Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Shut the backdoor

National PostShut the backdoorNational PostThe backdoor paradigm is not new, but the Edward Snowden's revelations about the conduct of the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) have cast a spotlight on them and underscored how deeply entrenched they have become in the post 9/11 era of Big Data ...

Friday, October 11, 2013

Op

DigitalJournal.comOp-Ed: Distrust in politicians and silicone valley following NSA leaksDigitalJournal.comEarlier NSA revelations showed that Microsoft had collaborated closely with US intelligence services to allow users' communications to be intercepted, including helping the National Security Agency to circumvent the company's own encryption, according ...

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Who Are The Pakistani Taliban?

Mintpress NewsWho Are The Pakistani Taliban?Mintpress NewsIn this Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013 photo, Pakistani Taliban spokesman Shahidullah Shahid, center, flanked by his bodyguards, talks to reporters at an undisclosed location in Pakistani tribal area of Waziristan along Afghanistan border. (AP Photo/Ishtiaq ...

Thursday, October 3, 2013

How Does The NSA Bypass Online Encryption?

Mintpress NewsHow Does The NSA Bypass Online Encryption?Mintpress NewsMicrosoft, as reported by Greenwald, Ball and Borger, for example, knowingly installed means for the NSA to defeat the company's own security measures — including pre-encryption access to cloud-hosted email, access to Outlook.com's web chats, access ...