Stop Watching Us brings 85 organizations together to demand truth and transparency on PRISM

June 11, 2013 9:36 AM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

"The revelations about the National Security Agency's surveillance apparatus, if true, represent a stunning abuse of our basic rights," the organization's open letter reads. "We demand the U.S. Congress reveal the full extent of the NSA's spying programs."

The FBI’s and NSA’s PRISM surveillance: Apple, Google, Microsoft, Facebook deny involvement

June 6, 2013 5:18 PM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

We've contacted all those companies to get a statement from them on why they are allegedly participating, what they are reportedly giving to the NSA, and how their customers and users can trust that anything they transmit or share through those services can ever be private.

How the NSA lied about not tracking Americans with PRISM

June 6, 2013 4:11 PM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

“That’s the kind of word game they play,” ex-NSA chief Bill Binney said also at Def Con. “There’s absolutely no excuse for him even implying that he’s not collecting all this data.”

PRISM program lets FBI, NSA secretly mine data from U.S. tech companies (report) (updated)

June 6, 2013 3:46 PM Meghan Kelly
Meghan Kelly

The Washington Post reported today that a number of tech companies are participating in a top secret data mining program for the FBI and NSA, dubbed PRISM.

Former Zynga finance guru surfaces as video-chat company president

December 3, 2012 11:27 AM Jolie O'Dell
Jolie O'Dell

Wilson Kriegel was a part of Zynga’s high-profile OMGPOP acquisition and equally high-profile executive departure spree, and he has popped back up on the tech executive landscape. This time, he’s joined forces with New York City-based Paltalk, a webcam and …