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American Court Legally Declares Bitcoin A Real Currency

RT reports that a federal judge in the USA has declared Bitcoin a legitimate currency. This opens up the way…

11 years ago

NSA To Replace Snowden’s Job With Computers To Prevent Future Leaks

The director of the NSA has announced that Snowden's job at the NSA will be replaced by computer systems to…

11 years ago

“Silent Circle” Encrypted Email Service Chooses To Shut Down Too

We have already see the encrypted email service Lavabit voluntarily shut down rather than comply with U.S government requests or…

11 years ago

Encrypted Email Service “Lavabit” Shuts Down Rather Than Comply With NSA

Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden used the encrypted email client Lavabit as his own email service. Lavabit is unique in…

11 years ago

FBI Pressuring Telecoms Companies To Install More Surveillance

The FBI is applying pressure to American based telecommunications companies to install surveillance technology to assist the FBI's ability to…

11 years ago

Wikipedia Pushing Ahead With Encryption To Lock NSA Out

Wikipedia is taking steps to ensure that the NSA cannot spy on it or its users by adding encryption to…

11 years ago

UK MPs To Quiz GCHQ Over Alleged $150 Million Payments From U.S Government

With it being revealed that the American government paid the UK spy agency, the GCHQ, $150 million in return for…

11 years ago

NSA Leader’s Black Hat 2013 Speech Revealed – Video

We already told you about the NSA Boss getting booed at his Black Hat 2013 conference keynote speech this week.…

11 years ago

Germany Terminates Surveillance Deal With USA Over NSA Spying Scandal

The German Foreign Office has taken a rather dramatic political move and terminated a surveillance pact that it had signed…

11 years ago

The White House Says It Is Extremely Disappointed With Snowden’s Asylum

The Obama Administration has responded to the Russian decision to offer Edward Snowden temporary asylum for a period of one…

11 years ago

Snowden Is Now Protected From Deportation Or Extradition

Russia Today reports that with Edward Snowden now having secured temporary asylum in Russia he can no longer be legally…

11 years ago

WikiLeaks Says Snowden Asylum Is A Battle Won But The War Continues

  With Edward Snowden being formally granted temporary asylum by Russia, WikiLeaks are hailing victory of a major battle. WikiLeaks…

11 years ago

Twitter Reports Spike In U.S Government Data Requests For 2013

Twitter has reported a large increase in the number of requests from governments to supply them with private information about…

11 years ago

NSA Says XKeyscore Media Reports Are Misleading

The recent leaks from the Guardian that revealed an NSA program called "XKeyscore" have sparked a critical response from the…

11 years ago

NSA Boss Booed On-Stage At 2013 Black Hat Conference

The NSA "boss" General Keithe Alexander agreed to make a speech at the Black Hat 2013 conference, about computer security,…

11 years ago