A Look at the Inner Workings of NSA's XKEYSCORE
Documents provided by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden shed light on the inner workings of XKEYSCORE, one of the most extensive programs of mass surveillance in human history.
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How To Keep NSA Computers From Turning Your Phone Conversations Into Searchable Text
Signal for iPhone and RedPhone for Android, both made by Open Whisper Systems, are the best current software for end-to-end encryption of calls.
USA Freedom Act: Small Step for Post-Snowden Reform, Giant Leap for Congress
Congress has finally brought itself to end the unprecedented bulk collection of domestic phone records — just one surveillance program out of the multitude Snowden revealed.
No Child Left Un-Mined? Student Privacy at Risk in the Age of Big Data
A multibillion-dollar ed-tech industry says it needs to track student performance to improve education, but privacy advocates and parents worry about children's data being exploited for profit.
Corrected: St. Louis Grapples — and Fails to Grapple — With the Matter of Murdered Black Women
Blacks are more likely to be killed in Missouri than any other state, and five black women in St. Louis were recently killed in rapid succession. Do local police care?
Speech Recognition is NSA's Best-Kept Open Secret
The NSA's ability to turn voice into text is not technically a secret. Over the years, however, there's been almost no public discussion of the spy agency's use of automated speech recognition.
Former Dem Senator Chris Dodd Advised Execs to Give to GOP: "Fundraising Does Have An Impact"
The former senator, now a movie industry lobbyist, wrote that "while loyalty to a person and/or party is admirable, we also need to be smarter about being supportive of those who are and will be in positions to make decisions that affect this industry."
Ron Conway, San Francisco's Tech Kingmaker, Quietly Attends Jeb Bush Fundraiser
Mall of America Security Catfished Black Lives Matter Activists, Documents Show
A mall "intelligence analyst" used a fake Facebook account to monitor local Black Lives Matter organizers, according to documents obtained by <em>The Intercept</em>.
How the NSA Converts Spoken Words Into Searchable Text
Top-secret documents show the NSA can automatically recognize the content within phone calls, generating easily searched transcriptions.