Nov 08
New details are emerging about how Edward Snowden gained access to the classified NSA documents he would later leak to the press, and boy are they curious.
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Oct 31
According to AP, Edward Snowden has secured a “technical support” job with a “major” Russian website
Posted in: Today's ChiliAccording to AP, Edward Snowden has secured a "technical support" job with a "major" Russian website and will start work on Friday. Even big-time whistleblowers need to earn some dollar, right?
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Oct 30
In the wake of the Edward Snowden leaks, we’ve seen at least two encrypted email services close shop in the face of government scrutiny. They’re not giving up on the mission, however. In fact, these freedom fighters now say they’re coming back twice as strong and twice as committed to shutting out the NSA.
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Oct 20
Beginning in May 2010, the NSA gained access to the Mexican Presidencia domain on the Mexican Presidential network and began monitoring then-president Felipe Calderon’s email account, according to a document leaked to Der Spiegel by Edward Snowden. The document also shows that the NSA has been surveilling the Brazilian government.
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Oct 11
A confusing truth is becoming increasingly clear: The government had multiple chances to stop Edward Snowden before he leaked a trove of NSA documents earlier this year. But they didn’t. We’ve heard about the warning signs before, but the latest revelation is a real whopper.
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Oct 04
This shouldn’t come as a huge surprise, but the NSA has reportedly been trying (and failing) to break into the Tor network for years. It turns out that Tor, a suite of tools to protect anonymity online, is just too secure as an infrastructure. Individual users, however, are less secure.
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Oct 02
New details have emerged in the saga of Lavabit, the now offline secure email provider used by Edward Snowden. Apparently, the government tried (and failed) to strong arm the service into giving up its private SSL key, a major security concession that would’ve given Uncle Sam access to all user data.
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Sep 30
The NSA is collecting—and storing for up to 365 days—the metadata of millions of internet users, sometimes even if they’re not connected to a terrorism target. Don’t go gasping with disbelief too quickly. You should be used to this kind of news
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Sep 28
Microsoft has released a new report today detailing the number of requests it has received from various law enforcement agencies from around the world. Between January and June 2013, the company received 37,196 requests for data. Seventy seven percent of these requests were for data such as IP history, billing address, and the user’s name. Microsoft says that for 21 percent requests it didn’t have to disclose any data. It also mentions that “some” customer content had to be released for 2.19 percent of the requests. Customer content may include photos saved in SkyDrive, subject and body of email and address book information, as per Microsoft’s own definition. Interestingly, 92 percent of such requests were made by the U.S. government.
Microsoft Received 37,196 Requests For Data From LEAs original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Aug 25
NSA Allegedly Paid Google, Microsoft, Yahoo And Facebook Millions To Cover Compliance Costs
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Whistleblower Edward Snowden is at it again. In a new string of documents provided to The Guardian by the ex-CIA technical analyst, it is alleged that NSA paid millions of dollars of taxpayer money to internet companies such as Google, Microsoft, Yahoo and Facebook. Previous leaks from Edward Snowden allege that these major companies, and a few more, are involved in the National Security Agency’s PRISM program. Soon after the initial leaks, major U.S. internet companies including the ones mentioned above denied ever having any knowledge of the PRISM program.
NSA Allegedly Paid Google, Microsoft, Yahoo And Facebook Millions To Cover Compliance Costs original content from Ubergizmo. 
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