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Edward Snowden | US news | The Guardian - 0 views
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"Latest on the computer analyst whistleblower who provided the Guardian with top-secret NSA documents leading to revelations about US surveillance on phone and internet communications" - compilation of news sources on Edward Snowden
Police need new internet surveillance tools, say chiefs - British Columbia - CBC News - 0 views
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Warrantless wiretapping in Canada?
Cryptography | MIT News - 2 views
Does Europe Need a New Surveillance System? - Room for Debate - NYTimes.com - 1 views
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Today's New York Times features a debate of sorts over the value of increased surveillance after the Paris attacks. Click through for five different views on this complex issue.
The New Sandy Hook Elementary School Is All About Invisible Security - 1 views
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When the 2016 school year starts, students and faculty will return to Sandy Hook Elementary School for the first time since a gunman killed 20 students and six adults. They will return to a new building and landscape thoughtfully, but subtly, outfitted with security measures designed by local architecture firm Svigals + Partners.
Donald Trump's New Lost Cause | The New Republic - 0 views
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"Federal prosecutors gave the court a partial list of his Google searches on January 17, 2019, to show his motives."
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That thing where the feds hold your Google searches against you? Not a hypothetical.
BBC - Future-Intelligence agencies turn to crowdsourcing - 0 views
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This article on how the CIA is using crowdsourcing to make intelligence more accurate is particularly well written because if its inclusion of a quick attention draw with the reference to the new James Bond movie, good historical background, an inviting writing style that includes rhetorical questions, and interviews with experts that add to the legitimacy of the article.
Bletchley Park News - 0 views
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"The remains of a World War Two carrier pigeon which was lost in action 70 years ago while delivering a top secret message over enemy lines has been found in a chimney in Bletchingley, Surrey. The skeleton of the bird has a small red cylinder attached to its foot which contains a mysterious cigarette paper sized coded message. The message is deemed so sensitive, that Codebreakers at GCHQ in Cheltenham are now frantically trying to decipher it."
Senate bill rewrite lets feds read your e-mail without warrants | Politics and Law - CN... - 0 views
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Perfect timing for our discussion on Tuesday after break.
BBC News - Privacy project uses cryptography to reduce shared info - 0 views
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This article describes efforts to create an "electronic wallet" to make sharing confidential information more secure and efficient.
Republicans are coming for your browsing histories, not your guns | VICE News - 0 views
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Senator John McCain has filed an amendment that would allow the FBI to retrieve email metadata and web browsing history without warrants. He's proposing we expand use of National Security Letters, which get around the need for warrants and often come with gag orders, so that if you receive an NSL asking for data, you can't tell anyone about it.
Pittsburgh school board won't rescind contract with new superintendent | TribLIVE - 1 views
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Apparently, a little plagiarism won't get you fired sometimes.
Bletchley Park News - 0 views
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"Around sixty Bletchley Park veterans gathered again at the Home of the Codebreakers on Sunday 2nd September, for the annual Enigma Reunion. The event is timed each year to coincide with the anniversary of the arrival of the first codebreakers at Bletchley Park, after they received the coded message 'Auntie Flo is not so well', indicating they should report for top secret duties."
Britain's GCHQ Uses Online Puzzle to Recruit Hackers - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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Instead of hiring "upper-class twits from Oxford and Cambridge," A government communications agency tried a new angle on recruiting hackers. They decided to combat hackers with other experienced hackers by posting an online puzzle and offering a job interview to those who solved it.
BBC News - Who is winning the 'crypto-war'? - 0 views
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In the war over encryption between the NSA and privacy activists, at first it seemed as though the activists had won - but now it's not so clear.
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I didn't do anything different! It must have appeared twice because I posted it twice.
The Murderer's Thumb: A Short History - 0 views
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I thought this post was well written. It was short and concise but was well organized and polished. I also liked that it wasn't too informal. The pseudo-scientific explanations for the malformation were very interesting. -
This blog incorporates both researched information and personal anecdote in a well-balanced, entertaining manner. The topic is new information to me, and I would assume most readers, and was presented compellingly. The photo was also a nice addition!