Here’s the first look at Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Edward Snowden in Oliver Stone’s biopic
Open Road Films has released the first image of Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Edward Snowden in Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone's upcoming biopic.
Snowden, Greenwald and Poitras host Reddit AMA after Oscar win
Edward Snowden, Glenn Greenwald, and Laura Poitras teamed up to tackle an AMA on Reddit, and left no subject off limits for the crowdsourced interview.
If you missed the Oscar-winning Edward Snowden documentary in theaters, check it out on HBO tonight
You can watch director Laura Poitras' critically praised, Oscar-winning documentary on Edward Snowden, Citizenfour, today at 9PM ET on HBO.
Justified star Timothy Olyphant cast for Oliver Stone’s upcoming film on Edward Snowden
Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone's upcoming film about former information analyst Edward Snowden has added Justified star Timothy Olyphant to its cast.
Hard drives beware, the NSA is coming for you
The NSA is at it again with a highly secretive program that was designed and implemented to crack into hard drives from remote locations.
2014 was the biggest year for malware yet
Whether it was your desktop, laptop, phone or tablet, 2014 was a big year for malware. Here are the worst threats from the past 12 months.
The NSA might know what you look like, collects millions of digital images per day
The National Security Agency (NSA) has ramped up its collection of digital facial images in the past four years, according to The New York Times.
Washington’s plans to ‘end’ NSA telephone metadata collection: What you need to know
Both the Obama administration and members of the House have plans to 'end' the NSA's collection of telephone metadata. Here's everything you need to know.
As Snowden roams free in robot form, our cyborg future has arrived
Edward Snowden used a Beam telepresence robot to do an on-stage interview at the 2014 TED Talks in Vancouver. In other words, our cyborg future is here.
NSA pretended to be Facebook in its effort to infect ‘millions’ of computers
As part of its efforts to install malware on “millions” of computers, the NSA impersonated Facebook to trick targets into downloading malicious code.
Snowden wants more security, but are we too lazy for more locks?
Edward Snowden says we need widespread end-to-end encryption. He's right. But many tech users may not want to listen.
Edward Snowden at SXSW: Encryption is the answer to NSA surveillance
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden told the crowd at SXSW 2014 that better encryption tools are the best way to limit mass government surveillance.
UK spies snooped on Yahoo users’ sexy webcam chats
The UK’s GCHQ intelligence agency covertly collected snapshots of millions of Yahoo users’ video chats, which included countless 'sexually explicit' videos.
On ‘The Day We Fight Back,’ can we knock the NSA the same way we stomped SOPA?
Can the Internet do to the NSA what it did to the Stop Online Piracy Act? The 'Day We Fight Back' campaign hopes the answer is yes.
British spies cyberattacked Anonymous hackers, Snowden docs reveal
The UK’s spy agency waged cyberattacks against the online chat rooms of Anonymous and LulzSec hacktivists, documents leaked by Edward Snowden reveal.
Angry Birds creator claims no Internet devices may be safe from NSA
Insecure apps may be providing the NSA and GCHQ with a wealth of personal information about smartphone users.
Obama restricts NSA telephone metadata collection program, calls for more changes
President Barack Obama announced Friday a list of “concrete and substantial reforms” to the way the United States conducts its surveillance operations.
NSA collected 200 million text messages every day, called it a ‘goldmine’
US spies have indiscriminately collected nearly 200 million text messages a day from people around the world, according to leaked top-secret documents.
NSA uses secret radio waves to spy on computers not connected to the Internet
The NSA has used secret radio signals to monitor nearly 100,000 computers around the world without the need of an Internet connection, report reveals.
TURBOPANDA, RAGEMASTER, and 13 other NSA codenames that prove spies laugh, too
Say what you will about the NSA – their names for in-house surveillance technology proves these spies like to have good laugh as much as anyone.
Why I’m ready to move on from a turbulent (sometimes terrifying) year in tech
Thanks to the NSA and a stagnation in the world of mobile devices, 2014 is looking to be an ugly year of transition for tech.
NSA can gain complete access to iPhones, but Apple denies it helped install spyware
Apple says it played no part in a newly revealed NSA exploit that gives US spies complete access to iPhones.
Uh oh! Connecting your phone metadata to your real name is surprisingly easy
Stanford University researchers have found that it is easy to connect telephone metadata to people's real names.
NSA review board proposes 46 changes to US surveillance practices
Obama's presidential NSA review panel has recommended sweeping changes to the way the spy agency conducts its operations.
5 things you need to know about today’s historic ruling against NSA surveillance
A federal judge has ruled that the NSA's mass collection of phone metadata is likely unconstitutional. Here are five key facts every American needs to know.
Yes, the NSA is tracking cell phone location data worldwide
The NSA collects the cell phone location data of millions of phones around the world, a new report on the leaked Snowden documents reveals.
Close that incognito tab! The NSA is logging the porn habits of ‘radicalizers’
The NSA collected information about the online porn habits of six individuals thought to be preaching extremist Muslim views, leaked documents show.
Leaked NSA slide says it infected over 50,000 networks with malware
Ever heard of the TAO? That acronym might be as familiar with the lexicon as NSA and NSFW are.
NSA secretly taps into Google, Yahoo data centers, leaked documents show
The NSA has collected hundreds of millions of records from the data centers of Google and Yahoo through a security backdoor, reports the Washington Post
John McAfee says he can NSA-proof your communications for $100
John McAfee is creating a device called D-Central that will allow us to communicate and share files anonymously. Will this be our best chance at privacy?