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The FBI ’s seizure of top mysterious files from Donald Trump ’s Florida home shined a spotlight on the declassification system . How does the process play and who settle when something is no longer top secret ?

ByPatrick J. Kiger

There are three grade of security categorisation for U.S. documents related to home security . What are they and who decides how they ’re protected against unauthorised revelation ?

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ByJeffrey Fields

Encryption grants your information privacy , while shut up out others , including law enforcement . Could encryption ever remain solid and yield law enforcement memory access ?

ByGreg Fish

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Some say that publishing someone ’s personal info online for the purpose of molestation is risky , even if that individual spouts hate speech . Do you consort ?

ByDave Roos

Before man arrive a hold on the thought of potentially being commemorate at any moment , some public figures learned that lesson the hard way . Here are 10 recordings that were imprecate to the party need .

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ByBernadette Johnson

Shrouded in whodunit . Exposed by a freshly - faced cubicle inhabitant . An introduction to the National Security Agency , its mission and activities , and the domesticated espial programs uncovered in the Edward Snowden leak .

ByChris Opfer

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Did you really think NSA stood for No Snooping Allowed ? Of course not . But there ’s at least one more reservoir of data for them to collect that you may not have considered – and it ’s in your motorcar .

ByKristen Hall - Geisler

Do we have a rightfield to secrecy ? It is n’t specifically lay out in the Constitution , but we do have the right hand to protect our individual information . But what happens to that privacy once you go bad ?

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ByEd Grabianowski

If you get tagged for extra certificate screening each time you take a trajectory , you may be on a government ticker tilt . Find out how you – innocent you – made the list .

ByCristen Conger

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Can you snog your old life sentence au revoir and protrude afresh ? In the movies , people do it all the time , but a actual - lifetime clean slate is a footling more complicated .

ByCharles W. Bryant

Supporters claim it ’s been instrumental for security investigations and terrorist arrests , while critics foresee that it gives the government activity too much power and undermines majority rule . Let ’s take a feeling at what the Patriot Act is , what multitude say about it , and whether it ’s really work .

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E - ring armor is now protected from privy government searches thanks to a recent U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling . Read about this landmark due east - mail privacy ruling .

ByJacob Silverman

It ’s easy to intercept a phone . keep a wiretap secret , now that ’s the crafty part . That ’s where the transcription equipment and surveillance team come in . memorise how politics spies and other pro go about listen in .

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ByTom Harris

What do the numbers on a Social Security card mean value ? Are they random ? And how loose is it for someone to steal your identicalness using your Social Security identification number ?

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