Supreme Court holds that privacy rights apply to cellphones, police need a
Supreme Court Says Phones Can’t Be Searched Without a Warrant
In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court ruled that the vast amount of data contained on modern cellphones must be protected from routine inspection.
EFF and 31 Other Organizations Call for Privacy Assessment of FBI's Biometr
The FBI plans to roll out the face recognition component of its massive Next Generation Identification (NGI) biometrics database this summer—but the Bureau has six years of catching up to do in explaining to Americans exactly how it plans to collect, use and protect this data. Today we called on...
Where Are Your Encryption Keys?
Businesses that do not encrypt their information risk losing it. Legal professionals risk private and confidential client information when they do not take steps to secure it properly. Your operating system has encryption built in, through Windows Bitlocker or Mac File Vault II. If you are one of those lawyers on an older version of […]
How an Attacker Could Crack Your Wireless Network Security
It's important to secure your wireless network with WPA2 encryption and a strong passphrase.
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The Ultimate Guides About VPNs, Data Privacy & Restrictions
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Snowden gets German Fritz Bauer award for exposing US intelligence
Former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden has been awarded the Fritz Bauer Prize of the German Humanist Union, a prominent civil rights organization, for exposing the controversial surveillance practices of the NSA and its accomplices.
Senior NSA Executive: We’re In a Police State
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You can’t spell “cryptography” without a “why”
When considering adding cryptography to an embedded system (or any other information system) manufacturers always ask: “Why do I need cryptography?” That is, unless they have already been burned by…
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Companies warned of major security flaw in Google Play apps
University researchers have found that developers often store authentication keys in the Android apps on Google Play, making it possible for criminals to steal corporate or personal data.
Feds Asked Cops to Deceive Courts About Use of Spy Tool, Emails Show
Police in Florida have been deliberately deceiving judges and defendants about their use of a controversial surveillance tool known as a stingray at the request of the U.S. Marshal's Service, according to newly obtained emails.
At least 32,000 servers broadcast admin passwords in the clear, advisory wa
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SFTP Simplified
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The paranoid computer user's guide to privacy, security and encryption
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Obama administration advising cops to not disclose surveillance technology
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has been quietly advising local police not to disclose details about surveillance technology they are using to sweep up basic cellphone data from entire …
Looks Like the NSA May Lose Its Standing Invitation to Weaken Encryption
There has been plenty of bad news when it comes to NSA spying, so it’s encouraging when the news is good. At the end of May, the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology signaled the beginning of the end for NSA’s effort to undermine encryption, passing an amendment that extricates the NSA...
TweetDeck Vulnerability Opens User Accounts To Hackers
A "cross-site scripting" vulnerability apparently left the social media service interface open to attacks.
Evernote and Feedly Hacked, Attackers Hold Sites for Ransom
Feds swoop in, snatch mobile phone tracking records away from ACLU
'Squalid And Rancid' Government Spying Must Be Stopped, Says Stephen Fry
'Squalid And Rancid' Government Spying Must Be Stopped, Says Stephen Fry
Why I'm sending 200 copies of Little Brother to a high-school in Pensacola,
The principal of Booker T Washington High in Pensacola FL cancelled the school's One School/One Book summer reading program rather than letting all the kids go through with the previously approved assignment to read Little Brother, the bestselling young adult novel by Cory Doctorow. With Cory and Tor Books' help, the teachers are fighting back.
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Your Android phone, now with NSA-grade security
You now get NSA-grade encryption on your Android device in less than one minute.
Guardian launches SecureDrop system for whistleblowers to share files
SecureDrop platform allows sources to submit documents and data while avoiding most common forms of online tracking