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This is How Google Responds to a U.S. Search Warrant

Kellen March 28, 2014 41

Privacy. Privacy. Privacy. It's such a painful topic to discuss. We hate it. The government hates it. Google hates it. You hate it. But it's a hot item thanks to all of those just mentioned. As is such, Google needs to keep addressing your privacy in order to...

Verizon Releases Transparency Report – Received 320,000 Law Enforcement Requests, Won’t Talk NSA Specifics

Kellen January 22, 2014 33

Not that this info greatly impacts most of us, but I found Verizon's 2013 Transparency Report to be somewhat fascinating. In the report, released this morning, Verizon claims that they received over 320,000 law enforcement requests from federal, state or local...

Circumvent NSA Surveillance with Blackphone, an Android Device Coming to MWC

Kyle January 15, 2014 56

In an age of widespread government surveillance, a device that promises some semblance of the privacy we all once had sounds really appealing. Enter Blackphone, a security-oriented smartphone running a customized version of Android that its makers believe is...

Google’s Larry Page Responds With “What the…?” to Reports of Government PRISM Program

Kellen June 7, 2013 87

After word snuck out yesterday morning of a government program called PRISM, which allegedly allows the NSA and FBI to have back-door access to information from some of the world's leading internet companies, we have seen leaders from both Facebook and Apple...

Verizon Forced to Hand Over Millions of Phone Records to NSA

Kellen June 6, 2013 269

In a court order obtained and then published last night by the Guardian, we now know that Verizon has been asked to hand over millions of phone records on a daily and ongoing basis to the NSA (National Security Agency). As you can imagine after reading that...

NSA Releases ‘Security Enhanced Android’, Offering Government Level Protection For Your Device

Tim January 19, 2012 61

Do you sometimes feel that your phone just isn't as secure as it should be? Then allow me to introduce Security Enhanced Android (SEA), brought to you by the wonderful folks over at the National Security Agency (NSA). Taken from the AOSP and then beefed up to...