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Predictions for the Year 2514: Dystopia That Feels Like Utopia
It is always hazardous to extrapolate from the present.
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Leaked Documents Show Spyware Used to Snoop on US Computers
Software created by the controversial UK based Gamma Group International was used to spy on computers that appear to be located in the United States.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Last Month Was the Hottest June on Record, and More
Last month was the hottest June on record, and more.
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Here’s One Way to Land on the NSA’s Watch List
If you downloaded the privacy software Tor in 2011, you may have been flagged to be spied on.
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It’s Complicated: Facebook’s History of Tracking You
Facebook is launching an aggressive technique to track people across the Web.
Rare Earth Paradise
Will people mourn the loss of tweeting more than the loss of the mountain that made that tweeted picture of a mountain possible?
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Why Online Tracking Is Getting Creepier
The merger of online and offline data is bringing more intrusive tracking.
The Supreme Court Confronts 21st Century Technology
Two Supreme Court case decisions may significantly alter the way we capture, store, and consume information and the extent to which we can expect privacy with regard to, or …
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Genetic Testing of Citizens Is a Backdoor Into Total Population Surveillance by Governments and Companies
Building a DNA database within the NHS would be a massive waste of public money. But it would also create a system of total surveillance which would enable the …
Portland’s E. Coli Scare: How Mushrooms Could Have Helped Prevent It
Filters that contain fungi with powerful antibiotic properties can help remove harmful bacteria from water.