Banjo CEO resigns to preserve the company’s AI surveillance deals

Banjo is shuffling its leadership in a bid to keep its AI surveillance business with Utah and other customers worried about CEO Damien Patton’s racist past. Patton has resigned from the CEO position effective immediately, with CTO Justin Lindsey taki...

Utah pauses Banjo’s AI surveillance after learning of owner’s racist past

Utah is putting its AI surveillance system on ice after learning of its creator’s background. The state has suspended (via Salt Lake Tribune) Banjo’s contract after learning that company head Damien was part of the Dixie Knights of the Ku Klux Klan a...

House Passes USA Freedom Act to Annul NSA Spying Program


National Security Agency aka NSA has become a wide known secret worldwide and what has become even more evident is the NSA’s projects of spying on the general public. Only depicted in movies and...

NSA spying on North Korean Networks before Sony Attack


American officials had accused North Korea for the damaging cyber-attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment in November. It now seems why the American officials had done so. It seems that the National...

Laura Poitras ‘Citizenfour’: Edward Snowden’s View of the National Security Agency?


This Friday Washington D.C, Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco are going to experience ‘Citizenfour’. It gives an insider’s account of the National Security Agency’s programs. The documentary...

Twitter Takes Fight for Transparency to Court


Twitter is suing the U.S. government for allegedly restricting the microblogging platform from publicly reporting the scope of surveillance on its users."Our ability to speak has been restricted by...

Snowden’s Proof Regarding FISA Court’s NSA Authorization to Spy on 4 Countries


Some of the most recent documents leaked by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden show that the FISA court actually had the guts to allow the NSA free access to the private information lines of each and...

Tim Cook to be Asked to Testify in NSA Case


Apple CEO Tim Cook is on the shortlist of witnesses of German Lawmakers to testify in the NSA case. The Wall Street Journal reports that the investigating panel would like to invite Tim Cook, Mark...

How Heartbleed Happened


Last week during the Heartbleed chaos I wrote two articles, one outlining how to stay safe and the other explaining what heartbleed actually is. As we enter this week it is clear that we are far from...