Phil Zimmermann, Creator of PGP, Quote on Government & Crypto from 1996
Phil Zimmermann, the creator of PGP, successfully predicted an incident similar to the one happening right now with PRISM and the NSA over 17 years ago.
Keep It Simple: Yet Another Wrap-Up of Privacy Tools
…as one former NSA official noted, “You have to assume everything is being collected.” (Read More) Source: I’m not willing to trade privacy (defined by people being able to…
In his novel 1984, George Orwell forecasted a dystopian society 36 years in the future, in which an all-powerful state uses advanced technology to exert totalitarian control over the thoughts, words…
Leaked NSA Doc Says It Can Collect And Keep Your Encrypted Data As Long As
If you use privacy tools, according to the apparent logic of the National Security Agency, it doesn't much matter if you're a foreigner or an American: Your communications are subject to an extra dose of surveillance. Since 29-year-old systems administrator Edward Snowden began leaking secret documentation of the NSA's broad surveillance [...]
Internet users, spooked by US spying, seek tools to hide presence on web
News of the US National Security Agency's surveillance has sent web users scrambling to find new ways to avoid tracking. It might have seemed paranoid not long ago when internet users used tools to hide their tracks, "shred" data or send self-destructing messages.
PRISM update: Recent reports you definitely shouldn’t miss
More than a week after the PRISM story first broke, you might have reached saturation point when it comes to news and discussion about it. That's understandable, and it seems like some ...
At the heart of Edward Snowden's decision to expose the NSA's massive phone and Internet spying programs was a fundamental belief in the people's right-to-know. "My sole motive is to inform the public as to that which is done in their name and that which is done against them," he …
In response to the ongoing NSA debacle, I’ve heard and read a lot of people discussing “going off the grid”. Examples would be using more cash instead of credit cards, not purchasing things online…