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Snowden Urges Cloud Providers to Adopt Zero Knowledge System to Protect Customers from NSA

Edward Snowden doesn’t believe that his disclosures about the NSA will mean the end of cloud computing. In a lengthy interview with the Guardian’s editor-in-chief Alan Rusbridger and reporter Ewen MacAskill, Snowden said that cloud providers will have to adopt a zero knowledge system in order to keep customers safe from government surveillance. Continue reading

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Emails Between Google and NSA Suggest Ongoing Cooperation: Reports

Google and other major tech companies have been meeting with the NSA about cybersecurity for years, emails obtained by Al Jazeera reveal. The emails between Google executives Sergey Brin and Eric Schmidt and NSA Director General Keith Alexander were obtained under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), and date from the summer of 2012. Continue reading

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Google Thwarts Government Snooping with New Gmail HTTPS Encryption

Google has taken another step in its stance against NSA surveillance on Thursday, using an encrypted HTTPS connection when Gmail users check or send email. Continue reading

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NSA Denies Allegations that it Infected Millions of PCs with Malware

Documents leaked by Edward Snowden this week allege that NSA delivery methods for malware include posing as a Facebook server and distributing spam email. Continue reading

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Edward Snowden Provides Testimony to European Parliament as Part of Mass Surveillance Inquiry

Edward Snowden has sent a 12-page testimony to a Members of the European Parliament as part of an inquiry into the electronic mass surveillance of EU citizens. Published on Friday, the testimony argues that the mass surveillance programs by the NSA and GHCQ “endanger a number of basic rights which, in aggregate, constitute the foundation of liberal societies.” Continue reading

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