Author Topic: So much for privacy on the Whole Wide World (Ed on TED) (Read 13322 times)

megido-rev.M · « **Reply #340 on:** December 19, 2013, 04:23:47 AM »

Edward Snowden: "These Programs Were Never About Terrorism: They’re About Economic Spying, Social Control, and Diplomatic Manipulation. They’re About Power"

Tiffanys · « **Reply #341 on:** December 20, 2013, 02:04:00 AM »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_SoTm9XKbY

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In the ongoing battle between the NSA and Edward Snowden, the events of this week have tipped the balance toward the whistleblower. First there was Monday's federal court ruling declaring that the NSA's bulk phone records collection program is likely unconstitutional. Then, there was the White House review panel's 46 recommendations to reform the NSA, including limiting bulk phone record collection. Overall, it was a week of vindication for Snowden, and a disastrous week for the NSA. RT's Sam Sacks reports.

bloody000 · « **Reply #342 on:** December 29, 2013, 08:31:51 PM »

After years of speculation that electronics can be accessed by intelligence agencies through a back door, an internal NSA catalog reveals that such methods already exist for numerous end-user devices.

xfreidax · « **Reply #343 on:** December 29, 2013, 11:51:33 PM »

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/it-firms-lose-billions-after-nsa-scandal-exposed-by-whistleblower-edward-snowden-9028599.html

Small government proponents, y'all should probably start by axing the NSA.

megido-rev.M · « **Reply #344 on:** December 30, 2013, 02:41:32 AM »

Defense bill makes US-based Russian satellite monitoring stations 'next to impossible' due to spying fears

NSA can reportedly bug computer equipment before it reaches buyers

Burkingam · « **Reply #345 on:** December 30, 2013, 02:51:53 AM »

Quote from: megido-rev.M on December 30, 2013, 02:41:32 AM

NSA can reportedly bug computer equipment before it reaches buyers

According to ultra-confidential documents, the NSA was implanting devices in condoms which would get stuck in a woman's vagina, travel to her eyes balls through her blood vessels and spy everything she could see. It also released HIV in her nervous system to preemptively kill her if she was found to be a terrorist.

megido-rev.M · « **Reply #346 on:** December 31, 2013, 03:22:49 AM »

NSA can hack WiFi devices from eight miles away (video)

bloody000 · « **Reply #347 on:** December 31, 2013, 04:26:16 AM »

Quote from: megido-rev.M on December 31, 2013, 03:22:49 AM

NSA can hack WiFi devices from eight miles away (video)

That's nothing really. Anyone can buy a high-gain antenna and laptop with Kali Linux and break WPA2 wi-fi from miles away.

Gh0st93 · « **Reply #348 on:** January 02, 2014, 03:30:51 AM »

So yeah..... Could always never use an electronic device or go into a city again.....

Burkingam · « **Reply #349 on:** January 02, 2014, 03:56:31 AM »

I love urban life and my only formal fields of expertise are computer tech support and computer programming, so I guess unless I want to remake my life from scratch I'm screwed.

Gh0st93 · « **Reply #350 on:** January 02, 2014, 04:01:24 AM »

Quote from: Burkingam on January 02, 2014, 03:56:31 AM

I love urban life and my only formal fields of expertise are computer tech support and computer programming, so I guess unless I want to remake my life from scratch I'm screwed.

The new survivor man Les Burkingam?

Lord of Fire · « **Reply #351 on:** January 03, 2014, 11:30:15 AM »

In latest news, the NSA is building a quantum computer, which they will use to crack encryption.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25588605

bloody000 · « **Reply #352 on:** January 04, 2014, 01:20:16 AM »

funnily enough, NSA developed many of the encryption algorithms we use today.

megido-rev.M · « **Reply #353 on:** January 04, 2014, 03:06:49 AM »

Quote from: bloody000 on January 04, 2014, 01:20:16 AM

funnily enough, NSA developed many of the encryption algorithms we use today.

Yeah, and their favourite technique is called the backdoor.

Quote from: Lord of Fire on January 03, 2014, 11:30:15 AM

In latest news, the NSA is building a quantum computer, which they will use to crack encryption.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25588605

I really doubt they'll make breakthroughs on that field.

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BTW to be clear NSA has nothing on cracking actual algorithms more than any other attacker.
It's essentially all the bullshit they do to get backdoors placed into the hardware.
Take satellites for instance: French-UAE Intel Satellite Deal in Doubt

megido-rev.M · « **Reply #354 on:** January 15, 2014, 03:05:59 AM »

N.S.A. Devises Radio Pathway Into Computers

jaybug · « **Reply #355 on:** January 16, 2014, 12:36:16 AM »

Maybe I should have put this in political entertainment but, someone is trying to sell a new phone they guarantee is NSA proof. Don't that make you lol? And how would they prove it without ending up in jail?

sawakosadako · « **Reply #356 on:** January 16, 2014, 01:59:21 AM »

Quote from: jaybug on January 16, 2014, 12:36:16 AM

Maybe I should have put this in political entertainment but, someone is trying to sell a new phone they guarantee is NSA proof. Don't that make you lol? And how would they prove it without ending up in jail?

Not if the phone manufacturer is Chinese

jaybug · « **Reply #357 on:** January 16, 2014, 02:41:42 AM »

Quote from: sawakosadako on January 16, 2014, 01:59:21 AM

Quote from: jaybug on January 16, 2014, 12:36:16 AM
Maybe I should have put this in political entertainment but, someone is trying to sell a new phone they guarantee is NSA proof. Don't that make you lol? And how would they prove it without ending up in jail?
Not if the phone manufacturer is Chinese

Okay, so they may not be going to jail. But... will they be able to prove it being NSA proof? All NSA has to do to disprove is say nothing. Then you buy your pig in a poke phone, just like all those who bought snake oil a century ago, or bought the Brooklyn Bridge, or a Rolex watch off some guy on the street.

megido-rev.M · « **Reply #358 on:** January 16, 2014, 02:46:28 AM »

I don't think having net neutrality dead in the US will really improve the situation. >.>

sawakosadako · « **Reply #359 on:** January 16, 2014, 08:59:30 AM »

Quote from: jaybug on January 16, 2014, 02:41:42 AM

Okay, so they may not be going to jail. But... will they be able to prove it being NSA proof? All NSA has to do to disprove is say nothing. Then you buy your pig in a poke phone, just like all those who bought snake oil a century ago, or bought the Brooklyn Bridge, or a Rolex watch off some guy on the street.

Well tbh they could probably do it, if not now maybe in the future? Who knows? Although I'm pretty sure they're not going to show you how they do it.

BTW, the other day I stumbled onto a report from GHCQ. Basically it's a guide on how to make your system safe. It is meant for official but coming from GHCQ I just can't ignore the irony.

http://www.gchq.gov.uk/press_and_media/press_releases/Pages/new-platform-security-guidance.aspx
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/end-user-devices-security-guidance--2