Tag Archives: Privacy

I.F. Stone famously told us that “All governments are run by liars and nothing they say should be believed.” It’s easy to write that off as tin foil hat fodder but, in truth, the facts support him. The latest such … Continue reading →

Crypto backdoor euphemism of the day: "arrangement". http://t.co/LGr8mvy3mo — matt blaze (@mattblaze) August 19, 2015

Because I live in the United States, I grew up with the notion that TV would provide me “content” for free in exchange for embedding advertisements in that content. It’s always seemed fair and reasonable to me so I’ve resisted … Continue reading →

By way of the Macalope’s John Evans putdown, I came across this old but still true and relevant article by Marcy Wheeler over at Salon entitled America’s huge iPhone lie: Why Apple is being accused of coddling child molesters. The … Continue reading →

New AT&T/NSA docs show "We were treated as crazy for years for allegations that we now know are substantially true.” https://t.co/R8TSG6Figr — Julia Angwin (@JuliaAngwin) August 17, 2015

There’s been an alarming increase in Law Enforcement’s campaigning for mandatory backdoors in communication software. They are increasingly taking their case “to the people” with dishonest Op Eds intended to induce fear of terrorism and the other four horsemen. Bruce … Continue reading →

Some good advice from Troy Hunt: pic.twitter.com/q0BMtbDwzc — Troy Hunt (@troyhunt) August 5, 2015

Pretty much shows the FBI is being a bit disingenuous: Going dark? Crypto was a problem in a grand total of FOUR wiretaps last year. http://t.co/zZlDRzGFLi pic.twitter.com/zGALMT39cd — matt blaze (@mattblaze) July 1, 2015

@drkjam @fgunay1 pic.twitter.com/ZH486vRxzR — Orestis Bastounis (@MrBastounis) July 17, 2015