Google’s Apparently Trying to Make Encrypted Email Easier

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Facebook Solar Drones Aim to Transmit Internet to Just About Everywhere

Donald Kaufman / Truthdig Apr 2, 2014 Facebook's planned drone program competes with Google's Project Loon for global dominance in the race to make the Internet available to all earthlings. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Politics Turn Your Brain to Mush

Staff / Truthdig Sep 18, 2013 New studies show that when people have been misinformed, offering the correct facts makes them only more obstinate; social media causes a lot of misinformation when it comes to reporting; and why did ESPN pull the plug on an investigation into head trauma? These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Michael Hayden: Terrorists Love Gmail

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Sep 15, 2013 While defending the legal basis for the NSA's mass domestic data mining program, the former NSA and CIA director claimed Sunday that "Gmail is the preferred Internet service provider of terrorists worldwide," adding: "I don't think you're going to see that in a Google commercial, but it's free, it's ubiquitous, so of course it is." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Google Sends Clear Message: There’s No Privacy on Gmail

Staff / Truthdig Aug 14, 2013 In response to a lawsuit against it, the information giant acknowledged that no one using Gmail or emailing a Gmail account holder should expect the content of his or her correspondence to remain exclusive. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Five Ways to Have a Chat Behind Big Brother’s Back

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Jul 17, 2013 Since Edward Snowden blew the whistle on the NSA's mass surveillance of Americans, interest in cryptography has been piqued. That's fine if you're a nerd, but what about Grandma's privacy? Luckily there are fairly simple ways to communicate privately. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Google’s Many Changes

Staff / Truthdig Sep 26, 2011 With the simple dictum "don't be evil" as its motto, the Internet software giant Google -- which ranked as the third-highest lobbying spender in the tech industry in 2010 -- wages an aggressive image and relations campaign with an international public, and its strategy is evolving. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Online Personalization Amplifies the Echo Chamber Effect

Staff / Truthdig Jun 4, 2011 So you go online and noodle around, and if you're like many other Internet users, you "Like" things on Facebook, buy some stuff and perhaps use Gmail. Somewhere in there, the little gnomes from Google and other data-gathering superpowers cobble together your cyber-profile. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Chinese Hackers Bust Into U.S. Gmail Accounts

Staff / Truthdig Jun 2, 2011 The Google email accounts of hundreds of American journalists and government and military officials were successfully raided as part of a spear-phishing operation conducted by Chinese hackers who tricked their targets into signing in on a decoy login page. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Google Working on Gmail’s Social Skills

Staff / Truthdig Feb 9, 2010 Google has been pretty successful at just about everything its engineers have attempted, with the glaring exception of social media. Still getting trounced by Facebook and losing buzzshare to upstarts like Twitter and Foursquare, the company plans to get aggressive, starting with new social features in Gmail. (continued) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Google Calls the Dreaded NSA for Tech Support

Staff / Truthdig Feb 5, 2010 Google already threatened to quit China over a network attack originating from that country, but it seems the Internet giant was shaken up enough to call the National Security Agency (of spying-on-Americans fame) for assistance. (continued) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Jobs, Googlers Spar Over ‘Evil’ Quip

Staff / Truthdig Feb 2, 2010 Nothing like a good word war between übergeeks to stir things up: Apple CEO Steve Jobs made an incendiary jab this weekend at his counterparts over at Google, accusing them of going against their company mantra, "Don't Be Evil." The current and former bigwigs at Google weren't going to take that lying down. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )