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Tag Archives: NSA
The civil war on Americans: Bullrun NSA program breaks encryption
One of, or probably the most revealing insight to come out of the Snowden material: the NSA is much further in decrypting than hitherto was assumed by the cryptographic community. The 'Bullrun' program, a reference to an important battle during … Continue reading
UK govt: You've had your debate. There's no need to write any more
Whitehouse tried to stop the Guardian from further publishing on Snowden material and went as far as destroying hard disks under supervision of the British Secret Service Alan Rusbridger, editor of the Guardian today revealed that he has been summoned … Continue reading
The end of trust: Email "Made In Germany" launched to counter NSA
The largest German mail providers launched a program to send all emails SSL encrypted AND make sure they would stay within Germany and on German servers. Making sure that that the fierce Germany privacy would govern them. Commercially smart and … Continue reading
Email service shuts down to protest US demands to Snowden emails
No, that's not what the owner of Lavabit says, as he is not allowed to say more. He decided to close his business to defend Edward Snowden's privacy and the values of his company., but he can only tell you … Continue reading
Terrorist 'chatter' red alert: will we see a false flag operation?
We are led to believe that the NSA detected online activities in terrorist circles which equals the "pre-9/11" level. Hence the closure of embassies and a weekend of overtime for national security teams in Europe and the US. Frightening, but … Continue reading
These telecom providers are allowing the Brits to eavesdrop on you
Hidden by top secret codenames are: BT ("Remedy"), Verizon Business ("Dacron"), and Vodafone Cable ("Gerontic").The other firms include Global Crossing ("Pinnage"), Level 3 ("Little"), Viatel ("Vitreous") and Interoute ("Streetcar"). Thanks to Edward Snowden it was already known that all phone … Continue reading
Snowden gets asylum in Russia: 'won the battle, now the war'
He has left the airport and is on his way to an undisclosed location. His lawyer states '_Because he is the most wanted person on earth, his security will be a priority_' He has been granted temporary asylum status for … Continue reading
Father of Snowden writes Obama asking to dismiss criminal case
Dear Mr. President: You are acutely aware that the history of liberty is a history of civil disobedience to unjust laws or practices. As Edmund Burke sermonized, “All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men … Continue reading
We should never, because of our track record, have to tell Russia, in writing, that we won't torture our own citizens. We are the shining city on the hill
#NSA Originally shared by +Avinash Kaushik So this is what is has come to. We, the United States of America, are promising Russia (!) that we won't torture or kill Edward Snowden. This makes me sad because we should not … Continue reading