Tag: NSA
The National Security Agency has recently posted a new full-time job opening for “Civil Liberties and Privacy Officer.” This position is the first of its kind, likely created in response to the NSA’s recent — not so recent — blatant spying on US citizens. The NSA Civil Liberties & Privacy Officer (CLPO) is conceived as a completely new role, combining the […]
Flagger is a Chrome extension that adds potential NSA keywords to every URL you visit, just to give a little trolly “fuck you” to the any feds that may be watching. As I write this, for example, the URL for ANIMAL’s back end has “?lulz=regime+warfare+MSP” tacked to the end of it. I just refreshed, and […]
The Principality of Sealand is a rusted oil-drilling platform, 13 miles off the coast of the United Kingdom. It declared itself an independent state in 1967, becoming a micronation. It’s not too comfortable to live on and it doesn’t have much of a government, but it still might be more trustworthy with your data than […]
Edward Snowden: traitor to his country, true American hero, or video game protagonist? Pick two out of three. The man who blew the whistle on the NSA is no longer holed up in a Russian airport terminal, washing his hair in the sinks of public restrooms with travel-sized bottles of shampoo. Now he’s the star […]
Have you heard about PRSM? It’s “a brand new way to share everything” featuring seamless integration with Skype, Google, Facebook, Yahoo, and Apple Products. PRSM makes it easy to communicate with others, streaming things like status updates, emails, purchases, searches, and locations. Sound familiar? Maybe it’s because you’re already signed up. GetPRSM.com expertly skewers both […]
For those of you who are concerned about the government–or anyone else–profiling you based on your web-surfing habits, here’s Paranoid Browsing, a new Chrome extension that may throw big brother off your trail. It works by opening a tab in the background that randomly browses through the internet, jamming your history with sites you didn’t […]
The NSA leaks of the past few months have united a pretty amazing cross-section of people, on all shades of the political spectrum, against federal government surveillance. Case in point: Chaplain Gordon James Klingenschmitt, the host of a Christian YouTube show called Pray in Jesus Name, recently devoted a segmented to praying away the “satanic, evil spirit” […]
American rock band YACHT has released a new single in response to the ubiquity of our countries’ government surveillance programs, specifically the National Security Administration. The catchy synth-driven single aptly titled “Party at the NSA” even features some surprise guitar work by popular podcaster Marc Maron. The song’s lyrics aren’t too shabby either: Did you read my mail […]
For anyone who would like to express their appreciation for Edward Snowden’s efforts as a whistleblower but don’t know how, the folks at Fight for the Future created a website for doing just that, allowing supporters to post images showing their gratitude. According to Tiffiniy Cheng, co-founder of the civil liberties-minded nonprofit, the site has gotten over 10,000 […]
Even if the NSA didn’t touch this mattress on McKibbin Street in Brooklyn, common sense says you shouldn’t either. (Photo: Marina Galperina/ANIMALNewYork) […]
