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Woman stalked by sandwich server via her COVID-19 contact tracing info
Apple Adds a Backdoor to iMesssage and iCloud Storage
Three formers NSA employees fined for providing hacker-for-hire services to UAE firm
New Revelations from the Snowden Documents
NSA Buying Bulk Surveillance Data on Americans without a Warrant

NSA Buying Bulk Surveillance Data on Americans without a Warrant

Published: 2024-01-30 12:12:30

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Author: Bruce Schneier

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It finally admitted to buying bulk data on Americans from data brokers, in response to a query by Senator Weyden. This is almost certainly illegal, although the NSA maintains that it is legal until it’s told otherwise. Some news articles.

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New Revelations from the Snowden Documents

Published: 2023-09-21 11:03:43

Popularity: 10

Author: Bruce Schneier

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Jake Appelbaum’s PhD thesis contains several new revelations from the classified NSA documents provided to journalists by Edward Snowden. Nothing major, but a few more tidbits. Kind of amazing that that all happened ten years ago. At this point, those documents are more historical than anything else. And it’s unclear who has those archives anymore. According to Appelbaum, The Intercept destroyed their copy. I recently published an essay about my experiences ten years ago.

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Three formers NSA employees fined for providing hacker-for-hire services to UAE firm

Published: 2021-09-15 11:02:17

Popularity: 15

Author: Pierluigi Paganini

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Three former NSA employees entered into a deferred prosecution agreement that restricts their future activities and employment and requires the payment of a penalty. Three former NSA employees (Marc Baier, 49, Ryan Adams, 34, and Daniel Gericke, 40) entered into a deferred prosecution agreement that restricts their future activities and employment. The trio has worked as hackers-for-hire […] The post Three formers NSA employees fined for providing hacker-for-hire services to UAE firm appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Apple Adds a Backdoor to iMesssage and iCloud Storage

Published: 2021-08-10 11:37:30

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Author: Bruce Schneier

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🤖: ""Surveillance mode activated""

Apple’s announcement that it’s going to start scanning photos for child abuse material is a big deal. (Here are five news stories.) I have been following the details, and discussing it in several different email lists. I don’t have time right now to delve into the details, but wanted to post something. EFF writes: There are two main features that the company is planning to install in every Apple device. One is a scanning feature that will scan all photos as they get uploaded into iCloud Photos to see if they match a photo in the database of known child sexual abuse material (CSAM) maintained by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC). The other feature scans all iMessage images sent or received by child accounts — that is, accounts designated as owned by a minor — for sexually explicit material, and if the child is young enough, notifies the parent when these images are sent or received. This feature can be turned on or off by parents...

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