Those worries that governments are trying to undermine security software? They’re well-founded. Source: US and UK spy agencies are exploiting flaws in security software Continue reading US and UK spy agencies are exploiting flaws in security software
Source: US Government Office of Personnel Management has a second, much worse breach – Boing Boing Continue reading US Gov’t Office of Personnel Mgmt. has a second, much worse breach
Source: Former NSA boss: “We kill people based on metadata” – YouTube Continue reading Former NSA boss: “We kill people based on metadata”
Open letter sent to Obama from groups representing Apple, Google, Facebook and Microsoft as report suggests fear of surveillance costs economy $35bn a year. It’s probably even more than $35B a year … Continue reading Tech industry urges US to avoid policies that weaken encryption
When the courts ruled NSA domestic spying illegal last week, it was the plain fact of that surveillance that was most important. But it also means that whistleblower Ed Snowden, cast as … Continue reading Snowden vindicated – Can come home now! (Not)
Australia’s electronic espionage agency is a partner in a massive United States-led assault on internet security and privacy, according to top secret documents disclosed by former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden. The … Continue reading What the NSA can crack and what it can’t
Congratulations to the brave Guardian as well as the Washington Post for winning the Pulitzer Prize for reporting the NSA revelations provided to them by Edward Snowden, who should also win some … Continue reading Guardian and Washington Post win Pulitzer on NSA Reporting
With the recent Heartblead Bug affecting up to 75% of all websites, and the fact that the NSA may have known about this bug for 2 years, exposing the rest of us … Continue reading How to NSA-Proof your Apple iCloud account.
The journalists, one American (Greenwald) and one British (Poitras) are risking their freedom entering the United States on Friday to accept the George Polk Award in Journalism. Greenwald reported the Snowden leaks, … Continue reading Journalists Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras to risk entering the US Friday
We are finding more and more that it’s in the comments sections of websites where you find the gems of wisdom, not the actual articles. Reddit is a perfect example of this, … Continue reading Why Privacy is important to society as a whole.
…the last year has been a reminder that democracy may die behind closed doors, but we as individuals are born behind those same closed doors, and we don’t have to give up … Continue reading Edward Snowden at TED Talks
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Good argument by Anonymous, if governments resort to hacking, and denial of service attacks, then those acts cannot be classified as “terrorist acts”, thank you very much. Continue reading Anonymous responds to GCHQ’s war against them
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