The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced review of all its previous recommendations in wake of recent reports of secret NSA meddling leading to weakening of standards making it…
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NSA secretly snooped on Yahoo, Google data centres claims new report
The National Security Agency (NSA) is secretly keeping an eye on Yahoo and Google’s data centers, claims Edward Snowden, former NSA contractor. The security agency’s project to intercept the communication and data…
Lavabit to reopen briefly
Lavabit, one of the secure email services which shuttered following Snowden revelations, is going to reopen its services briefly allowing users to download their emails. Through a brief message, Lavabit founder Ladar…
EFF quits Global Network Initiative citing NSA meddling, surveillance issues
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has withdrew its membership from the Global Network Initiative claiming that it has no confidence in other members of the initiative that they can speak about privacy,…
US Court rejects Google, Microsoft, Yahoo motion to disclose national security requests
US court has rejected the motion for declaratory judgment filed by Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Facebook and LinkedIn. Google and other companies asked for permission from the US Government and FBI to publish…