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Former Heads of NSA & Homeland Support Apple In Encryption Battle
In its recent arguments against the FBI, Apple has found companies rallying behind its arguments that you can’t force a company to break its own protection without risking others. Even Microsoft have come out saying that forcing Apple to do so would set a dangerous precedent for technology companies everywhere.…
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NSA Director Defends Their Pro-Encryption Stance
Encryption is currently under threat, some countries already requiring backdoors and other compromising measures to be put in place. The debate on the effects of allowing encryption rages on in many nations, with institutions such as the FBI insisting on the ability to crack it even as tech industry giants…
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Ex-NSA Director Warns UK Snooper’s Charter Will Kill People
The former Technical Director of the NSA has warned that should the UK Investigatory Powers Bill – nicknamed the Snooper’s Charter – pass into law that it will result in the deaths of innocent people. Bill Binney says that the sheer quantity of information that GCHQ analysts will be forced…
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NSA and GCHQ Worked Together to Hack Juniper Firewalls
Spies from the UK intelligence services worked with the US National Security Agency to hack firewalls developed by top internet security firm Juniper Networks, according to documents leaked by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. GCHQ, wanting to crack Juniper’s encryption, specifically sought help from the NSA for that task, Russia Today reports.…
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NSA to End Blanket Mobile Surveillance by Deadline
In recent years, we have had several revelations in regards to how and what our governments and our agencies do in order to “protect us”, this has at times included activities which go against the very laws and principles that the countries they swore to protect were founded on. One…
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NSA Kept E-Mail Metadata Program After Claiming it Ended in 2011
Following the massive leak of surveillance data by whistleblower Edward Snowden in 2013, it was revealed that the US National Security Agency (NSA – its headquarters pictured above) had been collecting e-mail metadata as part of a program it claimed ended in 2011. However, a lawsuit filed by the New…
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Government Officials Blame Snowden Leaks for Paris Attacks
In the wake of the tragic and devastating attacks in Paris last week, many questioned why the authorities were unable to predict and stop the attacks. In fact, despite the wide-ranging and intrusive surveillance systems in place, the only whiff of intelligence was about a generalized threat against France. Now many officials…
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Paris Attackers Allegedly Used PS4s and PSN to Communicate
In a development that is likely to place more pressure on the technology sector, reports are coming out that the perpetrators of the recent Paris attacks used Sony PS4s to communicate and coordinate their attack. This comes after authorities have taken away the PS4s from the attackers homes and Belgian home…
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Edward Snowden Explains Why he Supports Ad-Blockers
Edward Snowden, the whistleblower-turned-press freedom advocate exiled in Russia after leaking NSA documents that demonstrated the terrifying scope of its mass surveillance program, has publicly endorsed ad-blocking software and has encouraged every internet user to employ it. Speaking to The Intercept’s Micah Lee, Snowden, responding to the question “Do you…
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FBI Allegedly Paid Carnegie Mellon University $1m to Break Tor
The Onion Network (or Tor), a free browser designed to allow anonymous, encrypted internet communication, has been the bane of law enforcement and intelligence agencies since its inception (though the NSA reportedly peeled back Tor’s layers years ago), with the FBI keen on acquiring powers to see through both Tor…
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European Parliament Votes to Protect Edward Snowden
After the mess the European Union made of its net neutrality laws, it’s heartening to see them doing something positive. Earlier today (29th October), the European Parliament voted in favour of protecting NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden from prosecution and extradition to the US, as well as dropping any charges against…
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Tim Cook Tells NSA That Good Guys Shouldn’t Get Backdoors
Apple CEO Tim Cook has spoken out against proposals for backdoors in encrypted systems for intelligence agencies to exploit. Speaking at the Wall Street Journal Digital Live technology conference in Laguna Beach, California, Cook spoke out in support of encryption and posited that any backdoor would never benefit just “the…
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Facebook Will Let You Know if Your Account is Hacked by the NSA
Facebook has revealed a new feature that will notify users if it suspects their account has been hacked by parties “working on behalf of a nation-state,” including the US. If your account has potentially been compromised, a message reading “Please Secure Your Accounts Now. [User], we believe your Facebook account…
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NCA Warning After Hackers Steal £20 Million from UK Bank Accounts
The UKs National Crime Agency have urged the people of Britain to ensure they take adequate measures of online security after a significant strain of malicious software allowed criminal hackers to steal an estimated £20 million from UK bank accounts. The highly skilled malware developers are thought to be based…
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Snowden Leak Reveals How Microsoft Helped the NSA Bypass Encryption
Privacy, spying, hacking, monitoring, tracking, just some of the words that people around the world have become frighteningly familiar with over the last few years. Edward Snowden uncovered many details of how our governments treat our data and he’s showing no sign of slowing down. His latest revelation reveals how…
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