The NSA wiretaps foreigners — as it should — but it’s using that capability and legal ability to also collect the communications of everyday Americans as well; so much so, that their underlying reason to tap foreigners is to collect on Americans.
Intelligence
LN TecWeek for 3.10.17: NoDAPL Gets a Warrant
Warrants for political Facebook pages, more on Vault 7, and an update on the Amazon Echo case.
You Are Under Surveillance: Wikileaks Exposes the CIA
It turns out that complete government cyber surveillance isn’t a science fiction movie plot after all. Now it’s a verifiable fact, and people like former CIA agent Bill Binney are somewhere between screaming “I told you so!” and feeling the weight of this horrifying reality sink down deep onto their shoulders. YOU, Mr. and Ms. American, are under surveillance — even in your home.
LN TecWeek for 3/4/2017: Body Cams and Passwords
A new holster sensor turns on body cams when the firearm is drawn; privacy invasion or necessary measure?
Encryption is Washington’s Newest Hypocrisy
There are few things more ironic (or hypocritical) than the current encryption boom among Washington, D.C.’s power players and government officials.
LN TecWeek for 2/24/2017: Stingrays and Amazon Echo
Signal’s push to make things more user-friendly ends up compromising certain facets of its privacy-oriented purpose.
LN TecWeek for 2/17/2017
Signal’s push to make things more user-friendly ends up compromising certain facets of its privacy-oriented purpose.
Digital Privacy and International Travel
It’s not enough to separate your toiletries into the mandatory plastic bags for your carry-on luggage anymore.
The Silencing of Your Cyber Voice Part 3 – Twitter
Twitter isn’t interested in a free exchange of ideas, and they don’t care about ensuring that all users have a voice.