How to Snoop-Proof Any Phone or Tablet
It’s likely that you’ve got details of your whole life stored on your phone—the people you know, the banks you’ve used,…
New WikiLeaks Cache Reveals a Decade of U.S. Spying on Japan
A new series of documents released by WikiLeaks reveals a list of 35 high-profile targets in Japan that the NSA has…
11 Wildly Creepy Things People Have Done to Snoop on Smartphones
We've all felt the urge to snoop through our loved ones' phones before—and sometimes that itch is just too strong to…
Microsoft Will Leave Email Snooping Up to the Authorities Now
After last week's uproar over Microsoft's 2012 snooping in a blogger's Hotmail account, the company says it will no…
The Privacy Paradox: How US Surveillance Acts Contradict Each Other
The report from the President's Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies on the U.S. government's…
The CIA Has a Vast Database of International Money Transfers
The Central Intelligence Agency has been busy aggregating a huge database of international money transfers, according…
The NSA Spies on International Payments
German newspaper Spiegel Online reports that the NSA has its own financial database to track money flows through a…
The NSA Disguises Itself as Google to Spy
It's come to light that the NSA has impersonated Google—and possibly other big websites—in order to intercept, store,…
The Secret NSA Documents and FISA Court Opinions Released By Government
The Director of National Intelligence (DNI) just today released hundreds of pages of documents related to the…
How the NSA Misleads the Public Without Technically Lying
The Wall Street Journal published an important investigation last week, reporting that the National Security Agency…
Things the Authorities Say to Mislead You About NSA Surveillance
It’s been two months since President Barack Obama first said that he welcomes a debate about NSA surveillance, which he…
What It Means to Be an NSA 'Target'
An important New York Times investigation from today reporting that the NSA "is searching the contents of vast amounts…
Have You Gotten in Trouble with Work Because of Your Computer Habits?
If there is one thing we can all agree on, it's that being at work is different than from being at home. Well, unless…
Why Doesn't Skype Protect You Against Eavesdropping?
Skype has long claimed to be "end-to-end encrypted", an architectural category that suggests conversations over the…
Bloomberg: Tech Companies Got Access to Classified Info in PRISM Deal
Bloomberg is reporting that the recent NSA Prism scandal is just a tiny scratch on the privacy surface. Citing "four…
New Documents Suggest the IRS Reads Your Emails Without a Warrant
Everyone knows the IRS is our nation's tax collector, but it is also a law enforcement organization tasked with…
This Interactive Map Lets You Spy on Insecure Webcam Feeds
This new web app mashes together insecure feeds from Trendnet home security cameras with Google Maps to let you spy on…
Use This Webapp to Find Out If Your iPhone Apps Are Spying On You
Bitdefender's Clueful, once an iOS app in its own right that Apple apparently took offence to, is now back as a webapp.…
This Instagram-Street View Mash-Up Is a Stalker's Wet Dream
As if Instagram wasn't already an amazing way to snoop on what people are doing around the entire planet, a new website…