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Google now displaying security warnings for state-sponsored attacks

Every day, there are more and more government-sponsored attacks on user’s computers and online accounts. This is of course bad news, and Google has recently rolled out a new feature that warns users...

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China is now requiring fiber optic, high-speed internet in all new houses...

First off, for you eagle-eyed viewers out there, I’m well aware that the photo is of a Japanese neighborhood — it just seemed to fit. Now that’s out of the way, a new policy in China is now requiring...

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US House of Representatives enjoy torrenting movies and TV shows; here are...

It looks like the US Congress doesn’t need to look very far for examples of internet piracy for inspiration to put together another internet-related legislation. Turns out pirated movies and TV shows...

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North Korea is now letting tourists use cellphones, but there’s a catch

Being a visitor in North Korea has just become a little easier. Previously, if you managed to be allowed into the country’s very tight borders, you had to hand in your cellphone. A technician from...

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China is considering lifting their ban on video game consoles, which have...

The Chinese government banned video game consoles back in 2000 due to fears that it might negatively affect the mental and physical development of the Chinese youth. Gamers in the country have had to...

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In the wake of (alleged) cyberwarfare by China, US president now has the...

According to a report by The New York Times, a secret White House legal review has granted the president  of the United States the legal authority to order preemptive cyber attacks against a target...

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FBI likes to torrent, too — here are some of the FBI’s favorite things to...

Try going to MegaUpload.com and you’ll see an FBI anti-piracy warning. The warning is for the purposes of discouraging people from pirating copyrighted content. But that doesn’t mean the FBI doesn’t...

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SOPA/PIPA-like CISPA bill is coming back from the dead to kill your digital...

If you thought that bills like SOPA, PIPA, and CISPA were all behind us and the Internet was safe from prying eyes, I’ve got bad news for you — one of them is coming back. Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger and...

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The government of Iceland wants to ban porn from the Internet

Iceland is joining South Korea in the war against Internet porn. Following a recent ban on strip clubs, the government of Iceland is now targeting banning porn from their country’s Internet...

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Search warrant reveals just how much the government (or anyone else) can find...

Drug dealers, watch out! The government can find a whole lot about you if they seize your phone. As for everyone else, you probably wanna know just how much data your phone is carrying about you...

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Chinese official wrecks airport, video of carnage goes viral [Video]

If there’s one video that the Chinese government probably wants blocked by its Great Firewall, it’s this latest one that’s been making the rounds on the Internet today. The video shows Chinese...

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Japan’s Copyright Law just got serious: 27 arrested during 3-day nationwide...

3-day intensive raids in 124 location  in all 47 regions of Japan? Yup, that’s Japan’s government showing they mean business when it comes to piracy. Last year in June, an amendment to Japan’s...

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White House and F.C.C. want unlocking cellphones to be legal in the US, throw...

Remember that petition that asked the White House to make unlocking cellphones legal? You know, the one that more than 100,000 Americans signed? The White House has issued their official response —...

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US Congress gets off its fat ass, introduces bill to make cellphone unlocking...

There has been a lot of unrest regarding cellphone unlocking since the Librarian of Congress declared it illegal to unlock cellphones in the United States without the explicit permission of carriers....

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U.S. officials believe cyber-attacks are a bigger threat than terrorism

In the U.S. intelligence community’s annual review of worldwide threats, normally terrorism would be at the top of the list. But now, the nation’s top officials believe that cyber-attacks are now a...

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Apple and Amazon give your private data to the government without a warrant,...

The Electronic Frontier Foundation’s (EFF) annual “Who Has Your Back?” report looks at how 18 big tech companies protect their users’ data from the American government. 2013′s report is out, and it...

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Alleged Chinese spy’s laptop found to contain porn and pirated movies, not...

Bo Jiang used to work for NASA. He was let go by his employer because congressman Frank Wolf of Virginia claimed that he and other Chinese engineers were a security risk. This was a statement in a...

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US Senate approves bill for nationwide online sales tax

The Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013 has been passed by the US Senate. The bill gives states the authority to collect sales tax from online sellers — meaning sales-free online purchases could soon...

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This is why the government hates Google Glass [Comic]

"Google Glass could invade people's privacy..."

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US government is collecting millions of phone records from Verizon on a daily...

In some rather disturbing news, it has been revealed that the US National Security Agency (NSA) is collecting the telephone records of millions of Americans making calls through Verizon’s phone...

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