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Your Local Police Now Using NSA Spying Tactics

Your Local Police Now Using NSA Spying Tactics

It is not just federal agencies that may be violating your constitutional rights. Some local police and sheriff’s departments have surveillance operations as sophisticated as those at the NSA. The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) is deploying an array of ...

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Frightening Email Spy Tool Newest Threat To Privacy

Frightening Email Spy Tool Newest Threat To Privacy

Perhaps you should be leery of some Gmail email users. A new free plugin lets Gmail users know when an email they sent is open – without the recipient even knowing. Called Streak, the plugin can even enable users to ...

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Finally: An Off-The-Grid Smartphone That Protects Privacy

Finally: An Off-The-Grid Smartphone That Protects Privacy

With today’s reality of NSA spying and corporate snooping, a new smartphone seeks to shield users’ data from prying eyes. Mike Janke, a former Navy SEAL sniper, founded an Android-based smartphone called Blackphone, which guards privacy – credit card information, ...

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Homeland Security Launching New High-Tech Citizen-Tracking Program

Homeland Security Launching New High-Tech Citizen-Tracking Program

A national license plate recognition database apparently will soon become a reality in the United States, thanks to a Department of Homeland Security initiative. Once the system is activated, personal information will be shared with law enforcement and governmental agencies ...

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Monsanto Buying Of Massive Farm Data Has Farmers Nervous

Monsanto Buying Of Massive Farm Data Has Farmers Nervous

Monsanto, one of the largest biotech companies in the world, is reportedly paying large sums of money to garner massive amounts of data about farms. The agricultural industry data mining is part of a “Smart Farms” effort which could soon ...

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NSA Cracks Angry Birds App To Spy On Americans

NSA Cracks Angry Birds App To Spy On Americans

When you use smartphone apps such as Angry Birds you might be sharing your data and your location with the National Security Agency and its British counterpart, the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ). That’s the latest revelation from the NSA documents that ...

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This State’s Unusual Idea May Shut Down The NSA

This State’s Unusual Idea May Shut Down The NSA

A bipartisan bill in a Northwest state could severely hinder the actions of the National Security Agency (NSA), and if it spreads to other states could do even more than that. Under the bill in Washington state, selling anything to ...

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7 Essential Steps To Guard Your Privacy On Facebook

7 Essential Steps To Guard Your Privacy On Facebook

Online privacy is becoming an increasing concern for not only folks worried about NSA government snooping, but for those who enjoy social networking websites like Facebook, as well. The popular sharing platform seems to be constantly changing their privacy policies ...

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