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Opinion: It's a WikiLeaks World, Get Used to It

Aug 5th 2010 – 5:31AM
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Joe Raedle, Getty Images

(Aug. 5) -- No matter where right or wrong lie in the posting of classified military reports on WikiLeaks.org, one lesson should be clear: This is how it's going to be. Technology will continue to undercut secrecy -- not just in the military, but in all large organizations. Government and corporate leaders who aren't...

WikiLeaks Diaries Raise Question: Is Secrecy Dead?

By Andrea StoneJul 26th 2010 – 5:39PM
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Leon Neal, AFP / Getty Images

WASHINGTON (July 26) -- Are secrets a thing of the past? This weekend's release of 92,000 secret documents on the Afghanistan war by WikiLeaks -- the same group that posted a classified video of a lethal U.S. helicopter strike in Iraq -- is raising the question of whether government, or anybody, can keep things under...

EU Lawmaker Calls for End to UFO Secrecy

By Lee SpeigelJun 22nd 2010 – 3:37PM
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Carsten Koall, Getty Images

(June 22) -- A European Union official's crusade to get all UFO information released may lift the veil surrounding the truth about possible alien visits to Earth. Mario Borghezio, leader of the Italian Northern League party, has submitted an official request, urging all 27 EU member governments to disclose their UFO...

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Osama On The $20 Bill And 'Secret' Messages On Money (PHOTOS)

May 25th 2012 - 03:30PM

What do you do when it's a slow news day on the Friday before a three-day weekend?

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DropKey app encrypts Mac files, free through Sunday

May 18th 2012 - 12:03PM

WellRed Apps launched its DropKey file encryption app for Mac last month, but realized that there's one issue with gaining widespread acceptance -- it takes two to tango, and it takes two copies of DropKey (one each for sender and recipient) to send files securely.

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Brad Reid: Trade Secrets May Be Lost

May 16th 2012 - 02:40PM

A recent decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit is a reminder that a trade secret may be lost if the owner fails to take reasonable precautions to protect it ( Fail-Safe, LLC v.

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Secret Service Scandal: Official Says Agency Probing El Salvador Trip Allegedly Involving Prostitutes

Apr 26th 2012 - 09:38AM

A Secret Service official says the agency is investigating news reports of other trips in which agents allegedly engaged the services of prostitutes while traveling abroad in advance of the president.

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Australian government approves iOS for managing classified data

By Steven Sande Mar 30th 2012 - 12:48PM

Government officials Down Under can start doing their happy dance; the Australian Defence Signals Directorate (DSD) has given the thumbs-up for the use of iOS devices for handling data classified at the "Protected" level.

secrecy News From the Web

  • 06/03/12 People over 55 pick better passwords Source: Geeky-Gadgets Who picks better passwords, young people or older people?
  • 06/03/12 How Obama Became a Hawk Source: Outside the Beltway In a Guardian piece titled " Drone wars and state secrecy – how Barack Obama became a hardliner ," Paul Harris argues that the president has come a long way from his days as a "liberal law professor who campaigned against the Iraq war."
  • 06/03/12 From the FBI to Fairfield County Source: The Herald Independent - Winnsboro SC Always having had an infatuation with everything related to forensic science, court cases, crimes and law enforcement, I watch all the television shows that pertain to it in any way.
  • 06/02/12 Local Digest Source: The Telegraph - Nashua NH Twelve local players were among 20 who advanced to the 2012 State Amateur Golf Championship at a State Am qualifier on Tuesday at Souhegan Woods.
  • 06/02/12 Ministers aim to stop gagging watchdog over company... Source: The Money Blog - This is Money - UK Treasury Ministers have pledged to sweep away controversial restrictions that stop regulators making public what they know about City firms.

Background on secrecy

Secrecy (also called clandestinity or furtiveness) is the practice of hiding information from certain individuals or groups, perhaps while sharing it with other individuals.

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