NSA

Snowden Calls For Development Of Anti-Surveillance Kit

Edward Snowden calls on the tech industry to develop anti-surveillance products in wake of NSA spying

10 years ago

Cybersecurity Bill Gets Senate Intelligence Committee Blessing

Privacy concerns surface after US Committee approves a cybersecurity bill that 'encourages' increased data sharing

10 years ago

Prize Quiz Of The Week: Privacy

Try our Prize Quiz on privacy, and you could win a VPN subscription to protect your identity online

10 years ago

NSA Spying Helps Security, Says US Privacy Watchdog

Privacy watchdog says the NSA spying has improved America's cyber security, but there are still concerns

10 years ago

Germany Drops Verizon After NSA Spying Furore

German government cancels Verizon Communications contract in the wake of the NSA spying row

10 years ago

European Citizens Right To Sue US Over Data Privacy

President Obama aims to allow European citizens to sue the United States over the misuse of their personal data

10 years ago

Poll: TechWeek Readers Rate Switzerland And Germany For Privacy

Germany and Switzerland impress our readers with their privacy laws - but a lot of people vote for "other"

10 years ago

EU Data Watchdog Calls For Snooping Protection

European citizens need better protection from state-sponsored spying, warns top EU watchdog

10 years ago

Irish Court Asks EU To Review Facebook NSA Data Sharing

The top European court asked to review the data sharing agreement between Europe and the US

10 years ago

Apple, Cisco Back Microsoft Data Request Challenge

Major companies are lending their support to a Microsoft court challenge to the US government's request for email data stored…

10 years ago

EU To Tighten Data Protection Controls On US Internet Giants

Reform measures agreed on Friday are to apply EU data protection laws to non-European companies that do business within the…

10 years ago

Vodafone Delivers On Promise To Reveal State Snooping

Vodafone carries out its threat and discloses information about government snooping requests

10 years ago

Microsoft Wants ‘Unfinished Business’ On Surveillance Reform Sorted

Microsoft's Brad Smith outlines five changes the company wants to see from the US government to rein in surveillance

10 years ago

NSA Gathers Email Images For Facial Recognition

The NSA has reportedly stockpiled a huge database of 'facial recognition quality' images from intercepted Internet communications to help build…

10 years ago

China Responds To Hacking Allegations With More Hacking Allegations

“You run the NSA, and you have the nerve to accuse us of spying?”

10 years ago

NSA Surveillance Reform Bill Passes Government Vote

Legislation to curb the snooping activities of the NSA passes US vote, but this result pleases no one

10 years ago

Tech Titans Withdraw Support For NSA Reform Bill

Tech giants object to a US government reform bill of the NSA, saying the measures do not go far enough

10 years ago

German Government Contract Winners Will Have To Denounce The NSA

Participants in public sector procurement will have to promise not to cooperate with foreign intelligence agencies

10 years ago

Cisco’s Chambers Writes To Obama Over NSA Spying

Cisco chief executive John Chambers has written to the US president expressing his concerns over alleged NSA interceptions of US…

10 years ago

Cisco Upset By Images Of NSA Tampering With Networking Kit

Cisco wants governments to stop interfering with its kit

10 years ago

Glenn Greenwald: NSA Intercepted And Backdoored Servers

Journalist's book to reveal more details of NSA's efforts to spy on the Internet

10 years ago

Emails Reveal Google’s Close Working Relationship With NSA

NSA coordinated meetings with Google and other tech titans on mobile security

10 years ago

Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft Boost Data Request Disclosure Rules

Several major IT companies are reportedly moving to automatically notify users of government data requests

10 years ago

Anonymous Linux Distribution TAILS Reaches Release Version 1.0

The OS that helped Edward Snowden communicate with journalists is ready for prime time

10 years ago

US Judge Orders Microsoft To Hand Over Dublin Data To Cops

Microsoft tries to fight US government attempts to get data held on foreign soil, but fails

10 years ago

NIST Stops Recommending Controversial Random Number Generator

Dual_EC_DRBG removed from recommended list following reports of NSA-funded backdoors

10 years ago

NSA Denies Prior Knowledge Of Heartbleed Vulnerability

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence says disclosing the vulnerability would be “in the national interest”

10 years ago

Snowden: NSA Targeted Human Rights Groups

Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch concerned about Snowden claims

10 years ago

Yahoo Launches Post-Snowden Security Boost

Yahoo's new CISO promises more after encryption drive

10 years ago

Since The NSA Scandal, Where Do You Store Data?

Now we know the US government's NSA is looking at public cloud services, do you prefer dedicated hardware?

10 years ago