The suitcase-sized technology also intercepts sensitive details about a cellphone without the owner's knowledge, or a warrant.
Samsung sought to clarify its position after a privacy outcry, though consumer advocates have now called on the government to intervene.
U.S. tech giants such as Apple and Amazon are rushing to build data centers on the Continent to allay Europe's privacy concerns post-Snowden.
For $70 a month, you can use AT&T's accelerated fiber-optic Internet. For an additional $29 a month, you can avoid being tracked while doing it.
The “unlawful” NSA data collection used by the U.K. intelligence agency could be fair game.
The company is facing backlash over a privacy policy that warns people to be careful what they say in their own living rooms.
Verizon Wireless recently announced customers could opt-out of the tracking program, but a group of senators wants more.
Google has 500 employees working on security.
India's experiment to bring social benefits to a billion people with a unique ID is moving fast, according to Nandan Nilekani.
The wireless provider's system has tracked its mobile customers’ every Web visit since 2012.
The irony of the NSA wishing everyone a "Happy Data Privacy Day" wasn't lost on Twitter users.
The latest release from AnchorFree comes free for Android users, though iOS users need to pay a small annual fee to go ad-free.
“Buying a smartphone shouldn’t be interpreted as giving the government a free pass to track your movements,” one lawmaker says.
Range-R surveillance technology is only the latest military device to be used by domestic police agencies.
From the Pentagon Papers to Prism, news outlets have a history of publishing pilfered information -- and the law says that's fine.
It potentially replaces the yellow cab, private car, mass transit and car rentals.
The demise of the USA Freedom Act means the Republican-controlled Congress will have to deal with the issue of NSA spying in the new term.
The plan reportedly calls for the unbundling of Google Search from its other products and services.
Officials and foreign tech leaders met to discuss business at China's first World Internet Conference.
The service seeks "oppositional researchers" to dig up dirt on its foes.
Uber's New York GM Josh Mohrer is under internal investigation for using 'God View' to track a journalist.
The "Hunger Games" star was a victim of a nude photo leak in August and September, and had called the hack “a sex crime” at the time.