NSA

By Spencer Blohm News surrounding privacy issues and government surveillance often comes with the name Edward Snowden, especially in recent years. As a former employee of NSA contractor Booz Allen Hamilton, Snowden released thousands…
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EspañolThe Communications Security Establishment (CSE), Canada's equivalent to the US National Security Agency (NSA), is monitoring the online activity of millions of internet users, to identify people they deem to be extremists. The…
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Español On Tuesday evening, the US Senate struck down the USA Freedom Act by a vote of 58-42. The bill proposed ending the NSA's controversial metadata collection of cell phone calls in the United Sates, but fell short by two votes of…
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EspañolOn Tuesday, Students for Liberty (SFL) announced its 2015 Alumnus of the Year Award will be given to former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden. According to a statement by SFL President and Cofounder…
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Internet companies like Google and Facebook have long opposed government regulation. These companies understand that the mighty hand of government is like a dam on the river of innovation and profit. Yet, in their determination to become…
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EspañolMass government surveillance in the United States is having broader and more damaging consequences than previously understood, according to a new report issued by Human Rights Watch (HRW) and the American Civil Liberties Union…
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EspañolAn anonymous message signed by "Cincinnatus”; a secret meeting in a hotel room in Hong Kong; an intelligence specialist who travels the world developing ways of intercepting global communications. It has all the makings of a…
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EspañolOn Wednesday, the New Hampshire House and Senate both unanimously approved a bill prohibiting government officials from obtaining information from electronic devices, including cell phones, without a warrant signed by a judge. The…
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EspañolFor the time being, it seems the promise of reform to the National Security Agency (NSA) of the United States has been part of a big stage show. The text of the bill that just passed in the House of Representatives is a perfect…
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Español On Monday, former NSA contractor, CIA employee, and provider of secrets, Edward Snowden spoke at the annual South by Southwest (SXSW) festival in Austin, Texas. In case you missed it and are now scratching your head wondering how…
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Fool us once? Shame on you. Fool us twice? Shame on all of us. This shouldn’t be surprising anymore. Ever since Edward Snowden dropped the first privacy bombshell in June of 2013, unrelenting reports of illegal government spying have…
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EspañolAs we begin a new year in the United States, we find civil liberties, and in particular protections against unreasonable searches, seizures, and breaches of privacy, in a most precarious state. Undoubtedly, the story of the year in…
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