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The US intelligence agency NSA has been taking advantage of the smartphone boom. It has developed the ability to hack into iPhones, android devices and even the BlackBerry, previously believed to be particularly secure.
·spiegel.de·
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On the NSA
On the NSA
Let me tell you the story of my tiny brush with the biggest crypto story of the year. A few weeks ago I received a call from a reporter at ProPublica, asking me background questions about encryptio…
·blog.cryptographyengineering.com·
On the NSA
Protecting Yourself from Spies
Protecting Yourself from Spies
I once worked for a company that makes the kind of software that the NSA and CSIS appear to be using to monitor email and internet metadata (see the Guardian for a quick survey of the metadata that…
·synthese.wordpress.com·
Protecting Yourself from Spies
This is not the answer to cyberbullying
This is not the answer to cyberbullying
Over at CNN, Francey Hakes opines: Schools should also monitor cyberbehavior by students. There are good software tools that monitor cyberactivity in real time and flag threats based on keyword lib…
·dangerouslyirrelevant.org·
This is not the answer to cyberbullying
How to remain secure against surveillance
How to remain secure against surveillance
First I want you to read Bruce Schneier’s excellent article How to remain secure against NSA surveillance. Done? Ok. It’s most important to understand that it’s not simple at all …
·cpunks.wordpress.com·
How to remain secure against surveillance
Pew: 86% Of U.S. Adults Make Efforts To Hide Digital Footprints Online; Fea
Pew: 86% Of U.S. Adults Make Efforts To Hide Digital Footprints Online; Fea
In one of the latest developments in the fallout of the PRISM story, the ACLU is currently suing four officials in the Obama Administration to try to get federal courts to put a stop to the NSA's metadata program and delete all existing records. But if you ask the general U.S. population, as surveyed by the Pew Research Center, the average U.S. citizen appears to be more concerned about the data-collecting abilities of advertising networks like those of Google and Facebook, faceless malicious hackers, and even friends and family, than they are the government.
·techcrunch.com·
Pew: 86% Of U.S. Adults Make Efforts To Hide Digital Footprints Online; Fea
The Eternal Value of Privacy
The Eternal Value of Privacy
Finnish translation French translation [#1] French translation [#2] German translation Italian translation Japanese translation Polish translation Portuguese translation Spanish translation The most common retort against privacy advocates—by those in favor of ID checks, cameras, databases, data mining and other wholesale surveillance measures—is this line: “If you aren’t doing anything wrong, what do you have to hide?” Some clever answers: “If I’m not doing anything wrong, then you have no cause to watch me.” “Because the government gets to define what’s wrong, and they keep changing the definition.” “Because you might do something wrong with my information.” My problem with quips like these—as right as they are—is that they accept the premise that privacy is about hiding a wrong. It’s not. Privacy is an inherent human right, and a requirement for maintaining the human condition with dignity and respect...
·schneier.com·
The Eternal Value of Privacy
Excellent Interactive Graphic on BYOD for Teachers
Excellent Interactive Graphic on BYOD for Teachers
Explore our comprehensive collection of classroom resources, including classroom posters, engaging activities, classroom management techniques, and more. Enhance your teaching and inspire your students with these valuable insights.
·educatorstechnology.com·
Excellent Interactive Graphic on BYOD for Teachers
NSA Has Cracked Much Of The World's Computer Encryption
NSA Has Cracked Much Of The World's Computer Encryption
Documents revealed by former government contractor Edward Snowden show the National Security Agency has the ability to crack encryption that is supposed to keep communications and data private. The NSA has also worked with companies to insert vulnerabilities into their products to make them hackable by the NSA. Robert Siegel talks with Stuart Millar, U.S. deputy editor for The Guardian.
·npr.org·
NSA Has Cracked Much Of The World's Computer Encryption