A massive surveillance bill is now on its way to becoming law in Russia.The Source: Russia lawmakers pass sweeping spying law that requires encryption backdoors, >>>

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Comcast wrongly debited early termination fee, provided no refund for 18 months. Source: Comcast took $1,775 from man, only gave it back after he contacted >>>

Source: Judicial Watch Releases State Department Inspector General Investigation Records Related to Hillary Clinton Emails – Judicial Watch

Source: 154 million voter records exposed due to database error | The Daily Dot

Let’s Encrypt is a free, automated, and open certificate authority brought to you by the non-profit Internet Security Research Group (ISRG). Source: Defending Our Brand – >>>

Lawmakers couldn’t get the required majority to advance the bill. Source: Senate rejects FBI bid for warrantless access to internet browsing histories | ZDNet

As the long, languid Democratic primary vote count in California continues, a theory has taken hold among some fringe supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders: that >>>

Good news: America still has federal employees who will risk their careers to express profound professional disagreement with major policy errors. Source: Revolt by Security >>>

It’s time to lift the cloak of secrecy that has until now shielded the NSA from judicial scrutiny. EFF served the agency with information requests late >>>