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Germany Says U.S. May Have Monitored Merkel's Phone

By Noah Barkin Reuters
Revelations before the trip of a covert U.S. Internet surveillance program, code-named Prism, caused outrage in a country where memories of the eavesdropping East German Stasi secret police are still fresh.

How to Keep the NSA Out of Your Computer

Clive Thompson Mother Jones
Scores of communities worldwide have been building these roll-your-own networks—often because a mesh can also be used as a cheap way to access the regular internet. But along the way people are discovering an intriguing upside: Their new digital spaces are autonomous and relatively safe from outside meddling.
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