in his head.” These sentiments are shared by many. Michael Hayden, former NSA and CIA chief, and Mike Rogers, chair […]
Delivering a speech on NSA reforms after seven months since the first revelations on NSA by Edward Snowden, President Obama remained unapologetic about the intelligence programs run by the US and affirmed that “we cannot unilaterally disarm” and needed systems in place so that US security is not undermined. The 45-minute speech on Huffington Post stressed […]
Post-Snowden revelations about NSA snooping on private data of almost every individual, Silent Circle, a Switzerland based encryption firm, has partnered with the Spanish phone manufacturer, Geeksphone that uses Android platform for its mobile devices, to produce Blackphone—the most secure smartphone in the world. Phil Zimmerman, one of Silent Circle’s founder and a renowned cryptographer, […]
The US government’s extensive dragnet across the country keeping track of almost everything that travels across the internet and following every single phone call has not helped much in preventing terrorist attacks, according to a report released by the New America Foundation, a Washington-based nonprofit policy group. The group analyzed 225 terrorism cases in the […]
A European Parliament committee has approved inviting the ex-NSA contractor, Edward Snowden, to testify for US snooping on the EU leaders through a video link. The Justice and Civil Liberties Committee of the parliament voted 36-2 with one abstention in favor of seeking testimony from the US whistleblower who has sought asylum in Moscow temporarily. […]
Edward Snowden, the former NSA contractor for the National Security Agency (NSA), had alleged through his leaked documents that the NSA along with its British counterpart GCHQ monitored the email traffic of Ehud Olmert in last days of his tenure; others being intercepted were Ehud Barak and the Hebrew University’s Institute of Physics—a renowned center […]
Academics from all over the world have joined hands in form of a protest against mass surveillance. There has been an increasing uproar about privacy encroachments; thanks to many such revelations that have highlighted the degree of surveillance a person can face. To counter this unprecedented level of surveillance, academicians around the world have come […]
Earlier we reported that Facebook will send your conversation data to TV networks and how Facebook stores everything you type on the social network even if the message is not published. Now a lawsuit has been filed by Michael Hurley and Plaintiffs Matthew Campbell in California district court which claims that Facebook reads, stores and shares user’s personal messages from their inbox […]
TAO, the arm of the US National Security Agency (NSA), is embroiled in penetrating the security structures of Apple iPhone; and this time it is alleged that the manufacturer colluded with the intelligence agency. It has been reported that the NSA’s DROPOUT JEEP program could access voicemail, contact lists, text messages, files, location and could […]
NSA involved in abusive surveillance and offensive cyber attacks, manipulating bank balances to achieve targets. Until now we only knew one side of the story but now it is time to expose the other side. A general perception that National Security Agency (NSA) spies on just about everyone in the world may need to be revisited. According […]
A federal judge has said in his ruling that spying and collecting personal information of American citizens is completely legal and a ”counter-punch” to eliminate al-Qaeda’s terror network. A New York federal judge has given a ruling that National Security Agency (NSA)’s PRISM surveillance and spying program is legal. The ruling is opposite to ruling that […]
NSA‘s whistle blower Edward Snowden has a special message for you on this Christmas. We thank Mr. Snowden for his contribution in exposing the NSA’s PRISM surveillance program. Follow @HackRead
The NSA’s whistle blower Edward Snowden has said that ‘’he has already won, he has achieved what he dreamed of ’’ especially when journalists around the world got keen to expose what NSA has been doing since 2001. In an interview to the Washington post, ex – NSA tech Snowden said that it is satisfying […]
Despite Snowden’s voluntarily offer to help Brazil in investigating National Security Agency’s (NSA) spying activities against the country, the land of beauty has no plans to grant him any kind of asylum. Reuters- Brazil carries no plans for giving asylum to Snowden even after this former contractor of NSA has offered them to be part […]
Facebook detects and stores everything you type on the social network even if the message is not published. Most of us are very cautious about what to post on Facebook, and they, therefore, think a lot before pressing enter to post the content they have written or attached. Well, many of you would love to […]
It seems as if those business which bowed down in front of NSA are now facing a backlash. That’s what we can see from several tech giants and business institutions who cooperated with the American National Security Agency (NSA) for its spying and surveillance project PRISM. These companies are now loosing billions of dollars and most […]
A leaked two-page pamphlet for NSA employees reveals the organization instructed each employee on some key “talking points” to bring up in conversations with friends and family over thanksgiving to rebut many common opinions following Snowden’s leaks. A PDF copy containing a 2 page memo has been obtained by Firedoglake, and the memo contains talking […]
A UK citizen has sued Microsoft for leaking PRISM private data to the NSA. A UK court will be carrying out an action trail for a case that has been filed by a British Citizen. The reason is that the private data of a UK citizen has been leaked or given to NSA by Microsoft. Now the court […]