How to Remove Yourself From Background Check Websites

We scour the web so you don’t have to (but for the record, you should be). Sites like intelius.com, peoplesearch, zabasearch, and other very intrusive and annoying…

New Leaks Show the Surveillance State is Even More Shocking Than We Thought

New documents released as part of the Snowden leaks show that the surveillance state of the NSA is far more insidious—and complete—than even previously known.  You’re already…

Becoming We the People Again

“This is supposed to be a republic. The contract says power resides in the people. But if the Snowden leaks are teaching us one thing, it’s that…

How to Get Started Being Anonymous

Ever since we first published How to Keep Your Conversations Safe From the NSA (which just got updated today with even more services, by the way), we’ve…

NYT Fails at Journalism, Pushes Benghazi Video Hoax Story Again – UPDATED

Scroll down for updates! I’m not sure when the New York Times decided to try publishing news again, but they’re still an example of epic fail.  Their…

Busted Lying Again: NSA Can Decode Your Phone Call and Listen In

In yet another update on How The NSA Is Violating Your Rights, we bring you this gem: The National Security Agency can easily defeat the world’s most…

Using Tor Anonymously

You’ve been reading about privacy.  You care about all your information getting leaked all over creation, but you have no idea what to do about it.  You…

Updates on the Privacy Front

If you’ve been paying attention here at VG, you know that we are following privacy and security trends in an effort to help you stay (or at…

Bounty Offered for Biometric Data of Spy Chiefs

Privacy expert Simon Davies, owner of the blog Privacy Surgeon, has decided to turn the tables on the governments who make up FIVE EYES, the alliance of…

Google Releases Requests from US Government to Remove Political Content From Search Listings

Google just published its annual “transparency report” (which is a contradictory term, considering what we now know about the company), and it was some interesting information about…

Judge Rules NSA Collection Programs Likely Unconstitutional

A federal judge ruled Monday that the NSA’s data collection programs, the existence of which was leaked by Edward Snowden, are “almost uncertainly” unconstitutional.  The opinion was…

Google Takes Away Privacy Feature From Android

A few days ago, EFF’s Deeplinks blog (highly recommended for those who care about privacy and the government snooping epidemic) reported on a crucial addition to Android…

The Cowardice of Conservatives

I know a lot of passionate conservatives, and this article is going to anger most of you. I’m okay with that. George Orwell wrote that “If liberty…

NSA Uses Your Google Cookies to Target You For Hacking

The newest leak from NSA internal documents is a presentation that gleefully explains how those targeted ads you see in Gmail and Google searches are actually being…

Why Should I Care About Privacy?

Ever since Edward Snowden starting to leak like a full diaper (Cryptome says he’s only released ~1% of his 58,000 pages), people have been discussing privacy as…

Snowden: NSA Spying on World of Warcraft

The latest in the Snowden Stream of Info(tm) is that the ever-creepy NSA is spying on the world of Azeroth, the fictional universe found in World of…

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