American residents could soon be exempt from the NSA’s dragnet, unless surveillance is approved by the secretive FISA court, with the USA Freedom Act passing the US House of Representatives …read more Source:: Legal
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Laura Poitras on the Crypto Tools That Made Her Snowden Film Possible
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•As a journalist, Laura Poitras was the quiet mastermind behind the publication of Edward Snowden’s unprecedented NSA leak. As a filmmaker, her new movie Citizenfour makes clear she’s one of the most important directors working in documentary today. Source: Tech
Enterprise Computing in the Post-Snowden Era
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•Edward Snowden didn’t just disclose embarrassing details about the NSA. He also exposed weaknesses in enterprise security. How much will things really change? Read more at Enterprise Open Source Toolkit Source: Linux
German coalition favors German-owned or open source software, aims to lock NSA out
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•Germany’s new coalition government listed open source software among its IT policy priorities, and said it will take steps to protect its citizens against espionage threats from the NSA and other foreign intelligence agencies. Source: Tech
Observations from this year's NSA Open Source Industry Day
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•I attended the NSA Open Source Industry Day in Maryland this year and thought I’d summarize what did and didn’t surprise me. Source: Tech
FSF, other groups join EFF to sue NSA over unconstitutional surveillance
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•BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA — Tuesday, July 16, 2013 — The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today joined eighteen other activist and advocacy organizations in challenging the National Security Agency’s (NSA) mass surveillance of telecommunications in the United States with a lawsuit filed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). The recently revealed surveillance program intercepts and catalogs…