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Tech leaders unite on government data collection reform

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Posted by Chuong H Nguyen on 5 Jun 2014 4:09 pm

Google and other tech leaders want the government to restrict data collection on the Internet

After uniting over issues with net neutrality, tech leaders are once again coming together to protect the consumers. In an open letter penned to the United States government, AOL, Apple, Dropbox, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Twitter, and Yahoo are pleading with elected officials to put an end to data collection on the Internet in the age of Edward Snowden and the NSA.

Brin and Schmidt worked with the NSA to help secure Google's products

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Posted by Derek Kessler on 6 May 2014 1:43 pm

Brin and Schmidt worked with the NSA to help secure Google's products

The NSA has found itself in the news again, this time delving into how close their relationship has been with the heads of Google. That sounds frightening at first, until we dig deeper in to find that the NSA's high level communication with Google executives Sergey Brin and Eric Schmidt was actually on the more beneficial side of security, with the NSA working with Google (as well as Microsoft...

USA PRISM Plus trolls the NSA on Twitter

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Posted by Phil Nickinson on 20 Jul 2013 8:59 am

Points for creativity here. USA PRISM Plus plays off the recent NSA flap and attempts to turn the tables by randomly taking pictures with your phone and then Tweeting them at the @NSACareers account "to determine that you are not engaging in illegal activities." The result is, well, pretty much what you'd expect. Random pictures, Tweeted at the NSA. Wanna see what folks have been snapping? Ease...

NSA contributes to Android, but there is no secret backdoor

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Posted by Jerry Hildenbrand on 10 Jul 2013 2:53 pm

All Android code is available for public review, and plenty of people are reviewing it It came to light today (though it was never a secret) that the NSA (the National Security Agency), a U.S. intelligence service that's been in the news as of late for things nobody likes, is contributing code to Google's Android project. Of course, the Internet's first reaction was predictably "OMG PRISM!...

Google on the NSA 'PRISM' to-do: 'What the ...?'

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Posted by Phil Nickinson on 7 Jun 2013 4:02 pm

Larry Page, chief legal officer Drummond pen post in response to recent reports of government snooping Google's chief executive this afternoon weighed in on the reports from The Guardian and The Washington Post that have created a bit of a firestorm over personal liberty versus anti-terrorism efforts. Parsing Larry Page's post, which is co-authored with Google Chief Legal Officer David...

NSA builds Android phone for 'Top Secret' communication

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Posted by Jerry Hildenbrand on 2 Mar 2012 3:55 pm

The NSA (National Security Agency) has developed an Android phone that meets "Top Secret" criteria using off-the-shelf components. Dubbed the fishbowl phone, 100 units were built and deployed by IAD (Information Assurance Directorate) and division head Margaret Salter says that anyone can recreate the phones using the specs published at the NSA website. The plan was to buy commercial...