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Snowden should be welcomed home with open arms, not handcuffs
Hope remains for the homecoming of Edward Snowden, the American whistleblower who exposed illegal government spying programs. In a surprising change of tone, former US attorney general Eric Holder say...
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Game over: Hacking Team disclosure exposes spy agency playbooks
Who hacks the hackers? It's a question the founder of Hacking Team — a company which supplies its own version of surveillance malware to governments worldwide — is struggling to answer after the H...
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Spy Game: NSA caught spying on German and French allies
Nations must strike a precarious balance when it comes to spying and surveillance. Too much spying and citizens become uneasy, worried that global investigations will turn local and start infringing o...
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New tool helps journalists and activists detect governments’ snooping malware
Researchers at Rook Security have created a free tool to scan and detect a malware that is used by oppressive government regimes to spy on journalists and activists, according to Threatpost. Dubbed M...
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GCHQ: Financial centers next for Russian hackers
It was all going so well. After decades of Cold War, slightly lukewarm interactions, and the occasionally civil gesture, the United States, Britain and Russia finally found some common ground. And the...
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Friends don't let friends browse the web unsecurely
Love ExpressVPN? Sharing is caring! Refer a friend and you both get 30 FREE days! Help your friend, BFF, or frenemy stay secure and private online today. So how does it work? EASY! Step 1: Sign...
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Watch the PGA Championship online
If you’re a golf fan, you probably wish you were in Whistling Straits in Kohler, Wisconsin for the 2015 PGA Championship — coming up August 13-16 — to watch returning champ Rory McIlroy defend h...
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Is your Samsung Smart TV spying on you? - #WTFWednesday
Samsung Smart TVs are amazing huh? With voice commands and video calling built in, it’s like we’re in the 2015 predicted by Back to the Future II. No wonder families are buying them in the tens of...
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Pixels in images can hack your computer - #WTFWednesday
What’s so dangerous about looking at a picture file in your web browser? In the past, nothing. You loaded the image. It displayed on your screen. You closed it, or went to a different page. There wa...
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Milking it: NSA goes after advertiser cookies for user data
This post was originally published on August 7, 2015. What's in a cookie? Used by browsers of all types, these small files are designed to help websites create tailored, curated experiences for netize...
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