politics A Vindication for the Public: Guardian and Washington Post Win Pulitzer Prize (A statement from Edward Snowden) Edward Snowden
surveillance US to Angela Merkel: no, you can't see your NSA file but we promise we aren't spying on you anymore Xeni Jardin
security Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras enter the US for first time since Snowden leaks Xeni Jardin
happy mutants EU's highest court strikes down mass surveillance under the Data Retention Directive Cory Doctorow
corruption Britain is turning into a country that can't tell its terrorists from its journalists Cory Doctorow
corruption NSA wiretapped 122 world leaders; GCHQ penetrated German satellite companies for mass surveillance potential Cory Doctorow
privacy Microsoft changes policy: won't read your Hotmail anymore to track down copyright infringement or theft without a court order Cory Doctorow
corruption Obama administration will make tiny, nearly meaningless changes to illegal bulk phone spying Cory Doctorow
Business NSA hacked Huawei, totally penetrated its networks and systems, stole its sourcecode Cory Doctorow
corruption NSA recording all the voice calls in one country; 5-6 more countries in the pipeline Cory Doctorow
security Tim Berners-Lee calls for Web "Magna Carta" – does the "Web we want" have DRM in it? Cory Doctorow
security How the NSA plans to automatically infect "millions" of computers with spyware Cory Doctorow