wiretapping

What a Wiretappable Internet Could Mean for Facebook, Apple, Google, and You

BY Kit Eaton | 09-27-2010 | 9:45 AM | INNOVATION

Widespread phone-based wiretapping has become the norm in the U.S., sneaked by legislators by information-hungry agencies using national security as a shield against civil liberty infringements. Now there's news federal types want to expand powers to the Net too.READ MORE›

The Connection Between Google's Chinese Cyber Attackers and the U.S. Govt.

BY Kit Eaton | 02-26-2010 | 11:44 AM | INNOVATION

Here's one for the conspiracy theorists among you (you know who you are...and so do the guys in the van out front): That Chinese cyberattack late in 2009, targeting Google and other big names, was enabled by U.S. warrantless search ...READ MORE›