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How to Securely Remove All Data From Your Mobile Phone

Whether you are recycling, selling, or giving your phone away, you need to make sure that all personal data is securely removed first....

C. Mitchell Shaw August 17, 2015

Windows 10 Is Spyware

C. Mitchell Shaw August 13, 2015

If you are currently a Microsoft user running either Windows 7 or 8, you are eligible for a free upgrade to the "new...

Is the Internet Spying on You?

C. Mitchell Shaw August 11, 2015

With smart phones, smart TVs, wearables, browser apps, and myriad other things in people's homes and cars delivering greater ease and convenience without...

“Smart Cities” to Spy on You in Ways Orwell Never Imagined

Alex Newman July 23, 2015

The Orwellian cities of the future being designed and imposed right this instant all over the world — so-called “Smart Cities” — will...

UN and Federal Threats to Internet Freedom Loom Large (Video)

Alex Newman July 23, 2015

From “net neutrality” pushed by Obama to global regulation demanded by the United Nations and many of its autocratic member regimes, threats to...

NSA Sponsoring Summer Camps for Future Cybersnoops

Michael Tennant July 22, 2015

The National Security Agency is sponsoring summer camps across the country designed to teach kids how to steal information, preparing them to do...

Hackers Seize Control of Jeep Exploiting Vulnerability in Chrysler Cars

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. July 22, 2015

Hackers were able to take remote control of a car using a vulnerability in Chrysler's in-dash Internet service. ...

Chinese Hack of U.S. Data Indicative of Systemic Problem

C. Mitchell Shaw July 17, 2015

As more and more information comes to light about two major data-breaches late last year, it is becoming apparent that the U.S. Office...

Obama Reveals Plans to Guarantee High-speed Internet for All

C. Mitchell Shaw July 17, 2015

President Obama is committed to closing what he calls the "digital divide" between those who have high-speed Internet in their homes and those...

Facebook “Celebrate Pride” Rainbow Filter a Psychological Experiment

C. Mitchell Shaw July 10, 2015

It now looks as if Facebook's "Celebrate Pride" tool was a social/psychological experiment with more than 26 million unwitting subjects. ...

The Shocking Scope of the NSA’s XKEYSCORE Surveillance

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. July 5, 2015

The Intercept has published additional documents revealing the shocking scope of the NSA's XKEYSCORE surveillance program. ...

Facial Recognition Software Raises Privacy Concerns — Even in Church

Warren Mass June 24, 2015

Facial recognition software such as that used in law-enforcement TV shows such as NCIS and Criminal Minds is now being used in an unexpected place — in...