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Privacy by Design

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 24, 2012 Nicholas Merrill is tired of waiting for Congress to protect Americans' privacy online So he plans to force the matter by changing the way telecommunication companies do business So he plans to change the way telecommunication companies do business. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

How to Avoid an Unwanted Vacation From the Internet

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jul 7, 2012 For perhaps 64,000 computers in the U.S. and 300,000 worldwide, the Internet will go dead starting Monday. The story is rather complicated, but at its bottom is a piece of devilment named the DNS Changer Trojan. Click through below to the jump to find out if your Internet connection is set up for a KO punch and, if so, what you can do to sidestep it. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Your CISPA Primer

Staff / Truthdig Apr 26, 2012 The U.S. House of Representatives will vote Friday on the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act. What is it, and what does it mean for freedom and security on the Web? RT has assembled a quick guide to answer those questions. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Prison Doors Vulnerable to Hacking, Researchers Say

Staff / Truthdig Aug 2, 2011 The same devices that enabled hackers to sabotage centrifuges at an Iranian nuclear plant last year are being used to control access to jail cells in some of the United States' most important high-security prisons. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )