Jan 15
We already know that the NSA intercepts computer deliveries to introduce backdoors into hardware
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Jan 15
In what could be best described as a conspiracist’s, especially the tinfoil wearing kind, worse nightmare come true, the NSA was reported to have been employing years-old technology to aid … Continue reading
Jan 13
As you probably suspected, the NSA’s massive phone record collection "has had no discernible impact on preventing acts of terrorism," according to a new study. In fact—and perhaps more interestingly—the agency’s real problem isn’t a lack of information. It’s an excess of secrecy.
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Jan 13
The report from the President’s Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies on the U.S. government’s mass spying—domestically and around the globe— has much that’s good in it. As the folks handling the only ongoing case where National Security Letters have been declared unconstitutional, we also especially appreciate the recommendation that NSLs may only be issued after judicial review and subject to significant additional limitations. We appreciate their strong endorsement of strong, non-backdoored encryption. And we never thought we’d see a presidential panel explain the risks posed by the government’s stockpiling of Zero Days rather than making sure that they are fixed.
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Jan 07
On March 8th 1971, the nation tuned in to watch Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier battle it out in the Fight of the Century. Unawares, the FBI were having hundreds of secret documents stolen from their offices by a team of activists.
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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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Dec 30
Der Spiegel‘s fairly harrowing report about the NSA’s hacking unit, Tailored Access Operations (TAO), got a little more harrowing this morning when an unnamed blogger at LeakSource published images from the agency’s hilariously-named and terrifying spy gear catalog.
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Dec 29
A new examination of the seemingly bottomless well of Snowden documents describes an internal NSA catalog of dead ringers for consumer hardware that the NSA can deploy on unsuspecting targets’ … Continue reading
Dec 24
Snowden’s “Alternative Christmas Message”: Why privacy matters [TRANSCRIPT]
Posted in: Today's ChiliEdward Snowden has recorded this year’s “Alternative Christmas Message” for Great Britain’s Channel 4. The video is brief — lasting just 1:43 — with Snowden directly addressing “you and your … Continue reading
Dec 22
The United States Director of National Intelligence has publicly acknowledged — for the first time — the existence of National Security Agency (NSA) mass surveillance programs dating back to 2001. … Continue reading
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