Dec 21
The latest installment of the ongoing slow release of the whistleblower Edward Snowden’s cache of 1.7 million stolen NSA documents has revealed over 1,000 targets of the NSA’s and GCHQ’s … Continue reading
Dec 20
The US National Security Agency (NSA) allegedly paid security firm RSA $10m to open a secret back door into encryption products, new reports from documents obtained from whistleblower Edward Snowden … Continue reading
Dec 20
Reuters reports that the NSA paid massive computer security firm RSA $10 million to promote a flawed encryption system so that the surveillance organization could wiggle its way around security. In other words, the NSA bribed the firm to leave the back door to computers all over the world open.
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Dec 18
The White House has released a lengthy report written by a five-member panel recommending sweeping reforms of the NSA. Included among the 46 recommendations by the “Review Group on Intelligence … Continue reading
Dec 18
The wait is finally over! Despite having said it would come out in January, the Obama Administration hustled and released a report from the advisory committee set up to recommend changes to the NSA. And, my, are those changes many.
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Dec 17
A veritable pantheon of top-ranking emissaries from some of the largest and most powerful tech companies in the United States descended on the White House today to press the Obama … Continue reading
Dec 16
The NSA is not exactly a government organization that is in everyone’s good books, and considering how they are able to eavesdrop on your private cellphone conversations is a serious matter. We have gotten wind that a federal judge declared today that the National Security Agency’s collection of telephone records of millions of Americans would most likely be in violation of the U.S. Constitution’s ban on unreasonable search. This particular ruling was filed and accompanied by some rather harsh criticism of the Obama administration’s reasons, making it the first of its kind where the NSA is concerned, and as some would keep their fingers crossed, it will not be the last.
The judge also mentioned, should the NSA’s “metadata” collection of records happen to pass constitutional muster, it is a flimsy excuse to have considering how it has not exactly prevented a terrorist attack in the past. This particular ruling might prove to be the precursor of things to come, and will in all probability, open up the door to the entire spectrum of records collection and storage. Finally, some folks might say that justice is being served in the interest of the people, and who knows? We no longer need to be that paranoid in the future when talking to one another over the phone, via SMS or email.
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Dec 16
This week in Washington a district judge by the name of Richard Leon has ruled that the NSA‘s data collection program on phone call data collection is unconstitutional. This ruling came amid a court case which had two American citizens filing suit against the National Security Administration to stop any and all data collection programs. […]
Dec 16
A federal judge just ruled the NSA’s widespread collection of phone records is most likely unconstitutional and gave the go ahead for plaintiffs to file a lawsuit. And pending appeal, the judge said that the data collection should be halted. Of course, until that appeal goes through, the NSA will continue spying.
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Dec 16
Last night, CBS ran a 60 Minutes special about the ongoing NSA debacle. It claimed to give "unprecedented access to the agency’s HQ" and "for the first time" explain "what it does and what it says it doesn’t do: spy on Americans." It was also, incidentally, a pile of steaming bull.
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