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India Considers Snooping On Its Citizens Over the Internet While Obama Administration considers Wiretap Laws
India is usually regarded as the world’s biggest democracy and the United States boasts of being the most disciplined democratic state ever. But both of these countries are currently considering such policies that would enable them to snoop on their citizens’ online activity.
Just yesterday news emerged that the Obama administration may adopt legislation that would enable law-enforcement agencies to tap into many types of Internet communications, including the ones on Facebook and Google.
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Uncertain Future Of CISPA In The Senate And Eric Schmidt’s Web Censorship
The much-debated CISPA bill was passed by a margin of 288 to 125 in the U.S. House of Representatives despite warnings from the White House. But now it faces an uncertain future as the Senate does not seem to be interested in giving the controversial bill any kind of importance since it is much busier in dealing with issues like immigration and gun control legislation.
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Hacktivist Group Anonymous Calls For An Internet Blackout On Monday To Protest CISPA Bill
Hactivist group ‘Anonymous’ called for an internet blackout on Monday because the much-debated CISPA bill has been passed by the U.S. House of Representatives despite warnings from the White House.
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Angry Twitter Users React After U.S. House Of Representatives Passes Controversial CISPA Bill
The much-debated CISPA bill has been passed by the U.S. House of Representatives despite warnings from the White House.
Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) is a controversial bill that would allow intelligence agencies to collect personal data about Americans from private companies. Currently, it doesn’t contain any provisions pertaining to cybercrimes which means it cannot be passed yet since it compromises internet privacy. The White House threatened to veto the CISPA bill since it contains major privacy loopholes and want amendments that would ensure minimum amount of data is handed over during investigations.
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Obama Threatens Veto, CISPA Sponsor Mike Rogers Slams Privacy Advocates And Receives Backlash On Twitter
Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) is a controversial bill that would allow intelligence agencies to collect personal data about Americans from private companies. Currently, it doesn’t contain any provisions pertaining to cybercrimes which means it cannot be passed yet since it compromises internet privacy. The White House threatened to veto the CISPA bill since it contains major privacy loopholes.
The following is the statement released by the Obama Administration regarding the decision to veto the CISPA bill:
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Is Twitter Is Doing The Right Thing By Refusing To Identify Its Users?
There’s no denying that Twitter leads all the other social media platforms. Not only is it a good place to catch up, keep in touch, stay abreast of the world of happenings and have your say, it has really become a platform for free speech.
The tweets range from casual to raunchy and from offensive to vulgar but their initiators have never been stopped. Yes, their tweets have been removed from time to time, but nobody has denied them the right. Twitter has even gone a step forward and refused to breach the privacy of its users in any case.
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FBI Pursuing Real-Time Gmail Spying Powers
FBI usually have access to almost every aspect of a person’s personal, social and financial life but they were a bit tied up when it came to email, cloud services, or online chat providers like Skype, Gmail etc. FBI can’t intercept it as it is flowing across networks and relies on the company to provide it with access.
This is about to change however. FBI says it has made gaining more powers to wiretap all forms of internet conversation and cloud storage like Gmail, Google Voice, and Dropbox a top priority for 2013.
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There’s No Such Thing As Privacy Online! But Fear Not; Follow 10 Easy Steps To Keep Your Information Protected Online!
There are no secrets online. Privacy online is nothing more than a myth. We may not like believing that, but the fact has been staring us in the face for quite some time.
It is about time though that we do pay some heed!
Mark Zuckerberg’s Sister Infuriated by Facebook Privacy Breach!
Mark Zuckerberg’s SisterRandi Jayne Zuckerberg is an internet entrepreneur and the former marketing director of Facebook came face to face with a breach of piracy moment that thousands face every day on Facebook.
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