Why the Supreme Court cellphone ruling is a really big deal
By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai From Mashable Thanks to a unanimous Supreme Court decision on Wednesday, police officers will no longer be allowed to search your cellphone after an arrest without a warrant — a ruling hailed as “groundbreaking” and “big win…
Report: NSA collects millions of images each day for facial recognition
By Kurt Wagner From Mashable Written and audio messages aren’t the only forms of communication the government appears to be gobbling up. The National Security Agency is collecting “huge numbers” of photos from emails, text messages, social media, videoconferences and…
Spying in the Caribbean: some thoughts and considerations
From ICT Pulse Following recent revelations of invasive and unauthorised US spying in the Bahamas, we are taking a closer look at the wider Caribbean, and highlighting some of the vulnerabilities and concerns that have been identified. Last month, news…
NSA records all phone calls in Bahamas, according to Snowden leak
By Travis Cartwright-Carroll Nassau Guardian Staff Reporter From Caribbean News Now NASSAU, Bahamas — The Bahamas government has sought an explanation from the United States government over claims the National Security Agency (NSA) is collecting, recording and archiving every cell…
Emails show Google secretly met with the NSA
By Karyne Levy From Business Insider Google executives Sergey Brin and Eric Schmidt met with the NSA, according to leaked email exchanges obtained by Al Jazeera. The emails, which were obtained by Al Jazeera under the Freedom of Information Act,…
The Heartbleed bug is affecting routers, too
By Sean Buckley From engadget Read our Heartbleed defense primer? Good, but the fight for your privacy isn’t over just yet: you might have to replace your router, too. Cisco Systems and Juniper Networks have announced that the Heartbleed bug…
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Don’t keep sending us unskilled Caymanians says Chamber boss Cayman Islands Chamber of Commerce President Johann Moxam said at the opening of the Chamber’s careers and training expo Friday (14) said, “Caymanians and local residents who are registered with the…
Obama has four options for revamping NSA phone surveillance, and none are ideal
By Margaret Hartmann From New York Magazine In his speech last month on post-Snowden changes to the NSA, President Obama said, “The challenge is getting the details right, and that’s not simple.” That’s apparent from the options Obama administration lawyers…
NSA fires employee who allegedly shared password with Snowden
By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai From Mashable The NSA has fired an employee who stands accused of sharing his password to the agency’s network with Edward Snowden. The employee is the first victim of the NSA’s internal probe to determine whether anyone…
The Obama administration’s frustrating NSA week
By Alex Wilhelm From Tech Crunch While Congress and the nation at large have done little except talk and embark on preliminary legal skirmishes regarding the United States’ mass surveillance practices, the forces in favor of reform and change had…