Carriers Got 1M Gov’t, Police Requests for Data in 2012
Requests for customer mobile phone data from federal, state, and local authorities topped 1 million last year
Local Police Track Cellphone Data
The National Security Agency isn’t the only government entity secretly collecting data from people’s cellphones. Local police are increasingly scooping it up, too
Internet Giants Demand Surveillance Reform
AOL, Twitter, Yahoo, Microsoft, Facebook, Google, Apple and LinkedIn to call for reforms to restore the public’s trust in the internet
NSA Tracks Billions of Cell-Phone Locations Daily
The National Security Agency is gathering nearly 5 billion records a day on the whereabouts of cellphones around the world
Private Firms Sell Mass Surveillance Systems Globally
Private firms are selling spying tools and mass surveillance technologies to developing countries with promises that “off the shelf” equipment will allow them to snoop on millions
NSA Overwhelmed with FOIA Requests
Fueled by the Edward Snowden scandal, more Americans than ever are asking the NSA if their personal life is being spied on
Silicon Valley Nerds Seek Revenge on NSA
Google Inc. (GOOG), Facebook Inc. (FB) and Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO) are fighting back against the National Security Agency by using harder-to-crack code to shield their networks and online customer data from unauthorized U.S. spying
CIA Secretly Collects Global Records of Financial Data
The CIA is secretly collecting bulk records of international money transfers handled by companies like Western Union — including transactions into and out of the US
The Last Patriots in Congress
Worse, the NSA has cloaked its operations behind such a thick cloud of secrecy that even if the NSA promised reforms, we would lack the ability to verify them
Google Bombarded by Gov’t Requests on User Data
The US government is on a data-gathering spree at Google, new data from the search giant reveals
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