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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” »
cybersecurity, history of security, security education, Security technology, Uncategorized
For the past nineteen years, October has been Cybersecurity Awareness Month here in the US, and that event that has always been part advice and part ridicule. I tend to fall on the apathy end of the spectrum; I don’t think I’ve ever mentioned it before. But the memes can be funny. Here’s a decent … Read More “October Is Cybersecurity Awareness Month” »
espionage, history of security, russia, Security technology, Uncategorized
Found documents in Poland detail US spying operations against the former Soviet Union. The file details a number of bugs found at Soviet diplomatic facilities in Washington, D.C., New York, and San Francisco, as well as in a Russian government-owned vacation compound, apartments used by Russia personnel, and even Russian diplomats’ cars. And the bugs … Read More “Cold War Bugging of Soviet Facilities” »