Tag Archives: Privacy

After the Paris bloodbath, which was discussed more? a) gross state intelligence failures b) absurd encryption claims — Kontra (@counternotions) December 15, 2015

Back in 1993, Matt Blaze put done to the first round of the crypto wars by demonstrating devastating flaws in the NSA’s Clipper Chip that was supposed to allow the government to securely monitor encrypted communications. Sadly, those lessons have … Continue reading →

Jordan Fried sent me a link to his excellent article on 150 Tools to Protect Your from Global Surveillance. The article covers Encryption Cryptocurrency Using the Internet anonymously Securing email Securing your browser Secure communication The Cloud Guide to antivirus, … Continue reading →

The Washington Post has an interesting take on the on-going encryption wars. Daniel Weitzner, a former White House deputy chief technology officer for Internet policy, has an op-ed in which he lays out the usual arguments against backdoors in encryption … Continue reading →

Yesterday I wrote about Clare Foges’ ludicrously dishonest op-ed in the Telegraph. Meanwhile, the Wall Street Journal has a more sober article that describes how the terrorists really operated. Here’s a nice summary by Mike Rundle Paris attackers used real … Continue reading →

The UK’s Telegraph has published what is certainly the year’s most ignorant and dishonest op-ed. Clare Foges, until recently PM David Cameron’s chief speechwriter, weighs in on the encryption wars and calls out Apple and Google for putting profit before … Continue reading →

The New York Times editorial board has a nice editorial on why mass surveillance is not the answer to terrorism. Like the New Yorker article that I wrote about yesterday, the Times calls out Brennan and Clapper for their past … Continue reading →

After the tragedy and outrage in Paris last week, the usual suspects are running around saying, “See? This is what happens when things go dark.” Except, of course, there’s no evidence that the perpetrators used encryption and plenty of indications … Continue reading →

…this would happen?