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Laura Poitras and the Digital Exiles

Documentary filmmaker Laura Poitras moved to Berlin in order to protect the source material for her documentary on Edward Snowden.
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OS X Yosemite: Are security and privacy the first thought or an afterthought?

Mac OS X Yosemite (10.10) has arrived and, according to Apple, it comes with safety. Built right in. The company’s claim that security was “The...
Bitly links flagged as Malware.
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Don’t get bit: URL-shortening service flagged as malware

This article was originally published on November 6, 2014. If you can't trust Bitly, who can you trust? Citizens of the web found themselves stymied...
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Verizon’s ‘perma-cookie’: Just another example of how ISPs invade, threaten our privacy

**Update: Verizon forced 'supercookies' on all of their customers until March 2015, when several senators raised privacy concerns over the practice. One year later,...
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Smart meters, dumb security? Hacking the Internet of Things

With increasing smart energy meters on the market, it's possible for hackers to spoof identities or cut off power to specific homes.
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Soggy cardboard? Dropbox says it wasn’t hacked

Hundreds of Dropbox usernames and passwords were leaked on a Reddit thread, but the popular cloud service maintains it wasn't hacked.
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New documentary shining light on Snowden: Citizenfour

Laura Poitras looks to run headlong into the firestorm created by Snowden and the NSA to show a different version of the man painted technology turncoat.
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BadUSB virus gets badder: New malware threat fix released

The BadUSB malware virus threat completely takes over a user's PC. Read more about this virus.
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PayPal opts into Bitcoin payments via BitPay, Coinbase and GoCoin

PayPal recently announced that it is teaming up with three Bitcoin processors – BitPay, Coinbase and GoCoin - to enable certain retailers to accept the virtual currency.
ExpressVPN National Cyber Security Month.
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ExpressVPN supports National Cyber Security Awareness Month 2014

Did you know? October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month. During October, Stay Safe Online is encouraging everybody to raise awareness about safety and...

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