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LIVE Hacking Cyber Attack map…. WHITE HOUSE HACKED!
WHITE HOUSE HACKED! LIVE MAP HERE WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Suspicious cyber activity has been detected on the computer network used by the White House and measures have been taken to address it, a White House official disclosed on Tuesday. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, would not say who might have …
FACEBOOK TO D.E.A.: ‘Stop Creating Fake Accounts To Catch Criminals’
Facebook has sent a letter to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration demanding that agents stop impersonating users on the social network. The letter follows a BuzzFeed report that revealed how the DEA seized a woman’s phone and later created a Facebook account in her name. Sondra Arquiett was unaware as the DEA masqueraded as her …
FEDERAL COURT: Cops Need A Warrant To Grab Your Cell Phone Data
Americans may have a Florida drug dealer to thank for expanding our right to privacy. Police departments around the country have been collecting phone metadata from telecoms and using a sophisticated spy tool to track people through their mobile phones—often without obtaining a warrant. But a new ruling out of Florida has curbed the activity …
SNOWDEN: When you say, ‘I have nothing to hide,’ you’re saying, ‘I don’t care about this right’
Edward Snowden has hit out at Dropbox and other services he says are “hostile to privacy,” urging web users to abandon unencrypted communication and adjust privacy settings to prevent governments from spying on them in increasingly intrusive ways. “We are no longer citizens, we no longer have leaders. We’re subjects, and we have rulers,” Snowden …
FBI Director Demands Lawmakers Grant Access To Apple, Google User’s Data
The FBI director has slammed Apple and Google for offering their customers encryption technology that protects users’ privacy. “Deeply concerned” James Comey wants to push on Congress to “fix” laws to ensure police can still access private data. “It’s the equivalent of a closet that can’t be opened. A safe that can’t be cracked,” Comey, …
Tiny Box Allows For Complete Anonymity Online
No tool in existence protects your anonymity on the Web better than the software Tor, which encrypts Internet traffic and bounces it through random computers around the world. But for guarding anything other than Web browsing, Tor has required a mixture of finicky technical setup and software tweaks. Now routing allyour traffic through Tor may …
NSA spying damages US economy, may end up ‘breaking the Internet’
Technology giants claim the National Security Agency’s bulk surveillance programs are hurting the American economy, and one Senator is hoping to use that warning to push stalled reform through Congress. Google, Microsoft, and Facebook were just some of the companies represented at a public forum held by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) on Wednesday, and they …
[VIDEO] The $1,200 Machine That Lets Anyone Make a Metal Gun at Home
When Cody Wilson revealed the world’s first fully 3-D printed gun last year, he showed that the “maker” movement has enabled anyone to create a working, lethal firearm with a click in the privacy of his or her garage. Now he’s moved on to a new form of digital DIY gunsmithing. And this time the …
Father of the Internet, Tim Berners-Lee, Calls for ‘Online Bill of Rights’
Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web has spoken out against world governments and corporations, which he says are seeking to control the web for their own gain. He called for a revolutionary bill of rights to guaranty the web’s independence. READ MORE: Spying and storing: Assange says ‘Google works like NSA’ …
FBI DIRECTOR: New Apple and Android Security Measures Put Users ‘Above The Law’
FBI Director James B. Comey sharply criticized Apple and Google on Thursday for developing forms of smartphone encryption so secure that law enforcement officials cannot easily gain access to information stored on the devices — even when they have valid search warrants. His comments were the most forceful yet from a top government official but …
[VIDEO] iPhone 6 and iPhone 6+ Drop and Drown Tests Are In, and Results Are Not Good
As of this writing, millions of people are likely already fretting over their new iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus, picking out all manner of clunky cases to protect their new investment. But at least a handful of folks out there are torturing Apple’s latest and greatest instead. In the video above, both new models …
Mysterious, Unidentified Spying Cell Towers All Across Washington, D.C.
Washington, DC is littered with surveillance devices designed to trick surrounding mobile phones into logging onto signal-lifting networks, thereby allowing for tracking or call-monitoring purposes. While traveling around the capital city with Washington Post reporters, a top executive using his company’s mobile-security technology detected as many as 18 such devices mimicking legitimate cell towers around …
Apple reveals new ‘police-proof’ operating system
Following revelations that the NSA, in cooperation with various telecom companies, was spying on private communications, Apple Inc. has released new technology that it says cannot be compromised by the police. In an effort to protect the private communications of iPhone and iPad users, Apple said on Wednesday its latest mobile operating system, the iOS8, …
[PRIVACY ALERT] Google Has An Army of Technology Tracking Your Every Move, And There’s A Website To Prove It
Google Maps Has Been Tracking Your Every Move, And There’s A Website To Prove It Remember that scene in Minority Report, where Tom Cruise is on the run from the law, but is unable to avoid detection because everywhere he goes there are constant retina scans feeding his location back to a central database? …
The NSA project “Treasure Map”, and why it should alarm you
Newly exposed Snowden documents reveal the NSA’s in-depth plan to “map the entire Internet — any device, anywhere, all the time.” According to a report published today by German news publication Der Spiegel, the NSA and its British counterpart, GCHQ, “[aim] to map the Internet, and not just the large traffic channels, such as telecommunications cables. It also seeks to identify …
5 Facebook settings to change NOW!
If you missed the news, Facebook was recently valued at $201.6 billion. That’s enough to slip it in at number 22 on the list of the largest companies in the world. The dirty secret is that most of that value comes from ads, and to attract advertisers, Facebook sells them your information. It also adds …
Feds Threatened to Fine Yahoo $250,000/Day for Not Turning Over User Data
A 1,500-page court document unsealed today revealed that back in 2007, the federal government demanded that Yahoo! turn over private user data and join PRISM — and, if they did not comply, would fine the company $250,000 per day until they gave in. According to the documents viewed by the Washington Post, Yahoo! secretly waged …