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NSA program on phone records is illegal, court rules
"The ruling has scrambled the terms of the debate, strengthening the hand of those who want changes that go further than those called for in the USA Freedo…
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How the NSA Converts Spoken Words Into Searchable Text
"“I think people don’t understand that the economics of surveillance have totally changed,” Jennifer Granick, civil liberties director at the Stanford Cent…
The Intelligence Time Machine
On Tuesday, members in the House and Senate introduced new versions of the USA Freedom Act that would prohibit bulk collection of records under Section 215 of t…
The new German spying scandal is a big deal
German media organizations, such as Der Spiegel and Die Zeit, are reporting on Thursday on a spying scandal that threatens to create new controversy over the NS…
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Fact-checking John Oliver's interview with Edward Snowden about NSA surveillance
"Other experts pointed out that we don’t know for sure what happens to these exchanges when they are collected. Jonathan Mayer, a cybersecurity fellow at S…
The Latest Rules on How Long NSA Can Keep Americans’ Encrypted Data Look Too Familiar
Does the National Security Agency (NSA) have the authority to collect and keep all encrypted Internet traffic for as long as is necessary to decrypt that traffi…
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UK Intelligence Spying on Journalists Neglects Privacy, Press Freedom
"The UK government is not giving enough consideration to privacy and freedom of the press, and the recently revealed surveillance of journalists is yet mor…
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The director of civil liberties for the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School discusses net neutrality, privacy and the NSA.…
Prof. David Schanzer - Hearsay Culture Show #216 - KZSU-FM
A talk show on KZSU-FM, Stanford, 90.1 FM, hosted by CIS Affiliate Scholar David S. Levine. The show includes guests and focuses on the intersection of technolo…
Did PCLOB Answer My Eight Questions About Section 702?
TL;DR: A little bit, but not enough. Yesterday, the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) issued a massive report about the legally and technolog…
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Did PCLOB Answer My Eight Questions About Section 702?
TL;DR: A little bit, but not enough. Yesterday, the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) issued a massive report about the legally and technolog…
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NSA reformers dismayed after privacy board vindicates surveillance dragnet
""But for the longer term goal of reining in warrantless, massive collection of communications and for getting countries to protect their communicatio…