Does the word "privacy" still mean something anyway?!



I just found these two interesting and fresh articles about the new NSA project X-Keyscore that collects nearly everything you do on the Internet. I strongly recommend you to read them.

- From TechCrunch: http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/31/nsa-project-x-keyscore-collects-nearly-everything-you-do-on-the-internet/

 and

- From Business Insider: http://www.businessinsider.com/nsa-documents-about-xkeyscore-search-tool-2013-7

This story is far from being over!


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