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NSA references original Macintosh ad in calling Steve Jobs Big Brother and...

An NSA presentation leaked by NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden pointing to the potential of smartphones for government surveillance suggest that Steve Jobs was an unwitting Big Brother figure by...

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Anonymous claims Apple’s Touch ID and Authentec purchase gives NSA access to...

Interesting but totally unsubstantiated claim by Anonymous. …claims the group make concerning Touch ID seem to focus on Authentec director, Robert E Grady, who appears to have been a prominent figure...

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New leaked docs show NSA collects personal data from smartphone apps

New documents leaked by Edward Snowden and reported by The New York Times, The Guardian and ProPublica detail how the NSA and its British counterpart can collect users’ personal data through...

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Rovio responds to claims Angry Birds was targeted by NSA smartphone...

Yesterday we reported on new leaked docs from Edward Snowden reported by The New York Times and others that detailed secret NSA and GCHQ programs used to siphon data from popular smartphone apps on...

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EFF marks Apple’s ‘remarkable improvement’ in protecting customer data from...

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) today published its annual “Who Has Your Back?” report that rates and compares how major corporations deal with government data requests. The EFF’s ranking of...

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Chinese state TV annoyed by NSA, takes it out on Apple

The WSJ reports that the state-run China Central TV has described the iPhone as a “national security concern” due to its location-tracking capabilities. In its national noon broadcast, state-run China...

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Chinese government’s war on Apple escalates as it bans govt purchases

After a Chinese state-run TV channel last month described the iPhone as a “national security concern” (a claim Apple denied), Bloomberg reports that the Chinese government has stepped up its war on...

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Reported ban on Apple products by Chinese government just a misunderstanding,...

The reported ban on national and local government departments purchasing Apple products was just a misunderstanding, according to statements by the Finance Ministry and Central Government Procurement...

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Tim Cook talks privacy in part two of Charlie Rose interview

The first clip of part two of Tim Cook’s interview with Charlie Rose has posted tonight with a segment on Apple and privacy. In the interview, Cook discussed the privacy of user data using Apple...

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Tim Cook talks Snowden, Apple Car and Steve Jobs as the best teacher he’s...

Tim Cook appears to be using his international tour, which so far includes Israel, Germany and the UK, to push a second product every bit as hard as the Apple Watch: privacy. In an interview with the...

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Snowden: The CIA has been working “for years” to break iPhone, iPad and Mac...

The Central Intelligence Agency has conducted “a multi-year, sustained effort to break the security of Apple’s iPhones and iPads,” claims The Intercept, referencing new Snowden leaks of a document...

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Apple, Google & other large tech companies urge the White House & Congress...

Apple is one of ten tech giants to once again call on the US Government not to reauthorize the Patriot Act in its current form. The Act expires on 1st June unless it is renewed by Congress. Apple was...

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Apple among those asking Obama to reject calls for government access to...

Apple and Google have co-signed a letter calling on President Obama to reject any government proposal to allow the government backdoor access to encrypted data on smartphones and other devices. The...

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Civil rights groups and tech companies express support for Apple’s stand...

Civil rights organizations have expressed strong support for Apple’s resistance to a court order instructing it to create special firmware that would allow the FBI to break into an iPhone – with tech...

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Edward Snowden describes how the FBI could physically extract passcode from...

With Apple calling on the government to withdraw its demand that the company create a tool to unlock the iPhone in the San Bernardino case, it seems the FBI does have a plan B – albeit a long-winded...

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Edward Snowden says FBI’s claims are “BS,” explains how they can bypass...

We said yesterday that the war of words on the Apple/FBI dispute were hotting up, and Edward Snowden has now taken things a step further, suggesting that the FBI’s claims that they need Apple to...

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Government says it may not reveal to Apple the method used to access the San...

While the FBI has successfully accessed the data on the iPhone 5c in the San Bernardino shootings, and the court battle is over for now, the government says that it may not accede to Apple’s demand to...

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Edward Snowden wants to make your iPhone more secure with this snoop-proof...

We know Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg relies on good old-fashioned tape to disable his MacBook’s mic and camera, and NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden is working on something a little more sophisticated...

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