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Ten international privacy authorities spanning Australia, Canada, Switzerland, Israel and more have

Ten international privacy authorities spanning Australia, Canada, Switzerland, Israel and more have sent a letter to Google asking for it to address privacy concerns over Glass. A letter; yeah, that'll work.

Britain's response to the NSA story? Back off and shut up Simon Jenkins

Snowden's revelations are causing outrage in the US. In the UK, Hague deploys a police-state defence and the media is silenced

On Monday the Guardian carried a story that British intelligence had spied on delegates at two G20 summits, those chaired by Gordon Brown in 2009.

Privacy officials from 6 countries request details on Google Glass

Officials ask Google how it intends to use the information collected by the high-tech specs, which could seemingly videotape or photograph others without their knowledge.

The NSA's Lockbox Has No Lock

One of the key points that officials have been making in defense of the NSA surveillance is this idea that even if they're collecting all this data on your communications, they can't actually do anything with it, because they keep it safely locked up in a lockbox, and only check it if they have some

Use PRISM Break To Reduce Your NSA-Related Paranoia

Okay PRISM. It's enough already. Erosion of privacy! Whatever. Apathy is setting in. But actually we should probably all be putting some thought into what we're doing with our private information. Maybe you're already trying to.

Civil liberties groups file lawsuit over NYPD surveillance of Muslims

New York police accused of religious profiling and suspicion-less surveillance of Muslim New Yorkers in years since 9/11

Asad "Ace" Dandie, a 20-year-old college student and Brooklyn native, thought nothing of the Facebook friend request he approved in March 2012.

The NSA's Lockbox Has No Lock

One of the key points that officials have been making in defense of the NSA surveillance is this idea that even if they're collecting all this data on your communications, they can't actually do anything with it, because they keep it safely locked up in a lockbox, and only check it if they have some

NSA Claims Surveillance Programs Aided The Stopping Of 50 Attacks; Details Lacking

In a hearing before the House Intelligence Committee today, NSA boss Keith Alexander once again claimed that the big NSA surveillance programs had stopped terrorist attacks. Rather than the "dozens" he stated last week, today it became "more than 50 potential terrorist events.

Texas Kind Of Protects Your Email Privacy With New Law

Before the NSA leaks, everybody thought the worst the government could do was obtain your email without a warrant. Well, they can still do that, but Texas has just made it harder for local law enforcement to do the same.

Symantec updates Norton 2013 range

Symantec has updated its suite of Windows security products with the release of Norton Antivirus 2013 v20,4, Norton Internet Security 2013 v20,4 and Norton 360 2013 v20,4. Version 20,4 is primarily a bug-fix release, with some notable fixes, but also tweaks the user interface.