Jan 10
It’s really happening, folks. On January 17, President Obama will remark on "the outcomes of the work that has been done in the review process" for reforming the country’s intelligence practices, Press Secretary Jay Carney said Friday.
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Jan 10
In honor of the late programmer and activist Aaron Swartz and in light of information contained in documents leaked by Edward Snowden, the EFF, Free Press, Demand Progress, and other … Continue reading
Jan 10
At this point, nobody’s surprised to hear that the authorities can track your cell phone. But what you might not realize is just how easy and how incredibly cheap it is.
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Jan 06
The NSA Would Like Your Sewage
Posted in: Today's Chili
When residents of Howard County, Maryland, flush their toilets, their sewage will soon end up at the NSA’s new computer center several miles away. Collecting and storing so much data has been generating a whole lotta heat for the NSA—we mean this quite literally—and the agency’s now buying treated wastewater to cool their equipment.
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Jan 04
The NSA responded today to Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders’ letter asking if the agency spies on members of the U.S. Congress and other elected officials. Its response says the NSA treats Congress the same as regular citizens. Which seems like a roundabout way of saying "yes."
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Jan 03
Jan 02
NSA project working towards encryption-breaking quantum computer, reveals Snowden doc
Posted in: Today's ChiliAccording to documents leaked by Edward Snowden, the NSA dreams of a quantum computer that can break nearly every type of encryption — one it is working towards (in part, … Continue reading
Jan 02
We expect that the NSA has high level hackers working for them, helping them gain access to a variety of secured networks, but we have also heard reports of how the NSA has allegedly paid off security companies to make their encryption less powerful, ultimately giving the NSA easier access to them.
Well it seems that the NSA might no longer have to resort to paying off security companies because according to the latest documents leaked by former NSA contractor, Edward Snowden, it seems as though the NSA has been hard at work trying to build a “cryptologically useful quantum computer” that is capable of breaking nearly every kind of encryption used by banks, businesses, and governments around the world. (more…)
NSA Reportedly Developing Quantum Computer That Can Break Any Encryption original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Jan 02
You will not be surprised to learn that the NSA is spending nearly $80 million trying to build "a cryptologically useful quantum computer." The Washington Post just published details of the program, codenamed "Penetrating Hard Targets," based on documents supplied by Edward Snowden.
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Dec 31
Recently a barrage of highly confidential documents were leaked online which revealed that the NSA has backdoors that it can implement in products from a number of major technology companies, including but not limited to Samsung, Cisco and Juniper Networks. Then word broke about a backdoor called DROPOUTJEEP which apparently lets the NSA tap into an iPhone. In a statement provided to AllThingsD, Cupertino says that it has ”never worked with the NSA to create a backdoor in any of our products, including iPhone.” The company also claims that it has been unaware of this NSA program that is supposedly targeting its smartphone, one of the most popular mobile devices on this planet.
For those who don’t know what DROPOUTJEEP does, its basically a software which when installed on an iPhone provides signal intelligence. This would enable the agency to retrieve files or even push files to the iPhone, extract text messages, emails, contact lists, find out the iPhone’s location and even turn on the camera and microphone. This isn’t the first time that Apple has been named in leaked NSA documents, the company was also named in the PRISM documents leaked by Edward Snowden. Apple reiterates its commitment to “defend our customers from security attacks, regardless of who’s behind them.”
Apple Says It Has ‘Never Worked With The NSA’ On An iPhone Backdoor original content from Ubergizmo. 
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