Man up and come home, US Senator Kerry says to Edward Snowden
Secretary of State John Kerry says National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden “should man up and come back to the United States.”
Tech firms and rights groups drop support for NSA reform bill
Major tech firms like Google and civil liberties groups withdraw their support after the Obama administration demanded key changes to the USA Freedom Act
I came across this article today about how Snowden used a version of Linux tailored for anonymous messaging
http://www.wired.com/2014/04/tails/
Seems like it was created by the navy but had the NSA beat - so much so that Snowden knew they could not crack it and was confident using it...
NSA infiltrated RSA security more deeply than thought - study
Security industry pioneer RSA adopted not just one but two encryption tools developed by the US National Security Agency
China demands explanation from U.S. on Huawei spying report
China wants a clear explanation from Washington over reports that the US National Security Agency infiltrated servers at the headquarters of telecoms giant Huawei Technologies
Huawei condemns NSA snooping
Huawei defended is independence and said it would condemn any infiltration of its servers by the US National Security Agency
Snowden does disservice to whistleblowers: NSA
The NSA spying agency accused fugitive intelligence contractor Edward Snowden of displaying “amazing arrogance” in revealing US eavesdropping techniques.
Facebook CEO calls Obama to protest surveillance practices
Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg personally called President Barack Obama to protest US government surveillance measures
Snowden: Proposed NSA reforms vindicate my data leaks
Former NSA security contractor Edward Snowden said proposed reforms at the National Security Agency show that he was vindicated in leaking classified material.
British spy agency collected images of Yahoo webcam chats: Guardian
Britain’s spy agency GCHQ intercepted millions of people’s webcam chats and stored still images of them, including sexually explicit ones
EU Commission pushes to dilute U.S. Internet influence
The European Commission called for a dilution of US influence over the organization of the Internet
Snowden-themed The Intercept website launched
First Look Media launched its first web magazine, The Intercept, which will initially focus on the disclosures of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.
Snowden gets Nobel Peace Prize nomination
A Norwegian member of parliament nominated former U.S. National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden for the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize on Wednesday
US tech firms given leeway to reveal spy agency demands
The US is to give technology firms more leeway to publish broad details of how their customer data has been targeted by US spy agencies
US government panel urges shutdown of NSA phone spying
A sharply divided US government task force has urged President Barack Obama to shut down the agency’s bulk collection of phone data
Tech leaders warn of dire effects of US spying
Hi-tech industry bosses demanded authorities change their murky ways in the wake of revelations of a vast snooping campaign by the US and other governments
Obama reins in NSA but spying will continue
President Barack Obama curtailed the reach of the NSA but said bulk data collection must go on to protect America from terrorists.
Snowden not a whistleblower, says FBI chief
FBI Director James Comey does not regard people like former NSA contractor Edward Snowden as a whistleblower