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64,019 Searches: A Dark Journey Into My Google History

blogs.wsj.com

by Tom Gara

July 31, 2013

Let's run through a little thought experiment. Imagine there's a list somewhere that contains every single webpage you have visited in the last five years.

It also has everything you have ever searched for, every address you looked up on Google Maps, every email you sent, every chat message, every YouTube video you watched. Each entry is time-stamped, so it's clear exactly, down to the minute, when all of this was done. Now imagine that list is all searchable. And imagine it's on a clean, easy-to-use website. With all that imagined, can you think of a way a hacker, with access to this, could use it against you? And once you've imagined all that, go over to google.com/dashboard, and see it all become reality.

NSA surveillance programs to be partially declassified

rt.com

July 30, 2013

The US government will declassify documents about the National Security Agency's surveillance programs in a "deliberate" attempt to provide the public with additional information after whistleblower Edward Snowden first revealed NSA spy tactics.

A senior US official told CNN about the US intelligence community's intended plans to declassify information, and said the documents could become available as early as this week. The official said the information includes "white papers" that provide comprehensive information on NSA surveillance programs, as well as previously undisclosed information about the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, which oversees requests for surveillance warrants. The source said that the plans are part of a "concerted" and "deliberate" effort to provide additional information about the classified programs at a time when congressional lawmakers are striving to bring an end to the agency's surveillance efforts. The "white papers" would help explain the scope of the program to Congress and the American public, which the NSA hopes would convince people to support continuing their data collection efforts, the source said.

Americans more concerned about privacy than terrorism

rt.com

July 30, 2013

For the first time in almost a decade, the majority of Americans are more concerned about the government infringing on their civil liberties than about a potential terrorist attack, according to a new poll by Pew Research.

US citizens have traditionally responded to similar polls by saying the government has not yet gone far enough to protect the country from threats. But new results from Pew Research Center reveal that public opinion has drastically shifted - especially in the wake of NSA spying programs leaked by Edward Snowden nearly two months ago. Pew reported that "a majority of Americans - 56 per cent - say that federal courts fail to provide adequate limits on telephone and internet data [which] the government is collecting as part of its anti-terrorism efforts." An even larger percentage - 70 per cent - believes the government uses the data for "purposes other than investigating terrorism." Another 63 per cent believe "the government is also gathering information about the content of communications."

Fox's Judge Jeanine Takes On Noted Hypocrite Barack Obama and His "Phony Scandals"

ijreview.com

July 29, 2013

Preach, Judge Jeanine.

Intelligence Chairman: U.S. Fighting Cyber War 'Every Day'

PJ Media

by Nicholas Ballasy

July 29, 2013

Michigan Republican Rep. Mike Rogers, chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, said "most Americans" do not realize that the United States is currently in the middle of a "cyber war."

Rogers also said "talks" with China about their "intellectual property" theft are not working and further action must be taken. "We are in a cyber war today. Most Americans don't know it. They go about their lives happily and that's a good thing other than the fact that we are in a cyber war today," he said at the International Institute for Strategic Studies. "We're in that fight right now, every day, and we haven't protected ourselves."

Glenn Greenwald: Low-Level NSA Analysts Have 'Powerful and Invasive' Search Tool

xrepublic.tv

July 28, 2013

Glenn Greenwald: Low-Level NSA Analysts Have 'Powerful and Invasive' Search Tool

Survey: only 15% of farmers would eat GMO food

naturalnews.com

by Jon Rappoport

July 27, 2013

The British survey was funded by Barclays Bank and done in collaboration with Farmers Weekly.

Only 15% of farmers polled said they would eat GMO food. Talk about a blanket rejection. It can't get much clearer than that. Obviously, these backward farmers want to protect their own health. Who ever heard of such a thing! How dare they! They're supposed to follow the party line. They're supposed to say, "Yum yum, give me some GM." Well, funny things happen when people consider their own bodies. They tell you what they really think.

How to Hide Your Digital Communications from Big Brother

blogtips.com

by J.P. Hicks

July 27, 2013

Big Brother is hoping to eliminate anonymous digital communication, but a new messaging protocol may provide privacy advocates a way around their snooping government no matter where they live.

It couldn't come at a better time as governments increasingly demand access to private communications. In fact, an FBI whistleblower recently revealed that all digital communications are being recorded and stored by the U.S. government. Since most emails, instant messaging, and all voice calls (land line, cell or internet) run through central service providers that database all user activity, the government has easy access to this information upon request, secret subpoenas or even backdoors to these services to view private communications in real time.

Thousands fill German streets to protest Berlin's NSA spying involvement

rt.com

July 27, 2013

Thousands of demonstrators have gathered across Germany in support of Edward Snowden and Bradley Manning, as German writers published an open letter to Chancellor Merkel demanding explanations over the country's involvement in the NSA spying program.

Protests were organized in at least 40 German cities, including Hamburg, Munich, and Berlin, with the largest rally taking place in Frankfurt. Participants responded to calls for demonstrations, which were initiated by a loose network calling itself #stopwatchingus. Demonstrators gathered for marches despite searing summer temperatures, some of them wearing tin foil hats to shield themselves from the sun. Others held posters in support of NSA intelligence leaker Edward Snowden.

What Did You Do During the War on Terror, Daddy?

reason.com

by Nick Gillespie

July 27, 2013

Reps. Justin Amash and John Conyers tried to protect the Constitution. Barack Obama, not so much. This is what bipartisanship looks like-and it looks pretty damn fresh.

Yesterday, a bill co-sponsored by Reps. Justin Amash (R-MI) and John Conyers (D-MI) that would have brought NSA domestic surveillance of U.S. citizens into rough compliance with the Constitution nearly passed the House of Representatives in a razor-thin loss. Ninety-four Republicans and 111 Democrats broke ranks with their party's leadership in the losing 205-217 effort (a dozen members didn't vote). Amash-singled out by name by Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) as a "wacko bird" after Sen. Rand Paul's epic filibuster over the Obama administration's drone policy-has emerged as the leader of a pack of unapologetically libertarian-leaning Republicans who vote their principles rather than their party.

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