politics A Vindication for the Public: Guardian and Washington Post Win Pulitzer Prize (A statement from Edward Snowden) Edward Snowden

surveillance Tech companies could force NSA reform if they wanted to. Why haven't they? Xeni Jardin

surveillance LA Sheriffs launch crowdsourced crowd control: LEEDIR, a surveillance app that uses your photos and videos Xeni Jardin

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

privacy NSA spies on human rights groups, including those in the USA Cory Doctorow

surveillance Online test-proctoring: educational spyware that lets third parties secretly watch and listen to you through your computer Cory Doctorow

happy mutants EU's highest court strikes down mass surveillance under the Data Retention Directive Cory Doctorow

Business Yahoo beefs up security in two meaningful and important ways Cory Doctorow

corruption Britain is turning into a country that can't tell its terrorists from its journalists Cory Doctorow

Business Animation: How Google views user privacy Cory Doctorow

surveillance Eric Schmidt on the NSA* (*translated from original bullshitese) 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 Big Data Kafka: US Government Watchlists and the secrecy whose justification is a secret Cory Doctorow

Business Ethiopia: the first "off-the-shelf" surveillance state Cory Doctorow

corruption UK tax authority used anti-terror law to spy on whistleblower who disclosed sweetheart deal for Goldman Sachs Cory Doctorow

corruption Obama administration will make tiny, nearly meaningless changes to illegal bulk phone spying Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Jake Appelbaum reads his Homeland afterword, with bonus Atari Teenage Riot vocoder mix Cory Doctorow

law LAPD says every car in Los Angeles is part of an ongoing criminal investigation Cory Doctorow

web theory Turkey orders block of Twitter's IP addresses Cory Doctorow