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China says ‘nyet’ to Kaspersky’s anti-virus

A growing fear of online security has been at the forefront of everyone’s minds ever since Edward Snowden dropped the bomb on how the NSA spies on individuals. But governments aren’t immune to the...

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Step aside Edward Snowden, there is a new leaker in town

Edward Snowden opened a proverbial can of worms when he started leaking top-secret US government documents and information. And while his revelations were incredibly important, they have to be seen not...

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Zapiro, Zackie Achmat, Henrietta Rose-Innes to read at Snowden-athon in Cape...

Capetonians, show your support for whistleblowing hero Edward Snowden – he behind the wide-ranging NSA leaks which have opened our eyes to state surveillance around the road – and get to meet some...

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“Get rid of Dropbox” urges Edward Snowden

In the information age where everything can probably be hacked into or spied upon, users can’t always be sure that what a company is offering is in fact what they are going to get. No man knows this...

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Millions of old Dropbox passwords leaked online

Online file storage website Dropbox is one of the biggest names in cloud, but yesterday it had one of those days that tech companies dread having. A thread on Reddit popped up with a user claiming that...

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Tor Browser gets updated to version 4.0

Even before the NSA allegations of spying on average citizens by whistleblower Edward Snowden, the Tor browser, or The Onion Router, was a favourite browser for those who value their online privacy....

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African Wikileaks-like website readies itself for whistleblowing launch

Julian Assange’s Wikileaks is the best known place to go for revealing private documents and information on governments and diplomatic cables et al. But now an African version, afriLeaks, is readying...

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Even SA cell networks aren’t safe from the NSA

Since Edward Snowden’s first set of leaked documents hit the internet last year, we’ve seen a number of new revelations about the powers and abilities of the NSA to gather information about every day...

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Slur – Where government secrets and stolen databases go up for auction

Whistle-blower sites like Wikileaks have been a thorn in the side of people everywhere who have something to hide. They’ve published all sorts of sensitive material that has shed light on the...

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NSA and GCHQ stole SIM encryption keys from manufacturer of SA’s ID card

Gemalto rocked by revelations that spy services had access to database of SIM card encryption keys. More stories like this... How to find out if you’ve been spied on by the British NSA wants to spy on...

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Snowden documentary wins Oscar

Journalist and director Laura Poitras picks up top honours for her work with Edward Snowden. More stories like this... Snowden revelations win Pulitzer for Guardian US and… The inside story of Snowden:...

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SIM manufacturer says NSA/GCHQ attack “probably happened”, older networks may...

Gemalto posts results of initial investigation into allegations its encryption key database has been lost. More stories like this... SIM cards “are secure” says Gemalto, ahead of… NSA and GCHQ stole...

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State-sponsored cyberattacks on SA academics & activists detailed in “Big...

Ever wonder how the South African State Security Agency (SSA) and other intelligence gathering bodies compare to the well known mass surveillance practices adopted by the likes of America’s NSA and...

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[WATCH] The first trailer for Oliver Stone’s Edward Snowden film

Edward Snowden is now a  household name for releasing swathes of documents on the spying of various government organisations. To little surprise, it has gathered the attention of Hollywood, and none...

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[htxt.africast] The Witcher 3, unicorns and Hollywood hackers

In this episode of the weekly htxt.africast, Charlie, Deon and Nick talk about The Witcher 3. The game has been hugely successful, and even if you just run through the bare-bones of the title, it...

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Edward Snowden thinks we might be missing alien communications

For many years projects like the SETI Institute (Search for extraterrestrial intelligence) has been combing through signals from outer space in the hopes of detecting a welcome message from aliens who...

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Edward Snowden’s Twitter account bags almost a million followers in less than...

In case you’ve been locked in an isolation ward for a couple of years, Edward Snowden was once a contractor for the CIA and privy to many of the USA’s secrets. What he found was that the US was not...

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US cable news brings on an “expert” to discuss Edward Snowden on Twitter,...

Yesterday social media was in the spotlight again as whistleblower Edward Snowden joined Twitter. As is par-for-the-course for these events, the media as a whole scrambled to cover the story. Once...

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European Parliament votes to give Edward Snowden amnesty

The European Parliament has voted to grant Edward Snowden amnesty in  28 European Union states. The Parliament carried a vote of 285 to 281 to grant Edward Snowden protection from extradition or...

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Oliver Stone’s Snowden movie now has a full trailer

Edward Snowden has lived a life that is ready made for the Hollywood treatment. Since he revealed to the world how the NSA was hoovering up private data and spying on allies and enemies alike with its...

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Creatives, Edward Snowden and Joseph Gordon-Levitt need you

HITRECORD, the collaborative production company founded by Joseph Gordon-Levitt, is working on a project discussing the connection between technology and democracy. That project has a new contributor...

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Edward Snowden on Donald Trump and taking back privacy

National Security Agency contractor turned whistle blower Edward Snowden is likely not going to be a friend of President-elect Donald Trump but then again, he wasn’t too chummy with Barack Obama...

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