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New NSA Information from (and About) Snowden

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Edward Snowden, Guardian, New York Times, nsa, privacy, Security technology, surveillance, Uncategorized

Interesting article about the Snowden documents, including comments from former Guardian editor Ewen MacAskill MacAskill, who shared the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service with Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras for their journalistic work on the Snowden files, retired from The Guardian in 2018. He told Computer Weekly that: As far as he knows, a copy … Read More “New NSA Information from (and About) Snowden” »

New Revelations from the Snowden Documents

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academic papers, backdoors, cryptography, Edward Snowden, nsa, privacy, Schneier news, Security technology, surveillance, Uncategorized

Jake Appelbaum’s PhD thesis contains several new revelations from the classified NSA documents provided to journalists by Edward Snowden. Nothing major, but a few more tidbits. Kind of amazing that that all happened ten years ago. At this point, those documents are more historical than anything else. And it’s unclear who has those archives anymore. … Read More “New Revelations from the Snowden Documents” »

Snowden Ten Years Later

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Edward Snowden, essays, history of security, nsa, privacy, Security technology, surveillance, Uncategorized

In 2013 and 2014, I wrote extensively about new revelations regarding NSA surveillance based on the documents provided by Edward Snowden. But I had a more personal involvement as well. I wrote the essay below in September 2013. The New Yorker agreed to publish it, but the Guardian asked me not to. It was scared … Read More “Snowden Ten Years Later” »

Ecuador’s Attempt to Resettle Edward Snowden

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Edward Snowden, nsa, Security technology, Uncategorized, whistleblowers

Someone hacked the Ecuadorian embassy in Moscow and found a document related to Ecuador’s 2013 efforts to bring Edward Snowden there. If you remember, Snowden was traveling from Hong Kong to somewhere when the US revoked his passport, stranding him in Russia. In the document, Ecuador asks Russia to provide Snowden with safe passage to … Read More “Ecuador’s Attempt to Resettle Edward Snowden” »

Apple Adds a Backdoor to iMesssage and iCloud Storage

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apple, backdoors, cloud computing, Edward Snowden, privacy, Security technology, surveillance, Uncategorized

Apple’s announcement that it’s going to start scanning photos for child abuse material is a big deal. (Here are five news stories.) I have been following the details, and discussing it in several different email lists. I don’t have time right now to delve into the details, but wanted to post something. EFF writes: There … Read More “Apple Adds a Backdoor to iMesssage and iCloud Storage” »