surveillance
Replicating NSA’s gadgets using open source
One peek at the leaked pages of NSA’s ANT catalog made wireless security researcher Michael Ossmann’s mind start spinning. “Could we – could I – …
German startup raises $2M for NSA-proof server
A German startup has broken crowdfunding records as it managed to get pledges for 1.5 million Euros (around $2 million) in less than a few hours. The project that prompted …
NSA collects photos to feed facial recognition programs
The NSA has been collecting photos of people’s faces at the tune of 55,000 images every day, and has been feeding the images into its facial recognition programs, James …
Anti-surveillance mask foils facial recognition systems
The unnerving ubiquity of security cameras in public places and the fact that an increasing number of them are connected to facial recognition systems has spurred …
Tor cannot protect you from targeted surveillance
In the wake of all the revelations about mass Internet surveillance efforts by the US NSA, a lot of users but also many businesses and government agencies around the world …
Toshiba launches HDDs for surveillance applications
Toshiba launched the MD03ACA-V series, high-capacity hard disk drives for surveillance applications. Toshiba’s purpose-built line of 3.5-inch HDDs are available in …
NSA allegedly puts backdoors on American-made network devices
Glenn Greenwald’s new book titled No Place to Hide is out today. Aside from telling the story of how he worked with NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden and journalist Laura …
Reset the Net action aims to thwart online mass surveillance
A group of over 30 Internet companies and civil liberties, environmental and political organizations have announced a global call to action aimed at making mass Internet …
US DOJ asks Supreme Court to allow warrantless cell phone search
“Kill switches” for mobile phones seems like a great idea for discouraging rampant mobile phone theft going on in the US. As a matter of fact, a bill introduced to …
NSA subverted EU privacy laws, spied on human rights orgs
In a testimony delivered by video-link from Moscow, NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has revealed to EU parliamentarians that the US NSA is actively spying on human rights …
Yahoo encrypts traffic between data centers, plans for encrypted Messenger
Newly appointed Yahoo CISO Alex Stamos has announced on Wednesday that the company has begun fully encrypting all the traffic moving between its data centers. The move was …
NSA and GCHQ spied on German satcomms, world governments’ leaders
Another week, another explosive revelation coming from Edward Snowden’s archive of NSA documents. This time they reveal the widespread compromise of several German …