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The NSA Can Afford To Store Data From Years Of Phone Calls
There’s been a lot of talk about the NSA and its data-gathering policies. The news sounds kind of scary. But you might be thinking that the NSA can’t have literally every foreign and domestic call made in the US. That would be a crazy amount of data right? Well, yes, it would be, and it…
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How Google Gives User Information To The NSA
Ever since news of PRISM broke, there’s been a lot of confusion and denial about exactly how the NSA is getting your information from the companies that have been collecting it. Now Google’s fessed up to the details, and it’s unsurprisingly simple: by FTP or even by hand.
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What Is PRISM? The Secret US Government Program Explained
Yesterday, the Washington Post and The Guardian dropped concurrent bombshell reports. Their subject was PRISM, a covert collaboration between the NSA, FBI, and nearly every tech company you rely on daily. PRISM has allowed the government unprecedented access to personal information for at least the last six years. But what is it, exactly?
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The Pocket-Picking Facebook Malware That No One Knows How To Stop
A particularly nasty breed of malware is raiding people’s Facebook profiles and emptying their bank accounts. Its name is Zeus, and, yes, it is all powerful. Because despite the fact that this money-grubbing, Likejacking malware has been around for years stealing both private and government data, cybersecurity experts are still stumped about how to stop…