Obama Hijacks NSA Tech Executive Meeting To Talk About Obamacare. Guess Which Political Party Just Condemned the NSA’s Mass Surveillance Program. Share RNC Chairman Reince Priebus stands on stage at an annual winter meeting in Washington, Friday, January 24, 2014.
(AP Photo/Susan Walsh) The Republican National Committee passed a resolution renouncing the National Security Agency’s mass data collection programs, disclosed by whistleblower Edward Snowden last year. Moscow Extends Snowden's Asylum. A Russian lawmaker says the government in Moscow has no intention of expelling U.S. national security leaker Edward Snowden when his year-long temporary asylum ends in August.
Alexey Pushkov, head of the foreign affairs committee in the State Duma, Russia's lower legislative house, said Friday that Snowden "will not be sent out of Russia. " Snowden live chat: 'I never stole any passwords, nor did I trick an army of co-workers' National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden wants to return to the United States, but he believes he would not be able to get a fair trial because current whistle-blower protection laws do not cover NSA contractors.
In what was billed as a live online chat, Snowden said his return "is the best resolution for the government, the public, and myself, but it’s unfortunately not possible. "This is especially frustrating," he wrote, "because it means there’s no chance to have a fair trial, and no way I can come home and make my case to a jury. " Chrome Bug Lets Sites Listen to Your Conversations.
Snowden speaks: NSA spies create 'databases of ruin' on innocent folks. Ex-NSA contractor turned whistleblower Edward Snowden used his first public Q&A to call for the US to lead a global initiative to ban mass surveillance of populations.
He also wants governments to ensure that intelligence agencies can protect national security while not invading everyday privacy. "Not all spying is bad. The biggest problem we face right now is the new technique of indiscriminate mass surveillance, where governments are seizing billions and billions and billions of innocents' communication every single day," he said. U.S. Attorney General Holder Says He Is Ready To Negotiate With Edward Snowden. Ron Paul: Edward Snowden Is A Hero. Gov't Board Slaps NSA. Ron Paul Channel. NSA Phone Data Program Judge Rules Unlawful 12-17-13. If Brazil gives Snowden asylum, he will help fight US spying in Brazil! NSA Spy Program Likely Unconstitutional ?!?
Edward Snowden's asylum-seeking letter to Brazil - in full. NSA former contractor and whistleblower Edward Snowden has written an open letter to the people of Brazil, published by newspaper Folha de São Paulo today (17).
Read the full text of the letter below, where Snowden attempts to ask the country for asylum for the second time. "Six months ago, I stepped out from the shadows of the United States Government's National Security Agency to stand in front of a journalist's camera. I shared with the world evidence proving some governments are building a world-wide surveillance system to secretly track how we live, who we talk to, and what we say. NSA Tracks 5 Billion Cellphones. Biometrics. Your Rights. NSA Surveillance articles, news, and opinions. Protecting our rights. Tell Me More About Snowden Betraying Our Trust by ~xxWeAreAnonymousxx on deviantART. Welcome To America by ~xxWeAreAnonymousxx on deviantART. What Big Ears You Have! by ~xxWeAreAnonymousxx on deviantART. Shut Up And Take My Money by ~xxWeAreAnonymousxx on deviantART.
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<div class="message"> Javascript must be enabled to use this action. </div> Send a message to your representatives asking them to oppose this dangerous bill. Please enter your zip code: Update: The House of Representatives passed CISPA. C-SPAN Faces Barrage Of Callers About Boston Bombing False Flag (ThinkOutsideTheTV) Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act. The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA H.R. 3523 (112th Congress), H.R. 624 (113th Congress)) is a proposed law in the United States which would allow for the sharing of Internet traffic information between the U.S. government and technology and manufacturing companies. The stated aim of the bill is to help the U.S. government investigate cyber threats and ensure the security of networks against cyberattacks.[1] Some critics saw CISPA as a second attempt at strengthening digital piracy laws after the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect Intellectual Property Act both met huge opposition.[12] Intellectual property theft was initially listed in the bill as a possible cause for sharing Web traffic information with the government, though it was removed in subsequent drafts.[13] Content[edit]
Live Q&A with Edward Snowden: Thursday 23rd January, 8pm GMT, 3pm EST. @mperkel #ASKSNOWDEN They say it’s a balance of privacy and safety.
I think spying makes us less safe. do you agree? Intelligence agencies do have a role to play, and the people at the working level at the NSA, CIA, or any other member of the IC are not out to get you. They’re good people trying to do the right thing, and I can tell you from personal experience that they were worried about the same things I was. The people you need to watch out for are the unaccountable senior officials authorizing these unconstitutional programs, and unreliable mechanisms like the secret FISA court, a rubber-stamp authority that approves 99.97% of government requests (which denied only 11 requests out of 33,900 in 33 years They’re the ones that get us into trouble with the Constitution by letting us go too far. And even the President now agrees our surveillance programs are going too far, gathering massive amounts of private records on ordinary Americans who have never been suspected of any crime. Yes. Save the Internet from the US.
Feds tell Web firms to turn over user account passwords. The U.S. government has demanded that major Internet companies divulge users' stored passwords, according to two industry sources familiar with these orders, which represent an escalation in surveillance techniques that has not previously been disclosed.
If the government is able to determine a person's password, which is typically stored in encrypted form, the credential could be used to log in to an account to peruse confidential correspondence or even impersonate the user. Obtaining it also would aid in deciphering encrypted devices in situations where passwords are reused. "I've certainly seen them ask for passwords," said one Internet industry source who spoke on condition of anonymity. "We push back. " A second person who has worked at a large Silicon Valley company confirmed that it received legal requests from the federal government for stored passwords.