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User beware: That mobile app is spying on you
2014-08-06 13:59:40| InfoWorld: Top News
Those apps you download on your smartphone may be free or very cheap, but there's a hidden price you should be aware of: loss of privacy. The vast majority of the most popular iOS and Android mobile apps collect a variety of personal data from users, including location details, address book contacts and calendar information, according to a just-released survey by Appthority, a company that advises businesses on security.
Why is NASA Spying on Plankton from Space?
2014-07-19 01:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: NASA is bringing together marine and atmospheric scientists for a very unusual purpose. The space agency says that it wants to spy on phytoplankton from space. Starting July 20, NASA's Ship-Aircraft Bio-Optical Research (SABOR) team will make coordinated flights over the Earth's oceans in the UC-12 airborne laboratory, testing new tools that can collect in-depth data on phytoplankton even from remarkable heights. So why spy on the microscopic plants that cover the Earth's oceans? According...
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Civil Liberties Board Takes Heat for NSA Spying Report
2014-07-03 21:43:42| TechNewsWorld
The U.S. Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board has come under fire for its latest report on NSA surveillance. The report essentially says collection of information under Section 702 of FISA "has been valuable and effective in protecting the nation's security and producing useful foreign intelligence." However, because certain aspects of its implementation have raised privacy concerns.
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German parliament cuts ties with Verizon in wake of spying scandal
2014-06-28 18:09:51| Telecom - Topix.net
Germany's lower house of parliament has joined the government in cutting ties with U.S. telecoms firm Verizon Communications Inc According to information disclosed by former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, Washington conducted mass surveillance in Germany and even eavesdropped on Chancellor Angela Merkel's mobile phone.
German government to drop Verizon because of U.S. spying
2014-06-27 12:30:00| InfoWorld: Top News
The German government is dropping Verizon Communications as a service provider because of worries about U.S. spying. The government will shift all services provided by Verizon to Deutsche Telekom by 2016. It had been reviewing its communications contracts already, but concerns about possible spying by the U.S. National Security Agency helped to tip the scales against Verizon.
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