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Feds Claim the Patriot Act Allowed Them to Log Visitors to Websites

Letters produced by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and obtained by the New York Times show that…

Tom McKay

12/03/20 6:48PM

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Edward Snowden Leaks Intent to Become Russian

Edward Snowden, the former intelligence contractor and whistleblower who leaked a trove of classified National…

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Amazon Brings on Former NSA Overseer to Do, Uh, Something

Amazon has appointed former National Security Agency director Gen. Keith Alexander to its board, the company…

Whitney Kimball

9/10/20 12:45PM

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Even a Federal Judge Agrees That the FBI and NSA Are Flouting Civil Liberty Safeguards

The National Security Agency and Federal Bureau of Investigation violated thousands of people’s civil liberties by…

Alyse Stanley

9/04/20 11:18PM

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Seven Years Later, Court Finally Finds Illegal NSA Spying Program to Have Been Illegal

The National Security Agency’s program to hoover up details on billions of domestic phone calls and text messages in…

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Tiktok’s Latest Suitor Is Oracle, a Company With Close Ties To CIA and NSA

Oracle has expressed interest in buying TikTok from Chinese-based tech company Bytedance according to a new report…

Matt Novak

8/18/20 7:50AM

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Trump Hints He's Open to Pardoning Edward Snowden

Donald Trump—who once demanded that former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden be executed for…

Tom McKay

8/14/20 2:50PM

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Judiciary Chairman Supports House Effort to Nix FBI's Warrantless Spying (But Not Publicly)

A brewing fight in the U.S. House of Representatives over the future of internet privacy came to head on Thursday…

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Hey Wait a Minute, I Think I've Seen This Movie Before

Today in déjà vu: senior Trump administration officials have been pressing U.S. spy agencies to come up with…

Tom McKay

4/30/20 2:00PM

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Report: The NSA's Expensive and Controversial Phone Program Only Netted One Significant Investigation

Around this time last year, the National Security Agency stealthily shut down its disputed mass surveillance program…

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CIA Spied Using Sabotaged Encryption Equipment It Sold to Foreign Governments Since the 1970s

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and National Security Agency (NSA) spied on allies and enemies alike through a…

Matt Novak

2/11/20 11:50AM

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Alleged CIA Leaker Joshua Schulte Was Made Scapegoat for Being 'a Pain in the Ass,' Defense Argues

Defense lawyers for former CIA software engineer Joshua Adam Schulte say that the CIA and federal prosecutors don’t…

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Glenn Greenwald Charged With Cybercrimes After Embarrassing Officials in Brazil

Journalist firebrand Glenn Greenwald has been charged with cybercrimes by federal prosecutors in Brazil, according…

Matt Novak

1/21/20 11:38AM

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Stop What You're Doing and Update Windows Right Now

The National Security Agency disclosed a major vulnerability in the latest versions of Windows 10 and Windows Server…

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Judge Rules Edward Snowden Can't Profit From His Book Because It Wasn't Cleared by NSA and CIA

Edward Snowden will not be allowed to profit from sales of his book Permanent Record, after a federal judge in…

Matt Novak

12/18/19 8:05AM

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FBI Illegally Targeted U.S. Citizens With Warrantless NSA Database Searches, Secret Court Finds

A secretive federal court has ruled that the Federal Bureau of Investigation abused the privacy rights of U.S.…

Jennings Brown

10/08/19 5:53PM

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DOJ Sues for All of Edward Snowden's Book Profits

Just when he thinks he’s out, they pull him back in. On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Justice announced new legal…

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Chernobyl, Schrödinger’s Cat, and Telegram Terrorists: Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week

Happy Sunday evening! Hopefully the events of the last week have been going better for you than YouTube, which spent…

Tom McKay

6/09/19 10:00PM

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This Windows Flaw Is So Bad, Even the NSA Is Begging You to Update

It’s not every day that the National Security Agency urges you to update your computer.

Patrick Howell O'Neill

6/05/19 8:44AM

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Backdoors in Huawei Equipment Discovered by Vodafone Italy in 2009

Vodafone Italy discovered backdoors in its Huawei home internet routers and software between 2009 and 2011 according…

Matt Novak

4/30/19 7:30AM

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