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National Security Agency Triples Collection Of Phone Records in United States
The US National Security Agency collected 534 million records of phone calls and text messages of Americans last year, more than triple gathered in 2016, a US intelligence agency report released on Friday said.
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US Spy Agency Abandons Controversial Surveillance Technique
The US National Security Agency said on Friday it had stopped a form of surveillance that allowed it to collect without a warrant the digital communications of Americans who mentioned a foreign intelligence target in their messages, marking an unexpected triumph for privacy advocates long critical of the practice.
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German Parliament Approves Law to Store Mobile, Internet Data
Under the data retention law, firms will need to keep data on telephone calls, as well as online traffic through IP addresses.
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Would Prefer to Live in My Own Country, Says NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden
Former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden on Saturday criticised Russia - the country that has granted him asylum - calling its crackdown on human rights and online freedom "fundamentally wrong" and said he would prefer not to live in exile.
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DuckDuckGo Traffic Grew 600 Percent Since NSA Revelations, Says CEO
Privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo now receives over 9 million search queries per day.
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Obama Heads to Tech Security Talks Amid Tensions
The long history of quiet cooperation between Washington and America's top tech companies was founded on the assumption of mutual interest.
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Obama to Encourage Companies to Share Cyber-Security Threat Data
The executive order sets the stage for new private-sector led "information sharing and analysis organizations" (ISAOs).
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Symantec Holding Talks With China on Software Ban Report
A report last week said the Ministry of Public Security had ordered branches to uninstall Symantec's DLP products, banning their future purchase.
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UK's GCHQ Faces Court Action Over 'Illegal' Surveillance
The complaint has been filed at a London court by several privacy campaigners.
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Google, Microsoft, other US tech firms call Obama's NSA reforms 'insufficient'
Eight tech firms in a joint statement said: "Additional steps are needed on other important issues"
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US spy court: NSA to keep collecting phone records
A secretive U.S. spy court has ruled again that the National Security Agency can keep collecting every American's telephone records every day, in the midst of dueling decisions in two other federal courts about whether the surveillance program is constitutional.
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'Lives have been saved' by NSA programs: Barack Obama
Trying to tamp down concerns about government over-reach, President Barack Obama on Wednesday defended US Internet and phone surveillance programs as narrowly targeted efforts that have saved lives and thwarted at least 50 terror threats.
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Chancellor Angela Merkel, Barack Obama to discuss NSA surveillance program
Germany's chancellor will raise the issue of NSA's eavesdropping on European communications when she meets President Barack Obama here next week - the latest sign of the international backlash over leaks about America's sweeping electronic surveillance programs.
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National Security Agency Triples Collection Of Phone Records in United States
The US National Security Agency collected 534 million records of phone calls and text messages of Americans last year, more than triple gathered in 2016, a US intelligence agency report released on Friday said.
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US Spy Agency Abandons Controversial Surveillance Technique
The US National Security Agency said on Friday it had stopped a form of surveillance that allowed it to collect without a warrant the digital communications of Americans who mentioned a foreign intelligence target in their messages, marking an unexpected triumph for privacy advocates long critical of the practice.
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German Parliament Approves Law to Store Mobile, Internet Data
Under the data retention law, firms will need to keep data on telephone calls, as well as online traffic through IP addresses.
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Would Prefer to Live in My Own Country, Says NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden
Former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden on Saturday criticised Russia - the country that has granted him asylum - calling its crackdown on human rights and online freedom "fundamentally wrong" and said he would prefer not to live in exile.
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DuckDuckGo Traffic Grew 600 Percent Since NSA Revelations, Says CEO
Privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo now receives over 9 million search queries per day.
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Obama Heads to Tech Security Talks Amid Tensions
The long history of quiet cooperation between Washington and America's top tech companies was founded on the assumption of mutual interest.
-
Obama to Encourage Companies to Share Cyber-Security Threat Data
The executive order sets the stage for new private-sector led "information sharing and analysis organizations" (ISAOs).
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Symantec Holding Talks With China on Software Ban Report
A report last week said the Ministry of Public Security had ordered branches to uninstall Symantec's DLP products, banning their future purchase.
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UK's GCHQ Faces Court Action Over 'Illegal' Surveillance
The complaint has been filed at a London court by several privacy campaigners.
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Google, Microsoft, other US tech firms call Obama's NSA reforms 'insufficient'
Eight tech firms in a joint statement said: "Additional steps are needed on other important issues"
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US spy court: NSA to keep collecting phone records
A secretive U.S. spy court has ruled again that the National Security Agency can keep collecting every American's telephone records every day, in the midst of dueling decisions in two other federal courts about whether the surveillance program is constitutional.
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'Lives have been saved' by NSA programs: Barack Obama
Trying to tamp down concerns about government over-reach, President Barack Obama on Wednesday defended US Internet and phone surveillance programs as narrowly targeted efforts that have saved lives and thwarted at least 50 terror threats.
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Chancellor Angela Merkel, Barack Obama to discuss NSA surveillance program
Germany's chancellor will raise the issue of NSA's eavesdropping on European communications when she meets President Barack Obama here next week - the latest sign of the international backlash over leaks about America's sweeping electronic surveillance programs.
