Groklaw, NSA and FUD | Linux Today

Groklaw, NSA and FUD

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Sean Michael Kerner
Aug 20, 2013

Earlier this month, a pair of private email services shut down over fears that they could not guarantee user privacy in the wake of the recent revelations about the National Security Agency’s domestic online surveillance activities. Now, that fear, uncertainty and doubt (FUD) has claimed another victim—the popular Groklaw, a Linux and open-source legal site.

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Sean Michael Kerner

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