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A third of Americans have changed online and phone behaviours post-Snowden
Edward Snowden has been heard, and his words are having at least some effect. True, a minority have changed to better protect their privacy, but the more people know, the more likely they are to change. 
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. 
Bought PII from the government? PLEASE DON’T LOSE IT! 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Here’s the latest episode of our weekly computer security roundup. The latest news presented so you can enjoy it…in just one minute!
Schmidt: Want to keep your sensitive data away from the NSA? Use Google
NSA spying revelations shocked Google, so it encrypted the beejezus out of everything. We’ll all be dead by the time it’s cracked, Schmidt said.
How have attitudes to privacy changed post-Snowden?
A recent survey reports 43% of users avoid certain websites and applications and 39% change their passwords regularly since the Snowden revelations. Is that number low, or is it an encouraging sign of growing sensitivity to privacy issues?
Just how much information can be squeezed from one week of your metadata?
Thanks to a Dutch man who volunteered to let researchers snoop on his mobile phone, we now have a glimpse of the type of information that can be squeezed from what officials would have us believe is “just” metadata. Toss in a list of exposed passwords hints courtesy of Adobe, and analysts also got access to his accounts. 
Social media users don’t like discussing Snowden and surveillance online
Just 42% of those surveyed said they were willing to air their views or enter a discussion on Facebook or Twitter but 86% said they would be happy to discuss the NSA surveillance program in a face-to-face setting.
Snowden: NSA working on ‘MonsterMind’ cyberwar bot
The cyber defense system would instantly and autonomously neutralize foreign cyberattacks against the US and could also be used to launch retaliatory strikes. To do so, it would have to control and analyze all traffic entering the US – a chilling prospect that was the last straw, the whistleblower says. 
Evidence of another Snowden-like mole is worrying Feds
The US government has been trying to answer a crucial question: is Snowden a lone wolf, or are other Edward Snowdens out there, leaking ever more classified documents? Given new leaks published by Glenn Greenwald’s The Intercept, the Feds now fear they have their answer, and it is in the affirmative. 