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NSA has been logging your phone calls since 9/11
May 11th, 2006 
etdot USAToday reports: The National Security Agency has been secretly collecting the phone call records of tens of millions of Americans, using data provided by AT&T, Verizon and BellSouth, people with direct knowledge of the arrangement told USA TODAY. The NSA program reaches into homes and businesses across the nation by amassing information about the calls […]
NSA tells DOJ to take a hike
May 10th, 2006 etdot The Department of Justice has decided to give up it’s investigation into the illegal wiretapping by the NSA. My guess is that it went something like this: DOJ: Bad NSA, you’ve been wiretapping without warrants. NSA: Yea, um, it’s for, um, the war on terrorists… yea, that’s it. DOJ: Mmmmmmkay, we need to see some […]
The RFID Hacking Underground
May 9th, 2006 etdot They can steal your smartcard, lift your passport, jack your car, even clone the chip in your arm. And you won’t feel a thing. 5 tales from the RFID-hacking underground. By Annalee Newitz James Van Bokkelen is about to be robbed. A wealthy software entrepreneur, Van Bokkelen will be the latest victim of some punk […]
Judgement Day just got closer
April 1st, 2006 etdot LiveSience is reporting that scientists have developed "neuro-chips" by combining living computer circuits and brain cells. The next project, T-1000.