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The US House of Representatives has just passed an amendment that bans the use of funds to hold “warrantless searches” in the communications of American citizens. House passed our amendment to defund #NSA‘s backdoor surveillance on Americans @RepZoeLofgren @JimPressOffice — Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) June 20, 2014 This places limits on the National Security Agency (NSA) for building backdoors into communications including emails and chat histories — and is likely a welcome move for those opposed to mass surveillance, details of which were revealed in the wake of former NSA contractor Edward Snowden’s revelations. The amendment won’t be official till the Senate…
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Apple started letting the first Bitcoin apps back into the App Store last week following its new policy on virtual currencies. Now Coinbase, the VC-backed Bitcoin wallet firm that is one of the largest in the industry, is represented… albeit by an open-source app rather than an official one. The Bitcoin iOS app was pulled from the App Store back in November last year, at a time when Apple exercised greater caution over virtual currencies. While the coast is now clear for a return, the company has been beaten to the punch by Andrew Vilcsak, a developer at Airbnb, who used its APIs to…
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Pop culture has left many of us with a fascination for the holster, thanks to iconic looks from the likes of Pulp Fiction, Tomb Raider, and just about every Western or detective movie. It’s only natural that some enterprising individuals would build classic-looking holsters for your smartphone. Of course, your dad has probably been sporting a phone hip holster for a while, but the quality of LD West’s $110 ($120 CAD) leather under-arm holster is next level. As you’d expect, the holster circles around your back and up over your shoulders with two elastic bands. You can choose to snap…
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