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Skype under investigation - 0 views

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shared by Lizzie Ehrreich on 18 Nov 13 - No Cached
  • Lizzie Ehrreich on 18 Nov 13
     
    Example of Skype facing possible criminal charges for its surveillance and involvement with the NSA.
  • Amanda French on 18 Nov 13
     
    Whoa! Thanks for posting, Lizzie. And Claire, too!
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Former NSA contractor designs 'surveillance-proof' font - 0 views

www.cnn.com/...index.html privacy Internet Invention technology program
shared by Mahrokh Akhavan on 19 Oct 13 - No Cached
  • Mahrokh Akhavan on 19 Oct 13
     
    A ally interesting article about a former NSA contractor who has developed 4 different types of fonts so that they cant be read by Optical Character Recognition programs. The video does a nice job of showing how it works.
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The Best Search Engine You're Probably Not Using - 0 views

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shared by Emily Broadwater on 25 Sep 13 - No Cached
  • Emily Broadwater on 25 Sep 13
     
    Do you like privacy? Do you shun surveillance and eschew spam? Do you like simplicity? If you answered yes to any of those questions, you'll love DuckDuckGo. DuckDuckGo is the brainchild of everyday American Gabriel Weinberg, and until news of the National Security Agency's widespread spying program broke last month, it was a baby brainchild.
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Google Has Gone 'Dark': The Search Giant Just Ended Its Free Data And People Are Freaki... - 0 views

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shared by Emily Broadwater on 28 Oct 13 - No Cached
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  • Emily Broadwater on 28 Oct 13
     
    AP Late this month, Google went "dark" in terms of providing publishers with free information on which words led people searching in Google to click on their sites. The move came as Google seeks to reassure users following the NSA/PRISM domestic surveillance scandal.
  • Amanda French on 04 Nov 13
     
    Wow, I hadn't even heard about that, Emily. Terrific story. That's a bummer, though -- I use Google Analytics on some of my sites, though I probably should make more use of it, and it was always interesting to see what keywords people were using to get to my site. Sometimes the keywords were weird.
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