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The Human Rights Risks of Encryption ‘Back Doors’
The Human Rights Risks of Encryption ‘Back Doors’ a katz / Shutterstock One fact that has received little attention in the current encryption debate is that many categories of individuals rely on strong encryption for their own security. These include sexual and gender-based rights activists, domestic violence victims, journalists and their sources, and human rights […]
Obama to Expand Surveillance State Powers by Signing a 21 Page Memo
Obama to Expand Surveillance State Powers by Signing a 21 Page Memo As the Apple vs. FBI battle rages in the court system and throughout the halls of Congress, Obama decides to do what he does best. Using “his pen” to make consequential decisions unilaterally. Just another day in the American banana republic. The New York Times reports: WASHINGTON […]
FBI vs. Apple Establishes a New Phase of the Crypto Wars
FBI vs. Apple Establishes a New Phase of the Crypto Wars For over two decades, the battle between privacy-minded technologists and the U.S. government has primarily been over encryption. In the 1990s, in what became known as the Crypto Wars, the U.S. tried to limit powerful encryption — calling it as dangerous to export as […]
We Just Found out the Real Reason the FBI Wants a Backdoor into the iPhone
We Just Found out the Real Reason the FBI Wants a Backdoor into the iPhone (ANTIMEDIA) The FBI versus Apple Inc. An unstoppable force meets an immovable object — the feverish momentum of American technocracy accelerating into the cavernous Orwellian entrenchment of the surveillance state. You thought the patent wars were intense? The ‘Battle of the Backdoor’ pits one of […]
Upgrade Your iPhone Passcode to Defeat the FBI’s Backdoor Strategy
UPGRADE YOUR IPHONE PASSCODE TO DEFEAT THE FBI’S BACKDOOR STRATEGY YESTERDAY, APPLE CEO TIM COOK published an open letter opposing a court order to build the FBI a “backdoor” for the iPhone. Cook wrote that the backdoor, which removes limitations on how often an attacker can incorrectly guess an iPhone passcode, would set a dangerous precedent and “would have the potential […]
Is It All Just A Publicity Stunt? Apple Unlocked iPhones For The Feds 70 Times Before
Is It All Just A Publicity Stunt? Apple Unlocked iPhones For The Feds 70 Times Before The event that has gripped the tech and libertarian community over the past 48 hours has been Tim Cook’s stern refusal to comply with a subpoena demanding that Apple unlock the iPhone 5C belonging to one of the San […]
Almost 12 Years After Calling a Reporter, DOJ Whistleblower Slapped With Ethics Charges
Almost 12 Years After Calling a Reporter, DOJ Whistleblower Slapped With Ethics Charges The D.C. Office of Disciplinary Counsel — the legal body responsible for overseeing the D.C. Bar’s professional rules — has filed ethics charges against Thomas Tamm, the former Justice Department lawyer who contacted the New York Times about President Bush’s warrantless wiretapping program in 2004. The office’s charging papers, […]
Government Agencies are Stockpiling Body Armor, Tactical Gear, Ammo
Government Agencies are Stockpiling Body Armor, Tactical Gear, Ammo In recent years under President Obama, federal agencies have been stockpiling alarmingly huge amounts of military hardware, body armor, and riot gear. As concerns continue to mount over an increasingly bloated and powerful federal government, agencies whose primary function is administrative — such as the EPA, FDA, […]
The Proof Is In: The US Government Is The Most Complete Criminal Organization In Human History
The Proof Is In: The US Government Is The Most Complete Criminal Organization In Human History Unique among the countries on earth, the US government insists that its laws and dictates take precedence over the sovereignty of nations. Washington asserts the power of US courts over foreign nationals and claims extra-territorial jurisdiction of US courts […]
The Rule Of Law No Longer Exists In Western Civilization
The Rule Of Law No Longer Exists In Western Civilization My work documenting how the law was lost began about a quarter of a century ago. A close friend and distinguished attorney, Dean Booth, first brought to my attention the erosion of the legal principles on which rests the rule of law in the United […]
11 Years Later, We Finally Know What’s in a National Security Letter (It’s Bad)
11 Years Later, We Finally Know What’s in a National Security Letter (It’s Bad) Back in 2004, Nicholas Merrill, who was then president of Calyx Internet Access, received a National Security Letter (NSL) from the FBI. These letters are notoriously authoritarian in that they come with a gag order that prevents the receiving party from even informing its […]
Obama’s Double-Standard on Leaks
Obama’s Double-Standard on Leaks Though President Obama touts America as a nation of laws and evenhanded justice, there is a blatant double-standard regarding how people are punished for national security breaches – whistleblowers are harshly punished but the well-connected get a pass, writes John Hanrahan. There he goes again. In recently proclaiming Hillary Clinton free of […]
The Unhackable iPhone Has Been Compromised: ‘Intelligence Agencies Can Intercept Calls, Messages, and Access Data’
The Unhackable iPhone Has Been Compromised: ‘Intelligence Agencies Can Intercept Calls, Messages, and Access Data’ Iphone maker Apple, Inc. claimed last month that their latest iteration of the wildly popular handheld device was unhackable. According to HackRead, the company is so convinced of its security successes that they issued a statement saying that data stored on […]
Why Saudi Ties to 9/11 Mean U.S. Ties to 9/11
Why Saudi Ties to 9/11 Mean U.S. Ties to 9/11 Media interest in Saudi Arabian connections to the crimes of 9/11 has centered on calls for the release of the 28 missing pages from the Joint Congressional Inquiry’s report. However, those calls focus on the question of hijacker financing and omit the most interesting links between the […]
The Big Secret That Makes the FBI’s Anti-Encryption Campaign a Big Lie
The Big Secret That Makes the FBI’s Anti-Encryption Campaign a Big Lie To hear FBI Director James Comey tell it, strong encryption stops law enforcement dead in its tracks by letting terrorists, kidnappers and rapists communicate in complete secrecy. But that’s just not true. In the rare cases in which an investigation may initially appear to be […]
