"Many people compare Edward Snowden to me unfavorably for leaving the country and seeking asylum, rather than facing trial as I did. I don't agree. The country I stayed in was a different America, a long time ago." —Daniel Ellsberg in a Washington Post op-ed.
Daniel Ellsberg: NSA leaker Snowden was right to flee the US
This windowless NYC skyscraper is reportedly an NSA spy hub
33 Thomas Street, a "550-foot-tall (170 m) windowless skyscraper" in Tribeca, has no windows at all — its walls are "entirely covered with precast concrete panels clad with flame-treated textured… READ THE REST
How a retired technician handed EFF the proof of NSA mass spying
On the sixth floor of an AT&T building on Folsom Street in San Francisco, a locked room labeled 641A held the hardware that gave the NSA a copy of every… READ THE REST
Mini-documentary about Pittsburgh's Long Lines telecom fortress
You've likely heard of the menacingly brutalist AT&T Long Lines skycraper in Manhattan, a massive telecommunications center believed to house an NSA surveillance facility and the inspiration behind the Oldest… READ THE REST
This is the $60 Montessori-inspired kids' app that won't leave you feeling guilty afterward
Disclosure: Boing Boing earns a commission on purchases made through links in this post. TL;DR: For $59.99 (reg. $250), Pok Pok gives your family lifetime access to an award-winning educational app designed to… READ THE REST
PDFs fill you with dread? Save yourself the stress with a PDF reader
Disclosure: Boing Boing earns a commission on purchases made through links in this post. TL;DR: Stop fearing your PDFs! Easily edit, convert, annotate, and master your PDFs with this license to PDF… READ THE REST
Microsoft Office 2024 puts the old reliables back on your PC
Disclosure: Boing Boing earns a commission on purchases made through links in this post. TL;DR: Microsoft Office 2024 Professional Plus for Windows is $54.99 (reg. $249.99) with Excel, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Access,… READ THE REST
