Business China's Shenzhen Zhenhua Data Technology gathers info and social media posts of American VIPs and military Xeni Jardin
security CIA secretly owned world's top encryption supplier, read enemy and ally messages for decades Xeni Jardin
turkey Turkish Intelligence developed a smartphone apps that lets its citizens rat each other out Séamus Bellamy
police Internal files reveal how US law enforcement classes anti-fascists as fascists, and actual fascists as "anti-anti-fascists" Cory Doctorow
politics Former NSA contractor Reality Winner sentenced to 5+ years in prison for leaking secret report on Russian election hacking to The Intercept Xeni Jardin
politics Trump threatens to revoke security clearance of intel chiefs who criticize him (LOL, half those guys lost theirs already) Xeni Jardin
News Tech giants met with intel chiefs at Facebook HQ to discuss Russian attacks on midterm elections Xeni Jardin
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