NSA

Setting a precedent for the telecom industry, Verizon (NYSE: VZ) said Thursday that beginning next year it would publish detailed reports on the number of government requests it receives for customer data, according to The Associated Press. Verizon said it would publish its first report online...

The Chinese language version of Techweb (complete with a not-so-subtle graphic depicting Skype’s emergence as the new sheriff in town) noted Friday that Chinese mobile Internet company TOM Online will turn Skype operations in mainland China over to Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) November 24. The Next...

The National Security Agency is coming under fire again after it was revealed that the agency may have secretly broken into data centers from both Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO). According to the Washington Post, former NSA contractor Edward Snowden has provided documents...

Adapting device security to physical location is an idea whose time has come, at least for Google (NASDAQ: GOOG). Engadget reported Thursday that the company had applied for a patent on a system that alters the security system on your smartphone and other devices to fit your surroundings. If...

Joe Lonsdale, Formation 8 Partner, Addepar co-founder and Palantir co-founder, talked big data and national security with the folks at CNBC's Squawk Box on Wednesday morning. Lonsdale mainly focused on how to reinforce national intelligence and security through the collection of big data while...