Tag: Edward Snowden
Tech Digest daily roundup: WhatsApp adds Twitter-like new ‘channels’ feature
WhatsApp is adding the Twitter-like ability to follow accounts outside your personal contacts. The new feature will be in a new section of the app called “updates”, separate from your […]
WATCH: Edward Snowden on password security
Last week John Oliver scored himself an exclusive interview with Edward Snowden – and flew to Moscow to do it. To make the most of the interview, HBO has just […]
The Digest: Uber promises 50,000 jobs in Europe… and 4 other things people are talking about today
[nextpage title=”Next”] Uber taxi firm promises 50,000 jobs under ‘new’ Europe deal | BBC News “The chief executive of the online taxi-sharing firm Uber has said he wants to make […]
Cory Doctorow: Those who have nothing to hide have a duty to protect the privacy of those who do
Influential digital rights activist Cory Doctorw, founder of Boing-Boing, is speaking at the Don't Spy On Us conference in London today. Speaking to me earlier, he argued that the best way to combat mass-surveillance is by raising the cost by…
German government blocks contracts for firms involved in the NSA scandal
It has emerged that it isn't just the Chinese government that is wary of American companies following the NSA revelations – the German government has also made similar moves to block companies linked to the NSA from German government IT…
Edward Snowden is now the star of an endless runner app game
Edward Snowden, the whistle blower currently on the run for leaking the information that lead to the revealing of the Prism spying scandal in the US, is now the star of his own app game. And, fittingly, it's an endless…
