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Have you been worrying lately about the NSA listening in on your calls?

A recent push to reform NSA surveillance might ease your mind… maybe? Just a little bit?

After promising to review intelligence-gathering practices in January, President Obama offered a plan to reign in the NSA by abandoning the practice of bulk phone data collection.

The reforms would require congressional approval. That is because these reforms basically modify sections of the USA Patriot Act, which was hastily passed in the wake of 9/11. This controversial law laid the groundwork for the NSA’s bulk data collection programs.

Passage of the administration’s plan would mean that caller data — who you called and when you called them — would remain with the phone companies instead of with the NSA.

The NSA would have to make inquiries for specific phone numbers and obtain permission from a judge. Meanwhile, phone companies would not be required to hold onto records longer than the 18 months already required by federal regulations.

In general, the White House proposal was received by civil liberties advocates with cautious optimism. The plan is silent on the issue of internet communications, arguably more important than phones in the digital era.

Feel better yet? No? Yeah, figures.

We didn’t even tell you about all of the [REDACTED].

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Goat Simulator Official Launch Trailer, as funny as the first one http://ow.ly/v7Glx

R.I.P Retweet? Twitter Experiment Features “Share” Button Instead of “Retweet” http://ow.ly/v7EyI  via @marketingland

The Rising Trend of Dynamic Expandable Search Fields http://depot.ly/v29z6

What successful leaders’ to-do lists look like http://depot.ly/uZJF4

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A Modern Designer’s Canvas http://depot.ly/uZJq4  via @smashingmag

Anti-social network helps you avoid people you don’t want to see http://depot.ly/uZITP  via @FastCoDesign

Half of America Now Recognizes Google Glass http://depot.ly/uZIvR

8 in 10 say the ads they see on Twitter are irrelevant http://depot.ly/uZHvS

Trends in ecommerce volume change across global webstores http://depot.ly/uW63X

Looking for color inspiration? Check out Wes Anderson Palettes http://depot.ly/uW5PR  via @BrushLovers

Artist breathes new life into old Disney scenes by painting over them http://depot.ly/uW5xF

A New App That Lets You Take Apart Websites and Rebuild Them At Will http://depot.ly/uW2ZN  via @FastCoDesign

Adobe Photoshop Recreated Using Lego http://depot.ly/uTs4b  via @speckyboy

A Quick Introduction to Agile #UX Design http://depot.ly/uTrWv

Good read: Why don’t designers take Android seriously? http://depot.ly/uTrQ7

How To Code an HTML5/CSS3 Shopping Cart Webpage Layout http://depot.ly/uOR7x

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