German Backlash to NSA Spying Begins: “National Security is at Stake”
You’d think that in a country in which a great deal of the population is young enough to remember the East German secret police colloquially known as the Stasi, there would be considerable backlash to...
View ArticleHow Edward Snowden Helped Kill CISPA (for now)
If you forgot about CISPA, it’s the latest version of the internet spying bill that Congress has been trying to pass for years. So not only did Edward Snowden alert the American public and the world of...
View ArticleHow Much is Your Private Data Worth?
Interesting article from the Star Tribune that shines a small degree of light on the fees telecommunication companies and others charge the U.S. government for your personal data. Interestingly, while...
View ArticleMeet Xmission: The ISP Focused on Privacy
Earlier this week, I highlighted alternative search engine DuckDuckGo, which focuses on privacy and claims that: “if the NSA demanded data there would be none to hand over.” Today’s article focuses on...
View ArticleIndia Moves to Ban Gmail
The fallout from the Snowden revelations continue. While India has already been attempting to fight economic reality with import duties on gold in an desperate move to reduce buying, they are now also...
View ArticleApple’s Massive Security Flaw: NSA Exploit or an Honest Mistake?
If you use Apple products you need to be aware of a very serious bug affecting the operating systems running on their devices. I was first made aware of this on Friday when John Hopkins cryptography...
View ArticleBUSTED – U.S. Tech Giants Knew of NSA Spying Says Agency’s Senior Lawyer
This is why I’ve been so confused and frustrated by the repeated reports of the behavior of the US government. When our engineers work tirelessly to improve security, we imagine we’re protecting you...
View ArticleThe Obama Administration is Trying to Cover up the VA Scandal by Issuing...
One of the most significant realizations to emerge since the Edward Snowden revelations, is the understanding that we need more secure tools for would be whistle-blowers to more easily provide...
View ArticleIs the U.S. Government Trying to Stop Glenn Greenwald from Publishing His...
In May, I highlighted an excellent interview of Glenn Greenwald by GQ Magazine in the piece: Glenn Greenwald on the 2016 Elections – “They’ll Probably Have a Gay Person After Hillary.” There’s so much...
View ArticleWhy You Should Think Twice Before Using Facebook’s Messenger App
“Messenger appears to have more spyware type code in it than I’ve seen in products intended specifically for enterprise surveillance.” - Jonathan Zdziarski, expert in iOS related digital...
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