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What specific legal frameworks are relevant to a discussion of mass surveillance?

Has the government been reading your email, Facebook posts, tweets, etc.? Yes, yes they have.

First official confirmation that strong encryption is foiling government wiretaps.

"With end-to-end encryption in place, not even WhatsApp's employees can read the data that's sent across its network. In other words, WhatsApp has no way of complying with a court order demanding access to the content of any message, phone call, photo, or video traveling through its service. Like Apple, WhatsApp is, in practice, stonewalling the federal government, but it's doing so on a larger front-one that spans roughly a billion devices."

This blog has information about military cryptography and privacy in general, including this post about the Zimmermann Telegram. Is it ethical to lie to an ally if it is in their best interest? What are the ethics behind spying on one's allies? Do ethics hinder one's ability to win a war, and if so, should ethics be disregarded in times of war? Another interesting post examines how Snowden should be viewed as a patriot, not a traitor. This made me question where one's loyalty should remain- to the government or to the people?

China will complete and put into service the world's longest quantum communication network stretching 2,000km from Beijing to Shanghai by 2016. By 2030, the Chinese network would be extended worldwide, Xinhua reported.

The APWG is the global industry, law enforcement, and government coalition focused on unifying the global response to electronic crime through development of data resources, data standards and model response protocols and systems for private and public sectors.

A round up of current conversations about surveillance and privacy in light of the Paris attacks.

A breakdown of the bill of rights and how much each amendment has been given up to the government. Pretty terrifying.

They haven't tweeted since May, and have only tweeted a handful of times this year. Can you find someone who provides more frequent resources?

To any future college students: Be careful of what you type on the internet or reveal about yourself in an online forum. Despite the shocking revelations of the size and scope of the government's surveillance programs revealed by Edward Snowden, the majority of Americans don't understand the kind of information the government has on them, have taken few steps to protect their online data, and believe that such programs don't go far enough in tackling terrorism. Ironically, these same Americans also overwhelmingly believe that consumers have lost protection of their data to companies who have used their clients' privacy as a commodity. I would advise you to be careful of what you post online, and follow a few steps, such as passwords, encryption, and clearing your cookies, to help protect at least some of your data online and allow you to remain private. These programs continue to this day, and it's important that you protect what little privacy remains.

What are the mechanisms behind surveillance? How precisely are people surveilled in the US?