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Obama’s Flip-Flop on Spying
Obama’s Flip-Flop on Spying
By Jacob Sullum - President Obama claims he welcomes the public debate over government surveillance programs that track personal information about millions of innocent Americans. But if it were up to him, the debate never would have happened, since the programs would have remained secret. Furthermore, his administration is treating the whistleblower who made the debate possible as...
·hawaiireporter.com·
Obama’s Flip-Flop on Spying
Schneier on Security: Senator Feinstein Admits the NSA Taps the Internet Ba
Schneier on Security: Senator Feinstein Admits the NSA Taps the Internet Ba
We know from the Snowden documents (and other sources) that the NSA taps the Internet backbone through secret agreements with major US telcos., but the US government still hasn’t admitted it. In late August, the Obama administration declassified a ruling from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. Footnote 3 reads: The term ‘upstream collection’ refers to NSA’s interception of Internet communications as they transit [LONG REDACTED CLAUSE], [REDACTED], rather than to acquisitions directly from Internet service providers such as [LIST OF REDACTED THINGS, PRESUMABLY THE PRISM DOWNSTREAM COMPANIES]...
·schneier.com·
Schneier on Security: Senator Feinstein Admits the NSA Taps the Internet Ba
Tomgram: Calabrese and Harwood, Privacy Down the Drain
Tomgram: Calabrese and Harwood, Privacy Down the Drain
For at least the last six years, government agents have been exploiting an AT&T database filled with the records of billions of American phone calls from as far back as 1987. The rationale
·tomdispatch.com·
Tomgram: Calabrese and Harwood, Privacy Down the Drain
Alien-Level Tech Required To Crack New VPN Encryption Setup, Makers Say
Alien-Level Tech Required To Crack New VPN Encryption Setup, Makers Say
In the wake of the Edward Snowden NSA revelations the use of encryption has become an extremely hot topic. Demand for anonymity tools has increased rapidly and providers are offering better services to satisfy that demand. Today we bring news of a new VPN client from Private Internet Access, one containing features that if regularly configured correctly would require "advanced alien technology" to crack.
·torrentfreak.com·
Alien-Level Tech Required To Crack New VPN Encryption Setup, Makers Say
How To Make Your Entire Internet Life More Secure In One Day
How To Make Your Entire Internet Life More Secure In One Day
Yahoo! Calendar has a nifty little reminder feature that will send a message to your phone, instant messenger or email address a given time period before an event.Thanks to Catholic school, I can still conjugate certain Latin verbs by heart. But remembering my brother's birthday? Always a challenge.
·lifehacker.com.au·
How To Make Your Entire Internet Life More Secure In One Day
Be Very Afraid
Be Very Afraid
What we should have known about government spying before Edward Snowden's leak, why even innocent people have plenty to fear, and what you can do about it
·reason.com·
Be Very Afraid
Mobile data security remains weak
Mobile data security remains weak
Coalfire surveyed 400 individuals working in a variety of industries across North America who are not affiliated with their company's IT department.
·net-security.org·
Mobile data security remains weak