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1.In 8 months at Microsoft, I learned these things (ahmetalpbalkan.com)
567 points by philk10 on June 12, 2013 [ext] | 269 comments [ext]
2.Before Prosecuting, Investigate the Government (nytimes.com)
567 points by Libertatea on June 12, 2013 [ext] | 98 comments [ext]
3.Mozilla, EFF, Reddit And 83 Other Organizations Launch StopWatching.Us (techcrunch.com)
503 points by rhufnagel on June 12, 2013 [ext] | 86 comments [ext]
4. A 27M-Parameter Model That Quietly Undermines Scaling Orthodoxy (dbreunig.com)
54 points by kem2154 261 days ago | hide | 150 comments
4.Jordanian citizen was denied re-entry to the US on eve of his PhD defense at JHU (jhu.edu)
500 points by tchalla on June 12, 2013 [ext] | 209 comments [ext]
5.We Should All Have Something To Hide (thoughtcrime.org)
438 points by tptacek on June 12, 2013 [ext] | 147 comments [ext]
6.Why Edward Snowden Is a Hero (newyorker.com)
410 points by danboarder on June 12, 2013 [ext] | 40 comments [ext]
7. Montreux convention traps Russia's Mediterranean task force (theconversation.com)
67 points by jek5337 490 days ago | hide | 26 comments
7.More Americans see man who leaked NSA secrets as 'patriot' than traitor (reuters.com)
345 points by bconway on June 12, 2013 [ext] | 77 comments [ext]
8.Fertile Ground (marco.org)
326 points by mh_ on June 12, 2013 [ext] | 210 comments [ext]
9.Changes in rankings of smartphone search results (googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com.br)
293 points by huskyr on June 12, 2013 [ext] | 90 comments [ext]
10. Private Equity's Denominator Effect Returns as Markets Crater (archive.ph)
344 points by aul1104 368 days ago | hide | 7 comments
10.Civil Liberties Groups Are Suing the NSA (theatlanticwire.com)
280 points by sethbannon on June 12, 2013 [ext] | 48 comments [ext]
11.AMD Unleashes First-Ever 5 GHz Processor (amd.com)
243 points by jve on June 12, 2013 [ext] | 133 comments [ext]
12.Retro Gaming with Raspberry Pi (adafruit.com)
233 points by IgorPartola on June 12, 2013 [ext] | 30 comments [ext]
13. Blind Spots in the West: Why Every Chinese VC Studies Our Podcasts (youtube.com)
325 points by hol5935 219 days ago | hide | 175 comments
13.How the US Government will Smear, Slight Whistleblower Edward Snowden (juancole.com)
233 points by geekam on June 12, 2013 [ext] | 141 comments [ext]
14.NSA Prism logo is a copyright infringment (theregister.co.uk)
231 points by RobAley on June 12, 2013 [ext] | 31 comments [ext]
15.A PRISM-inspired Google Doodle (haykranen.nl)
211 points by huskyr on June 12, 2013 [ext] | 14 comments [ext]
16. The Three Ingredients Behind Jitse Groen's Takeaway.com Conquest Of Europe (linkedin.com)
154 points by krz3514 374 days ago | hide | 13 comments
16.Surveillance: A Threat to Democracy (nytimes.com)
183 points by hawkharris on June 12, 2013 [ext] | 70 comments [ext]
17.How An Introvert Learned To Be A Leader (tutorspree.com)
177 points by ryanb on June 12, 2013 [ext] | 38 comments [ext]
18.All calls in the Netherlands are stored, indexed and searched for keywords (translate.google.com)
164 points by Father on June 12, 2013 [ext] | 53 comments [ext]
19. The carriage maker's dilemma: Why imminent disruption requires drastic current effort (marginalrevolution.com)
376 points by kol5306 2 days ago | hide | 127 comments
19.Apple is finally allowing developers to sell their apps to other developers (venturebeat.com)
152 points by rmah on June 12, 2013 [ext] | 28 comments [ext]
20.Live on C-SPAN now: NSA Chief Testifies at Cybersecurity Hearing (c-spanvideo.org)
147 points by gravitronic on June 12, 2013 [ext] | 98 comments [ext]
21.Americans Disapprove of Government Surveillance Programs (gallup.com)
149 points by DamnYuppie on June 12, 2013 [ext] | 49 comments [ext]
22. The Senior Engineer Skills No One Teaches You in Bootcamp (addyosmani.com)
174 points by mem4364 105 days ago | hide | 48 comments
22.CloudFlare, PRISM, and Securing SSL Ciphers (cloudflare.com)
148 points by jgrahamc on June 12, 2013 [ext] | 75 comments [ext]
23.Submit a Privacy Act Request with the NSA to see what info they have on you (nsa.gov)
143 points by ericdykstra on June 12, 2013 [ext] | 53 comments [ext]
24.Shia LaBeouf: phone surveillance whistleblower? (cbc.ca)
132 points by mindstab on June 12, 2013 [ext] | 16 comments [ext]
25. The Bucket Shop Reborn: How Prop Firms Monetize Aspiring Traders (archive.ph)
469 points by ptn2959 85 days ago | hide | 14 comments
25.Greenwald: Snowden Has Provided ‘Thousands’ Of Docs, ‘Dozens’ Are Newsworthy (talkingpointsmemo.com)
134 points by mindcrime on June 12, 2013 [ext] | 71 comments [ext]
26.The Code You Don't Write (improbabletruths.com)
134 points by menacingly on June 12, 2013 [ext] | 37 comments [ext]
27.Edit your code in the cloud with bitbucket (blog.bitbucket.org)
125 points by planckscnst on June 12, 2013 [ext] | 48 comments [ext]
28. Asymmetric leverage how Iran holds twenty percent of global oil supply hostage (martinvol.pe)
429 points by pex8279 23 hours ago | hide | 150 comments
28.Mozilla Persona and Surveillance (identity.mozilla.com)
120 points by ibotty on June 12, 2013 [ext] | 56 comments [ext]
29.Unique in the Crowd: The privacy bounds of human mobility (nature.com)
104 points by lemming on June 12, 2013 [ext] | 19 comments [ext]
30.Booz Allen fires leaker Snowden (cnn.com)
104 points by adamnemecek on June 12, 2013 [ext] | 73 comments [ext]
31. The three fuels that turned farming villages into doomed empires (theguardian.com)
436 points by iik2616 252 days ago | hide | 170 comments

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