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Federal court strikes down net neutrality rules

Jan 14, 2014

A federal appeals court has struck down Federal Communications Commission rules that prohibit Internet service providers (ISPs) from restricting access...

Thousands of Yahoo users have been infected with malware

Jan 5, 2014

Security researchers atĀ Fox IT say they've detected a malicious exploit kitĀ among Yahoo's ad network active since December 30th. The malware...

New Kanye West-styled cryptocurrency is easier to use than Bitcoin

Jan 3, 2014

Coinye West, a new cryptocurrency that, for some reason, is styled after Kanye West, intends to be much more accessible than...

Verizon to report on law-enforcement data requests

Dec 19, 2013

Verizon Communications will report on law-enforcement requests for information on its customers that it received in 2013, following similar moves...

Researchers find hackers can easily access your webcam without you knowing

Dec 19, 2013

The FBI has been accessing private webcams for years, and even knows how to do so without triggering your device’s...

NSA could decode private cellphone conversations

Dec 15, 2013

The NSA's phone surveillance efforts do more than just focus on metadata instead of associated calls, but they are also...

Ex-employee reveals that the FBI can secretly turn on your laptop’s camera

Dec 7, 2013

A new report on FBI surveillance techniques has revealed some interesting details on the hacks the Bureau is using to...

Yahoo finally catches up on SSL encryption for email

Oct 15, 2013

Yahoo is excited to announce that their email is going to be on a secure https URL... four years after...

The scale of the NSA’s email collections

Oct 15, 2013

Is the National Security Agency targeting thousands? Are they collecting tens, even hundreds of thousands of emails around the world?...

“Nothing to worry about here” – BlackBerry

Oct 14, 2013

Don't listen to the news reports. Don't listen to the rumors. Don't pay attention to the layoffs, the cutbacks, the...

EFF is getting sucked into politics

Oct 12, 2013

They are self-proclaimed zealots. They fight through information and grassroots efforts. With the rise of what they call "the surveillance...

Do Not Track suffers another casualty

Oct 12, 2013

Cookies are a good thing when baked in an oven. They're a potentially bad thing on the internet. Tracking is...