. >> maybe edward snowden is the tip of the iceberg but i'm waiting for facebook leaker, amazon, some other search engine, somebody that has more data than we understand they have. >> reporter: jeff moss is the founder of black hat and death cobb and the current advisor to the department of homeland security. he says people would be surprised to discover how much these companies know about us. according to the wall street journal google has credit card information on more than 200 million android owners and facing push back in europe. facebook with over a billion accounts has access to even more data on users. >> there is no oversight committees. there is no congressional inquiry into what these giant search engines are dog. >> reporter: in a world more rer reliant than ever before, people have to get used to the fact privacy may be a hard thing to come by. not everyone here is a supporter of edward snowden. we talked to a number of folks that don't like what snowden did and there are a lot of people working for the government agencies in the department of homeland security there is d

. >> maybe edward snowden is the tip of the iceberg, but i'm waiting for the facebook leaker or the amazon or google, some other search engine, somebody that has more data than we understand that they have. >> so that's it, is the next hacker going to be coming out of google or facebook or one of these private companies? do they have information they think the public might want to know? that's what they're talking about here. they're also talking about nano quad hackers, one of these little helicopters. we had a couple women dressed up as the knights of the round table. it's vegas. what happens in vegas doesn't necessarily stay in vegas when it's on tv, kayla. >> thank you for that. >> your last tip you had some thing, i don't know if it was a robot or a guy in a suit pop locking behind you. was that a dude? was that a photo bomb? >> it was a photo bomb. the guy dressed up as a giant robot. this is a robotic helicopter. i don't know if you can see this thing. it's hovering in mid-air right behind us. it's battery powered. all the companies are presenting here on the floor of this conventio

facebook for information on more than 38,000 users. the social media released a report on the scope of requests for the first half of 2013. it comes after nsa leakerard snowden revealed that most major internet companies routinely give data on its users. so far facebook has complied with most requests. >>> fewer americans are getting in line for mortgages. >> here now is kcbs radio's financial reporter jason brooks on a wednesday. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. rising mortgage rates certainly having an impact in that particular business. the mortgage bankers association says that overall mortgage applications fell 2.5% in the past week down 2.5% -- actually down by 4.5% when it comes to refi apps while new home applications rose by 2.5%. the mba says the average 30- year loan was 4.8%. 12 basis points higher than the prior week is the highest it's been in the past two years. despite that, we have seen decent home sales, previously owned home sales up 6.5% in july new home sales down more than 13%. bad news at the pump as oil prices continue to rise mainly due to worries over potential military strike in syria. we have oil prices right no

. >> facebook is giving away more than 300 laptops to all the other 8th grade students here in east palo alto. >> next, bradley manning's new high school, what the convicted military leaker is planning beside spending a few decades in prison. >> the man who came back to life after doctors gave up >> in southern california you can see the chaos after a tour bus overturned at 10:00 this morning carrying 40 passengers. c.h.p. believes that between 35 and 40, most of the passengers, were injured in some way. we saw one helicopter taking someone away. >> what we do now is the care area was the zen bus company. >> the justice department says they will take the state of texas to court to strike down the new law requiring voters to have photo i.d.'s, the second time the federal government has sued texas over the law and the first lawsuit of its kind since the supreme court struck down part of the voting rights act. the justice department says that the measure would make it harder for minorities and poor to vote. >> we have new details in the case of embattled san diego mayor. the 70-year-old is planning to step down from office tomorrow. that is according to our sister station i

leaker. he's happy. land of the free, russia. he was granted temporary asylum in russia. he has already been offered a job at the russian equivalent of facebookwe have this outfront investigation. >> reporter: it may not have been julian asaungs's dream to become a movie star, but a new film could turn him into one. >> if we could find one whistle blower, someone willing to expose those secrets, that man could topple the most powerful and most repressive of regimes. >> reporter: this will be released in october with a big cast, big hopes for success and a big target on it for counter culture types who may not like the idea of their heroes being put forth this way. >> it's a mass propaganda attack, part of corrupt culture. >> reporter: that may be as they're taking the story of whistle-blowers and running with them. this is called snowden run 3d. the creator says i do not support mr. snowden's actions, though his bravery and sense of altruism -- >> the other two, they slammed him to the ground. and the fourth one like jumped on his back. >> reporter: and on a goes. the maker of this film called taxi to the dark side is now working on a movie b

leaker. and inside the mind of a killer. a man admits to killing his wife and then posting a photo of her body on facebook. why? let's go "outfront." >>> good evening, everyone. i'm erin burnett outfront on this friday. a crucial sighting, a major break in the nationwide manhunt for suspected murderer, james dimaggio. horseback riders said they saw two people who lacked like dimaggio and hanna anderson on wednesday. >> they did seem to think the two of them were out of place in that area with the light camping equipment they had. it is very rugged terrain, but the people on horseback, the four individuals, were out in that area. they thought it was just unique that they ran across them up there. >> now, police today are telling cnn, they found dimaggio's car, this is crucial, in the river of no return wilderness area, near cascade, ohio. that is about 70 miles northeast of the capital of idaho, boise. it's a manhunt tonight. the fbi and local authorities are searching the area and are hoping to find the two before they lose daylight, so really right now, a race against time. and "outfront" tonight, i want to go

leaker. and inside the mind of a killer. a man admits to killing his wife and then posting a photo of her body on facebook. why?t outfront on this friday. a crucial sighting, a major break in the nationwide manhunt for suspected murderer, james dimaggio. horseback riders said they saw two people who lacked like dimaggio and