Google's Real Secret Spy Program?  Secure FTP  —  Google does not participate in any government program involving a lockbox or other equipment installed at its facilities to transfer court-ordered data to the government, a company spokesman says, refuting with some finality one of the lingering theories about the NSA's PRISM program.

Google, Facebook & Microsoft Ask US Gov't For Permission To Report FISA Data Requests  —  Google, Facebook and Microsoft have all asked the US government for permission to include data requests made under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), requests that are currently so secret …

StopWatching.Us: Mozilla launches massive campaign on digital surveillance  —  Last week, media reports emerged that the US government is requiring vast amounts of data from Internet and phone companies via top secret surveillance programs.  The revelations, which confirm many of our worst fears …

A.C.L.U. Sues to Bar ‘Dragnet’ Collection of Phone Records  —  WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against the Obama administration over its “dragnet” collection of logs of domestic phone calls, contending that the once-secret program …

Waze Joins Google!  —  I am excited to announce today that we have accepted an offer to join Google.  I'd like to share some information about what this means for Waze.  —  Larry Page, Brian McClendon and the Google Maps teams have been following our progress closely and are excited about what we've accomplished.

Google Officially Buys Waze in a $1 Billion-Plus Deal, Will Keep It Independent  —  Google this morning said it had acquired mapping startup Waze, as we had expected it would.  —  Brian McClendon, who is the company's vice president of geo, paid tribute to the Waze community multiple times in a blog post.