top 10 hacker news stories for 2013-06-15

Project Loon

http://www.google.com/loon/

13 years ago

1094 upvotes – 286 comments

NSA admits listening to U.S. phone calls without warrants

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57589495-38/nsa-admits-listening-to-u.s-phone-calls-without-warrants/

13 years ago

834 upvotes – 389 comments

Senators skip classified briefing on NSA snooping to catch flights home

http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/305765-senators-skip-classified-briefing-on-nsa-snooping-to-catch-flights-home

13 years ago

459 upvotes – 141 comments

Watch 2013 Barack Obama Debate 2006 Joe Biden Over NSA Surveillance [video]

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/06/watch-2013-president-obama-debate-2006-joe-biden-over-nsa-surveillance

13 years ago

295 upvotes – 81 comments

Martin Luther King Jr. was wiretapped

http://sub.garrytan.com/martin-luther-king-jr-was-wiretapped-and-sent-an-anonymous-letter-from-j-edgar-hoover-encouraging-him-to-kill-himself

13 years ago

258 upvotes – 86 comments

The IRS has upgraded its technology to track virtually everything you do online

http://money.msn.com/credit-rating/irs-tracks-your-digital-footprint#scpshrtu

13 years ago

256 upvotes – 93 comments

Facebook Releases Data, Including All National Security Requests

https://newsroom.fb.com/News/636/Facebook-Releases-Data-Including-All-National-Security-Requests

13 years ago

238 upvotes – 199 comments

Introducing Project Loon: Balloon-powered Internet access

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2013/06/introducing-project-loon.html

13 years ago

189 upvotes – 50 comments

Secret to Prism program: Even bigger data seizure

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/secret-prism-success-even-bigger-data-seizure

13 years ago

175 upvotes – 22 comments

NSA's Talking Points Defending NSA Surveillance

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130613/17490723465/leaked-nsas-talking-points-defending-nsa-surveillance.shtml

13 years ago

168 upvotes – 44 comments
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