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The ‘FBI agent watching me’ meme is about accepting mass surveillance
Is a government agent watching what you do on your internet-connected devices? It’s a fear that has led Americans to take several precautions, like covering up a laptop’s webcam and using encrypted...
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Activists plan candlelight vigil for accused NSA leaker Reality Winner
Supporters of Reality Winner are planning a candlelight vigil to raise the public profile of the former National Security Agency contractor accused of leaking classified material. On June 3, exactly...
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NSA whistleblower Reality Winner sentenced to 5 years in prison
A 63-month prison sentence has been handed down to Reality Winner, the 26-year-old former National Security Agency contractor who leaked classified material showing the Russian military attempted to...
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Reality Winner thanks Trump for his support in first interview from jail
Reality Winner, the former Air Force linguist accused of leaking classified information to the media, said she appreciated President Donald Trump’s recent show of support for her case in an interview...
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Reality Winner, sentenced for leaking info to journalists, released early...
Reality Winner, a former contractor for the National Security Agency (NSA), has been released early from prison. Charged in 2018 after leaking classified information to the Intercept on attempts by...
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NSA says it isn’t reading Tucker Carlson’s emails
Normally, it's not in the National Security Agency's (NSA) best interest to announce who it is and isn't spying on. It defeats the entire secrecy element that's so crucial to the act of espionage. But...
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Everyone has a theory about Tucker Carlson and the NSA
Sign up to receive the Daily Dot’s Internet Insider newsletter for urgent news from the frontline of online. Welcome to the Monday edition of Internet Insider, unspooling the threads of internet...
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The FBI conducted 3.4 million warrantless data searches on Americans last year
On Friday, the FBI released a new transparency report on digital surveillance. In the 38-page document, the agency revealed it conducted upward of 3.4 million searches on Americans' data without a...
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Suspicious Twitter accounts impersonating research group try to blame the NSA...
A security researcher on Twitter has come across numerous accounts that appear to be blaming the National Security Agency (NSA) for hacks linked to the Chinese government. Cybersecurity analyst...
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‘Biggest expansion since the Patriot Act’: Why a small provision in a new...
Experts are warning that legislation recently introduced and passed by the House Intelligence Committee would vastly expand the federal government's surveillance capabilities, potentially turning...
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Deplatformed: Biden’s mask off moment
Deplatformed is a weekly column that looks into the nether reaches of the internet—outside the big few that everyone already covers—to tell you the political discourse online. It runs on Thursdays in...
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