In the Internet age, we have no choice but to entrust our data with private companies: e-mail providers, service providers, retailers, and so on. We realize that this data is at risk from hackers. But there’s another risk as well: the employees of the companies who are holding our data for us. In the early … Read More “Corporations Misusing Our Data” »
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AP is reporting that in 2009, several senior NSA officials objected to the NSA call-records collection program. The now-retired NSA official, a longtime code-breaker who rose to top management, had just learned in 2009 about the top secret program that was created shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. He says he argued to then-NSA … Read More “Pre-Snowden Debate About NSA Call-Records Collection Program” »
The NSA recently declassified a report on the Eurocrypt ’92 conference. Honestly, I share some of the writer’s opinions on the more theoretical stuff. I know it’s important, but it’s not something I care all that much about. Powered by WPeMatico
Orin Kerr has a new article that argues for narrowly constructing national security law: This Essay argues that Congress should adopt a rule of narrow construction of the national security surveillance statutes. Under this interpretive rule, which the Essay calls a “rule of lenity,” ambiguity in the powers granted to the executive branch in the … Read More “Narrowly Constructing National Surveillance Law” »
EDITED TO ADD (10/28): This is a more nuanced discussion of this issue. At this point, it seems clear that there is a lot less here than described in the blog post below. The latest version of Apple’s OS automatically syncs your files to iCloud Drive, even files you choose to store locally. Apple encrypts … Read More “Apple Copies Your Files Without Your Knowledge or Consent” »