Appeals court clears hurdle for NSA
• The HillA federal appeals court Tuesday eliminated a possible roadblock for the National Security Agency (NSA), delaying a judge's order to halt the agency's controversial data collection.
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Oliver Stone's 'Snowden' Pushed to 2016
• Hollywood ReporterThe feature starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Shailene Woodley is now bumped from this year's Oscar race...Open Road is moving Oliver Stone's Snowden from its Christmas Day release date to 2016.
Maryland Gun Tracking Database Scrapped After Failing To Solve A Single Crime
• http://www.prisonplanet.com, Steve Watson"Fingerprinting" Registry cost taxpayers untold millions
Hidden Camera:
• chrisinmaryvilleOfficials at Cornell & Yale Shredding/Ripping the Constitution as it "Triggers" Students (VIDEO
Cars That Talk to Each Other Are Much Easier to Spy On
• Wired"The vehicle is saying 'I'm Alice, this is my location, this is my speed and my direction.' Everyone around you can listen to that," says one of the authors of the study. [Alice] drove by the drug store, went to a fertility clinic," this
The kernel of the argument
• Washington PostFast, flexible and free, Linux is taking over the online world. But there is growing unease about security weaknesses. [We only want to help.]
How Law Enforcement Can Use Google Timeline To Track Your Every Move
• theintercept.comTHE RECENT EXPANSION of Google's Timeline feature can provide investigators unprecedented access to users' location history data, allowing them in many cases to track a person's every move over the course of years, according to a report recentl
An Agency in Crisis
• observer.comWhen Edward Snowden went public nearly two-and-a-half years ago with his explosive revelations about the National Security Agency, his former employer, the mask of secrecy that NSA had worn since its birth in 1952 fell for good.
Raw Milk Farmer Jailed for Removing Gov't Surveillance Cameras from Own Property
• Prison Planet.comA Canadian farmer that provides raw milk to his community was reportedly arrested and jailed for removing government surveillance cameras from his own property. The Canadian government is filing charges against the man for 'theft.'
CIA Email Hackers Return With Major Law Enforcement Breach
• http://www.wired.comHACKERS WHO BROKE into the personal email account of CIA Director John Brennan have struck again.
Verizon Begins Scanning and Censoring Customer Emails
• http://www.infowars.com, Kurt NimmoTelecom giant known for trying to block news on the internet
Controversial Trade Deal May Actually Help Net Neutrality
• WiredThe Trans-Pacific Partnership has its fair share of critics among the digerati. Activists have been up in arms for years over leaked chapters of this international trade proposal, which is under consideration by US law makers.
Controversial Trade Deal May Actually Help Net Neutrality
• WiredThe Trans-Pacific Partnership has its fair share of critics among the digerati. Activists have been up in arms for years over leaked chapters of this international trade proposal, which is under consideration by US law makers.
U.K. Government Proposes More, Not Less, Electronic Snooping
• theintercept.comTwo years after NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden revealed the vast reach of U.S. and U.K. surveillance, the U.S. Congress rolled back the most manifestly unconstitutional element: the bulk collection of domestic phone data.
Fisa courts stifle the due process they were supposed to protect. End them Chelsea E Manning
• TheGuardianIntelligence agencies will always seek to collect more data. But the courts that oversee them must be as concerned about due process as they are with secrets
Anonymous Exposes KKK Members, Starts Publishing Names And Contact Info
• True ActivistThe hacktivist group claims it is outing "up to" 1,000 people who are either Ku Klux Klan members or "close associates" of KKK factions.
Court Rejects ACLU's Plea to End Collection of Telephone Data Early
• theintercept.comAn appellate court panel will not be abruptly ending the National Security Agency's bulk collection of millions of Americans' phone call data, as the American Civil Liberties Union asked them to.
NSA-Friendly CISA Bill Easily Passes U.S. Senate; Snowden Attacks
• CointelegraphThe largest tech companies in the world, from Google and Apple, to Reddit and Twitter, issued statements condemning the cyber-security bill called CISA, but to no avail.
The Government Just Gave Everyone Permission to Hack Smart TVs
• Prison PlanetIn a decision that looks jaw-droppingly progressive from a technological standpoint, especially by government standards, the U.S. Copyright Office and the Librarian of Congress granted an exemption from the Digital Millennium Copyright Act that give
Can surveillance cameras ease the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?
• Christian Science MonitorJordan and Israel have agreed to install additional security cameras near holy sites at the Al-Aqsa Mosque and Temple Mount compound in Jerusalem, as a 'first step' to decreasing a month of violence between Israelis and Palestinians in the city.
ISIS beware:
• dailystar.co.ukGame changer 'insect' drone allows MoD to spy on ISIS - for 90 days straight
Security This Week: Apparently China Is Still Hacking US Companies
• WiredThe US and China reached a historic agreement last month to stop hacking into each other's systems to steal economic secrets. But according to the American security company Crowdstrike, this hasn't stopped hackers with ties to the Chinese governm
How to Protect Yourself from Border Big Brother
• LewRockwellBig Brother is alive and well at US border crossings.
Apple, Google and Twitter among 22 tech companies opposing Cisa bill
• The GuardianMany of the world's top technology companies are against cybersecurity plans before US Senate on privacy grounds, according to a new poll
Apple CEO Defends Encryption, Opposes Government Back Door
• BloombergApple Inc.'s Chief Executive Officer and the director of the National Security Agency squared off on Monday in a debate over how much access technology companies should afford U.S. intelligence agencies.
Robotic Deer Will Help Catch Wildlife Poachers In Arizona
• True ActivistA robo-deer will be used a to catch unsuspecting - and illegal - hunters preying on animals before the deer season starts.
Defendants Counter Government's Arguments...
• https://www.techdirt.com, by Tim CushingDefendants Counter Government's Arguments That Appeals Court Should Treat Cellphones As 'Personal Homing Beacons'
What's in a Boarding Pass Barcode? A Lot
• https://krebsonsecurity.com,The next time you're thinking of throwing away a used boarding pass with a barcode on it, consider tossing the boarding pass into a document shredder instead.
What's in a Boarding Pass Barcode? A Lot
• https://krebsonsecurity.comThe next time you're thinking of throwing away a used boarding pass with a barcode on it, consider tossing the boarding pass into a document shredder instead.
NSA Breaking Diffie-Hellman with Massive Precomputation (Again)
• Schneier on SecurityThe Internet is abuzz speculating the NSA is breaking the Diffie-Hellman key-exchange protocol in the wild through massive precomputation. What's newly talked about is how this works inside the NSA surveillance architecture.
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