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All Your Emails Are Being Stored by the Government (and May be Used Against You)

Recently, a man named William Binney sat down for a remarkably scary interview with RT, an online magazine.

Binney worked for the National Security Agency (NSA) for many years before resigning in 2001, stating that he didn’t want to be a part of an agency that he believed was betraying the Constitution.

In his interview with RT, Binney makes the jaw-dropping claim that nearly every email sent by a U.S. citizen is being captured and stored by the FBI in huge data warehouses.

But here’s what’s interesting about our online correspondence: even the FBI has no idea what they are collecting. Read more startling news in the article. Read More

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Hustler’s Larry Flynt on the Illusion of Online Privacy

Hustler publisher Larry Flynt has written a short essay on The Huffington Post about the illusions of online privacy. The article is worth a read before you breeze over the Terms & Conditions in order to join a social media site, or eagerly sign away your online privacy in order to play a game like Farmville. Click the headline above to read more insights from his article. Read More

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Identity Theft: Privacy Concerns Fly As Commerce Department Plans to Create Internet IDs

The U.S. Commerce Department has announced plans to give each American a unique Internet ID in an effort to stem cybercrime and identity fraud. However, some question whether a group whose purpose is to oversee how Americans buy, sell, and trade goods is the best choice for assigning these Internet IDs. Read More

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