top 20 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

Woz talks iOS 7 and PRISM in an off the cuff airport interview [video]

http://thenextweb.com/insider/2013/06/15/woz-talks-ios-7-and-prism-in-an-off-the-cuff-airport-interview/

13 years ago

158 upvotes – 25 comments

Archaeologists Discover Lost City In Cambodian Jungle

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/06/14/191727408/archaeologists-discover-lost-city-in-cambodian-jungle

13 years ago

156 upvotes – 11 comments

COINTELPRO

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO

13 years ago

147 upvotes – 38 comments

Off-the-Record Messaging – encrypt your instant messages

http://www.cypherpunks.ca/otr/index.php

13 years ago

139 upvotes – 33 comments

22k more signatures needed on the Snowden pardon petition

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/pardon-edward-snowden/Dp03vGYD?v1

13 years ago

138 upvotes – 46 comments

“Whistleblower welcome in China”

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/indepth/2013-06/14/c_132455893.htm

13 years ago

137 upvotes – 121 comments

Ancient Roman Concrete Is About to Revolutionize Modern Architecture

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-06-14/ancient-roman-concrete-is-about-to-revolutionize-modern-architecture

13 years ago

123 upvotes – 23 comments

Scientist Figures Out How 'Sailing Stones' Move Themselves Across Death Valley

http://www.core77.com/blog/transportation/scientist_figures_out_how_those_big-ass_sailing_stones_move_themselves_across_death_valley_25038.asp

13 years ago

122 upvotes – 31 comments

Why Doesn't Anyone Give a Crap About Freedom Zero? (2008)

http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2008/01/why-doesnt-anyone-give-a-crap-about-freedom-zero.html

13 years ago

117 upvotes – 96 comments

Senate Staffers Told To Pretend Top Secret Docs Are Not Widely Available On Web

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2013/06/14/senate-staffers-told-to-pretend-top-secret-documents-are-not-widely-available-on-web/

13 years ago

114 upvotes – 21 comments
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