Yasha Levine has launched a Kickstarter campaign for his upcoming book, Surveillance Valley, which will detail the deep ties between supposedly libertarian, freedom-loving Silicon Valley companies and the national security apparatus. In truth, these companies are way too cozy with…
The Internet of Things is a NSA paradise / Orwellian nightmare, coming real soon to your house, and Silicon Valley wants it to happen as much as NSA does. Huge invasions of privacy and loss of freedom are happening now.…
Well, I’m glad we’ve got that straightened out. And here I thought the Snowden documents clearly showed massive, illegal spying by NSA on just about anything that moves. So happy Sen. Dianne Feinstein reassures us we’re just a bunch of…
Well done, NSA! Your endless (and illegal) surveillance is damaging credibility and profits of US tech companies. NSA snooping has confirmed the worst fears of the populace about the intentions of their government. The political damage to the US government…
The Tor Instant Messaging Bundle plans to do what their Tor browser already does for web surfing, encrypt and hide instant messaging from prying eyes, including NSA. It will route encrypted messages through Tor hidden servers just like the browser…
The Apple security flaw is gaping, serious, should have been found, and gives one seriously to wonder if it was accidentally on purpose created for NSA. Apple of course doesn’t do apologies. Thus we can probably expect a snarling non-apology…
Internet protests worked against SOPA and PIPA. Now we ramp it up against NSA. Join The Day We Fight Back. What we’ll do on February 11th: If you’re in the US: Thousands of websites will host banners urging people to…
“Lie down with the pigs, they’ll call you a swine every time.” RSA got $10 million from NSA then released dumbed down security software. NIST ok’ed it. Not only is the upcoming RSA conference being boycotted by security industry heavies,…
Snowden documents published by Spiegel show in chilling detail how NSA breaks into everything on the net or attached to it; big routers and firewalls, laptops, iPhones, and the master boot record on Windows machines (see the image). Nothing is…
A tech investor views the carnage the NSA disclosures are causing in Silicon Valley and ponders what to do. As Hunter Thompson once said, “lie down with the pigs, they’ll call you swine every time.” For years, Silicon Valley has…