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Products that do what Ask the NSA does
"The NSA Transparency Initiative was undertaken in response to the recent unauthorized disclosure of classified information. This website will answer your questions about the NSA's programs."
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Ask your cloud anything without breaking prod. Read-only.
Jul 2026 · github.com
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The NSA metadata gathering and passive monitoring is quite upsetting, and we don't have much confidence in legal changes happening quickly, so we put together a really simple consumer VPN service. We're still cleaning up the UI and making the install process easier, but it should work for people now. Yes, it's based in the US, but there's a big difference between "will turn over data proactively" and "will push back on requests to the fullest extent of the law". Since we don't fall under CALEA, there's no requirement for us to have any monitoring infrastructure. We're focusing on the mobile…
2013
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Discussing the legal battle between Apple and the FBI
2016
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2014 · github.com
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2013 · medium.com
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2014 · realtimehackernews.firebaseapp.com
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I keep meeting so many hackers with great ideas, and they have either a hurdle, or a lack of a path to get to where they need to go. So I have created this form that anyone can fill in, and then share, with the hope that it will be seen by someone who can come along and help them. I want a tool that gives a voice, a loud-speaker, to hackers so that they're efforts get recognized, and get the support they need. Please feel free to fill in this form and then share it. Note: the Responses page doesn't update immediately. Google seems to republish the form every 5 minutes or so, so please wait…
2011 · docs.google.com
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2011 · hninstant.com
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2017 · drewdevault.com
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2018 · code.hn
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2013 · whimsyapps.com
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2011 · blog.marcua.net
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2017 · hacker-search.net
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