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Ryan Tate / Wired:
The Price to Pay for Facebook's Free Wi-Fi?  A Scrap of Privacy   —  The idea of offering people free Wi-Fi in exchange for their physical coordinates began at Facebook as a one-off experiment, a project by two engineers during an all-nighter in May 2012.  Since then, Facebook has gradually spread …
Jun 19, 2013, 1:55 AMIn context
Cade Metz / Wired:
Amazon's Invasion of the CIA Is a Seismic Shift in Cloud Computing   —  The rumors are true.  Amazon is providing cloud services to the CIA.  But what's most intriguing about the multi-million-dollar deal is not what Amazon is doing, but how the company is doing it — and what that means …
Jun 18, 2013, 7:35 PMIn context
Steven Levy / Wired:
How Google Will Use High-Flying Balloons to Deliver Internet to the Hinterlands   —  The Project Loon team prepared for launch in the pre-dawn frost near Lake Tekapo, New Zealand.  —  Solar panels and insulated electronics packages, prepared for launch.  It takes 4 hours for the solar panels …
Jun 15, 2013, 2:00 AMIn context
Moxie Marlinspike / Wired:
Why ‘I Have Nothing to Hide’ Is the Wrong Way to Think About Surveillance   —  Suddenly, it feels like 2000 again.  Back then, surveillance programs like Carnivore, Echelon, and Total Information Awareness helped spark a surge in electronic privacy awareness.
Jun 14, 2013, 9:05 PMIn context
Ryan Tate / Wired:
Bloomberg Puts Every New York Neighborhood on Nextdoor   —  There's been a war brewing between Silicon Valley startups and the New York City government, which recently blocked attempts by online services Airbnb, Uber and RelayRides to compete, perhaps illegally, with Gotham hotels and taxis.
Jun 14, 2013, 10:25 AMIn context
James Bamford / Wired:
NSA Snooping Was Only the Beginning, Meet the Spy Chief Leading US Into Cyberwar   —  Infiltration.  Sabotage.  Mayhem.  For years four-star General Keith Alexander has been building a secret army capable of launching devastating cyberattacks.  Now it's ready to unleash hell.
Jun 13, 2013, 6:05 PMIn context
Kim Zetter / Wired:
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.
Jun 11, 2013, 6:30 PMIn context
Cade Metz / Wired:
How Three Guys Rebuilt the Foundation of Facebook   —  Walk to the back of Building 18, on the edge of Facebook's new headquarters in Menlo Park, California, and you'll find the remnants of The Battle Cave.  —  Today, this room is just another stretch of open office space, where rows of Facebookers work on who-knows-what.
Jun 10, 2013, 6:00 PMIn context
Christina Bonnington / Wired:
Why Google Reader Really Got the Axe   —  When Google announced its plans to shutter Google Reader in March, the Internet freaked out.  Twitter users raised their virtual pitchforks in outrage.  Bloggers wept, scrambling to find a suitable replacement by the service's July 1 death date.
Jun 6, 2013, 1:30 PMIn context
Kim Zetter / Wired:
American Gets Targeted by Digital Spy Tool Sold to Foreign Governments   —  The email appeared to come from a trusted colleague at a renowned academic institution and referenced a subject that was a hot-button issue for the recipient, including a link to a website where she could obtain more information about it.
Jun 4, 2013, 6:20 PMIn context

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