A Look Into Signal’s Encrypted Profiles

Signal continues to be my favorite, secure messaging app. I request it of as many of my contacts that will tolerate me. 🙂 To answer the initial question, can this feature get abused for OSINT? I’m doubtful it can. This is certainly state of the art privacy by design: showing a profile name and picture while […]

This is the most important tech case in a decade. Silence means @google picked a side, but it's not the public's. https://t.co/mi5irJcr25 — Edward Snowden (@Snowden) February 17, 2016

Apple: A Message to Our Customers

A Message to Our Customers Specifically, the FBI wants us to make a new version of the iPhone operating system, circumventing several important security features, and install it on an iPhone recovered during the investigation. In the wrong hands, this software — which does not exist today — would have the potential to unlock any […]

Encrypt all the things!

Encrypting our communications is a good step, but we need to do more.

NSA Spying Relies on AT&T’s ‘Extreme Willingness to Help’ – ProPublica

The National Security Agency’s ability to capture Internet traffic on United States soil has been based on an extraordinary, decadeslong partnership with a single company: AT&T. Source: NSA Spying Relies on AT&T’s ‘Extreme Willingness to Help’ – ProPublica

The Latest Snowden Leak Is Devastating to NSA Defenders

The agency collected and stored intimate chats, photos, and emails belonging to innocent Americans—and secured them so poorly that reporters can now browse them at will. Source: The Latest Snowden Leak Is Devastating to NSA Defenders

NSA is so overwhelmed with data, it’s no longer effective, says whistleblower | ZDNet

NSA is so overwhelmed with data, it’s no longer effective, says whistleblower | ZDNet.

Fight 215: Stop the Patriot Act’s Mass Surveillance