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How NSAs Prism affects you, and how to protect yourself from being spied on

2013-06-10 16:06:03| Extremetech

Unless you have been living under a rock, you will have heard the news that the US government is apparently spying on almost every digital bit that passes through the nation's optical fiber highways or is stored in data centers inside its borders. Whether you're a citizen of the US or an international user who uses a US-based service, you would be wise to put a few protections in place to protect your privacy.

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PRISM leaker steps forward, cites 'massive surveillance machine'

2013-06-10 13:55:31| InfoWorld: Top News

The person responsible for disclosing details on the growth of U.S. government surveillance programs that exploded into public view last week has identified himself as 29-year-old Edward Snowden, a technology contractor working at the U.S. National Security Agency.

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Making sense of the NSA Prism leak as the real details emerge

2013-06-10 12:25:30| Extremetech

Every day new information is coming to light about the scope of our governments spying on our phone and internet activities. We shed some light on what is actually happening and how it works.

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Google denies involvement in PRISM, source reveals himself

2013-06-10 09:15:00| Telecompaper Headlines

(Telecompaper) Google has denied any involvement in a secret US government program called PRISM to give the National Security Agency direct access to its servers. In a statement on the company's official blog, CEO Larry Page and chief legal officer David Drummond write that the company has not joined any such programme and that the government does not have direct or "back door " access to information store in Google's data centres. Similar statements were made by Facebook, Yahoo and Microsoft. Separately, a former CIA employee, Edward Snowden, has identified himself as the source of the intelligence leaks to the Guardian and Washington Post. He said he disclosed the documents to make public what he called a systematic surveillance of innocent citizens.

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