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Snowden lost famous lawyer Garzon, but will get a US attorney
Garzon, famous from prosecuting Argentinian dictator Jorge Videla and other high profile cases in Spain, released a statement. He no longer represents Edward Snowden. In an update WikiLeaks twitted ' WikiLeaks has acquired a US attorney for Mr. Snowden who … Continue reading
Data wants to be free: your NSA backup service is now available
terms and conditions are simple: we will store it forever and of course the process will be completely transparent. ht +Wayne Radinsky #NSA Originally shared by +Angel Leon (Gubatron) PRISM, All your data, in one place #humor #jokes #satire
Will domain names lose their value now that we get countless tlds?
dot.com crisis became a household word, after the popular .com extension. But there have always been others like .net, .org and .biz and that´s without counting the more than hundred country specific names. These last one could be used in … Continue reading
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Skype opened up to the NSA, but less than 12 people knew about it
Before they were part of Microsoft, Skype tried to accommodate the NSA by opening up it´s proprietary encoding of Skype conversations. The really worrying partis that less than 12 people knew about it within the organization. If true, this makes … Continue reading
Encrypted communication: Brad Pitt and Jimmy Fallon show how
rumor has it that the NSA is hiring Swiss experts for help in decoding.#NSA
The economic damage of the NSA practices: will the world trust American companies with their data?
Note: The problem is in the so called end-to-end encryption. The endpoints are the weak spots, but it would be an interesting first step if Gmail got encryption. It would ruin Google´s current business model based on context sensitive ads … Continue reading
Want to ask NSA whistleblower some questions?
Now is your time. What would you like to ask Edward Snowden? The Guardian will host a Q&A session which should start now. You can ask questions in the comments or vote-up relevant ones. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/17/edward-snowden-nsa-files-whistleblower Be aware though that due … Continue reading
NSA Whistleblower reveals eavesdropping on G20 summit diplomats
A new story based on information The Guardian got from Edward Snowden shows that the British equivalent of the NSA snooped on delegates from the 2009 G20 top in London. Blackberry traffic was cracked and monitored real-time to get an … Continue reading
“Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed: everything else is public relations.” ― George Orwell
A very relevant quote which I dedicate to the Guardian and especially Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras for having the guts to bring us the story about the NSA and whistleblower Edward Snowden. h/t to +Steve Faktor for finding this … Continue reading
NSA USB policy: when you use them people always look at you funny
One of the many revelations coming out of the investigations how ánd what Edward Snowden managed to smuggle from the NSA computers.A very tight policy indeed and yes the full quote is “Of course, there are always exceptions” to the … Continue reading