UN to Seek Internet Kill Switch Next Month, Documents Show
As Americans focused on the U.S. presidential election, the United Nations and a wide swath of its autocratic member regimes were drafting a plan to give a little-known UN agency control...
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“Sousveillance”: When the Watched Become the Watchers
Seems that our coverage of the ever-widening and increasingly sophisticated web of surveillance being spun by state and federal agencies is only scratching the surface — literally. Recently stories have been published...
DHS Proposes Cybersecurity Education to Begin in Kindergarten
In an effort to embolden the next generation of cyber professionals, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is devising an initiative to encourage and equip young Americans with knowledge and skills...
UN Seeking Global Internet Surveillance for Terror, Propaganda
The United Nations and a broad coalition of its totalitarian-minded member governments are increasingly demanding that a global regulatory regime be imposed over the Internet, with supposed concerns about “terrorism” becoming...
3-D Printing Technology Soon to Allow Printing Guns at Home
3-D printing technology is developing so fast that individuals will soon be able to download free software from the internet and print their own weapons at home. ...
Chinese Telecom Threat Used to Push Cybersecurity Bill
A congressional investigation highlighting national security threats posed by two Communist China-based telecommunications equipment companies, Huawei and ZTE, is being seized upon by lawmakers and at least one of the firms...
FCC Chairman Defends “Net Neutrality” Regulations
Nullifying his former position that Internet providers should have the freedom to pursue new and innovative business models, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Julius Genachowski advocated his agency’s role of regulating...
TPP Copyright Provisions Threaten Internet Freedom, U.S. Sovereignty
The secretive conferences where delegates are hammering out the details of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) are effectively rewriting the law for the United States, particularly in the area of intellectual property....
WikiLeaks Sees Financial Spigot Re-Open, Wounds Itself on Satiric Hoax
The Internet-based whistleblower website WikiLeaks appears to have won some battles to recover its financial infrastructure in the past few weeks, winning the first stage of a legal battle in Iceland...
New High-Tech Body Scanners Coming, Courtesy of the CIA
Genia Photonics, a surrogate of the CIA, has announced its greatly enhanced surveillance capabilities to monitor innocent civilians without their knowledge or permission. The latest piece of terrifying technology, the Picosecond...
City of San Francisco Bans Apple Computers
The City of San Francisco, outraged at Apple's decision to depart from environmental standards, has announced its boycott of Apple's computers. San Francisco’s ban on the purchase of Apple computers came...
Twitter Complies with 75% of Gov’t Requests for User Data
On July 2, social media service Twitter released its first ever “Transparency Report” revealing the alarming number of requests it has received from the government of the United States to delete...
New 3D Google Maps Service Poses Privacy Concerns
Adding to its revolutionary navigation service, Google is planning to release a new version of the Google Maps program, offering users a 3D aerial-mapping technology that provides details capable of showing...
Facebook Co-Founder Saved Big Money Giving Up U.S. Citizenship
Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin is expected to save hundreds of millions of dollars or more on his tax liabilities after becoming one of the more high-profile individuals to renounce U.S. citizenship...
The Surveillance State: Knowing Every Bit About You
Supposedly on Americans’ behalf, the U.S. government is employing new hardware, such as supercomputers, monitoring systems, and laws to literally and figuratively lay us bare at will. “The right of the...