This last month has shown America that society will gladly tolerate vigilante violence, provided a vigilante chooses the right target.
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NSA Spying Relies on AT&T’s "Extreme Willingness to Help"
The National Security Agency’s ability to capture Internet traffic on United States soil has been based on an extraordinary, decades-long partnership with a single company: AT&T.
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Thank You for Your Service: How One Company Sues Soldiers Worldwide
With stores near military bases across the country, the retailer USA Discounters offers easy credit to service members. But when those loans go bad, the company uses the local courts near its Virginia headquarters to file suits by the thousands.
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Meet the Online Tracking Device That is Virtually Impossible to Block
A new kind of tracking tool, canvas fingerprinting, is being used to follow visitors to thousands of top websites, from WhiteHouse.gov to YouPorn.
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A New Foundation Called Courage: Defending the Truth and Those Who Tell It
In Berlin on Wednesday, a new international organization launched with the purpose of ensuring safety and legality for whistleblowers like Edward Snowden.
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House Committee Puts NSA on Notice Over Encryption Standards
A new amendment would remove the requirement that the National Institute of Standards and Technology consult with the NSA on encryption standards.
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U.S. Government Is Paying to Undermine Internet Security – Not to Fix It
One lesson of the Heartbleed bug is that the U.S. needs to stop running Internet security like a Wikipedia volunteer project.
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In Fracking Fight, a Worry About How Best to Measure Health Threats
In Pennsylvania, opponents of gas drilling say regulators are slow and unprepared in responding to air quality complaints.
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Public Universities Ramp Up Aid for the Wealthy, Leaving the Poor Behind
Public colleges and universities were founded and funded to give students access to an affordable college education, but faced with financial shortfalls, are leaving low-income students behind.
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Exposed: NSA and British Spy Agency Cracked Encryption Codes to Violate User Privacy
Edward Snowden's latest leaks reveal how U.S. and British intelligence agencies have successfully cracked the online encryption relied on by hundreds of millions of people to protect their personal data.
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What Went Wrong in West, Texas — and Where Were the Regulators?
Authorities still don’t know exactly why the West Chemical and Fertilizer Company plant exploded.
