Android Lollipop 5.1 brings promised anti-theft “kill switch”

Android Lollipop 5.1 is out for some Nexus phones, and it comes with an anti-theft kill switch. Now you can use Android Device Protection to freeze your phone if it’s lost or stolen.

Wikimedia joins forces with others to sue NSA, DOJ over mass surveillance

The ACLU has filed a suit on behalf of rights groups against the NSA’s spying program – in particular, its large-scale search and seizure of internet communications, commonly referred to as upstream surveillance.