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Gmail Location Data Led FBI to Uncover Top Spy’s Affair

U.S. Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander of U.S. Central Command, presides over a reenlistment and awards ceremony while visiting Soldiers of Task Force Mountain Warrior. Photo: U.S. Army Spc.

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Monday, November 12th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Feature: Death of a data haven: cypherpunks, WikiLeaks, and the world’s smallest nation

A few weeks ago, Fox News breathlessly reported  that the embattled WikiLeaks operation was looking to start a new life under on the sea . WikiLeaks, the article speculated, might try to escape...

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Wednesday, March 28th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Impeach Obama for bribery? Anti-ACTA spin reaches new lows

Given easy access to the Internet, the source of so much information, one might expect that Internet activists would be the best informed on the facts. But the continuing recent debate over the...

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Wednesday, February 1st, 2012 Net News No Comments

2011: The Year Anonymous Took On Cops, Dictators and Existential Dread

A man at the November 17 OWS protest in New York sports the iconic Guy Fawkes/Anonymous mask in DIY red, white, and blue. (Editor’s Note: Any decent coverage of Anonymous is going to...

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Wednesday, January 11th, 2012 Net News No Comments

The Most Pirated Games of 2011

In February, more than a month before its scheduled release date, and advance copy of Crysis 2 leaked on the Internet. Crytek and EA were hugely disappointed and feared a piracy fest, but...

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Friday, December 30th, 2011 Net News No Comments