SnapChat hack a snap for Georgia Tech student
Faced with a decision between braving the below-freezing cold outside and breaking SnapChat's new security feature, Steven Hickson said it was a no-brainer.
Security
Feb 17, 2014
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Reports: NSA gets under 30 percent of phone data (Update)
The National Security Agency collects less than 30 percent of calling data from Americans despite the agency's massive daily efforts to sweep up the bulk of U.S. phone records, two U.S. newspapers reported Friday.
Security
Feb 7, 2014
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Internet firms release data on NSA requests (Update 3)
Major technology firms have released new data on how often they are ordered to turn over customer information to the government for secret national security investigations, resulting in the collection of data on thousands ...
Internet
Feb 3, 2014
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NSA pursues quantum technology
In this month's issue of Physics World, Jon Cartwright explains how the revelation that the US National Security Agency (NSA) is developing quantum computers has renewed interest and sparked debate on just how far ahead they ...
Quantum Physics
Jan 31, 2014
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Spies use smartphone apps to track people, report says
Documents leaked by former NSA contactor Edward Snowden suggest that spy agencies have a powerful ally in Angry Birds and a host of other apps installed on smartphones across the globe.
Security
Jan 27, 2014
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Encrypted Blackphone goes to war with snoopers
It's a fully encrypted smartphone that aims to foil snooping governments, industry rivals and hackers.
Security
Jan 19, 2014
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NSA scoops up millions of text messages a day, report says (Update)
The US National Security Agency has collected almost 200 million mobile phone text messages a day from around the world, a report said Thursday, in the latest revelations from the Edward Snowden files.
Internet
Jan 16, 2014
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Report: NSA uses radio waves to map pathway into computers
The National Security Agency has implanted software in nearly 100,000 computers around the world—but not in the United States—that allows the U.S. to conduct surveillance on those machines, The New York Times reported ...
Security
Jan 15, 2014
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US spy court: NSA to keep collecting phone records
(AP)—A secretive U.S. spy court has ruled again that the National Security Agency can keep collecting every American's telephone records every day, in the midst of dueling decisions in two other federal courts about whether ...
Internet
Jan 4, 2014
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Despite quantum's gains, standard computers still rule
Quantum computing is getting the headlines these days, with buzz among scientists of giga-powered number-crunching and unbreakable encryption.
Quantum Physics
Jan 3, 2014
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