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ftiet21

Christos military and intelligence corner - 1 views

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    This blog contains vast amounts of information dealing with military cryptography, both in the past and the present. One of the recent articles discussed the morality of utilizing military level cryptography to ensure complete surveillance of civilians, and whether or not it should be allowed.
Derek Bruff

What's in a Boarding Pass Barcode? A Lot - Krebs on Security - 0 views

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    "More worrisome, Cory now had the ability to view all future flights tied to that frequent flyer account, change seats for the ticketed passengers, and even cancel any future flights."
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    "More worrisome, Cory now had the ability to view all future flights tied to that frequent flyer account, change seats for the ticketed passengers, and even cancel any future flights."
junqing-shi

Big Brother Is Watching You Swipe: The NSA's Credit Card Data Grab - 2 views

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    The way NSA did to track individual's information in the credit cards.
chrisr22

How the Deep Web Works - HowStuffWorks - 0 views

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    What a tangled web we weave, indeed. About 40 percent of the world's population uses the Web for news, entertainment, communication and myriad other purposes [source: Internet World Stats]. Yet even as more and more people log on, they are actually finding less of the data that's stored online.
Derek Bruff

Crimes, iPhones and Encryption - Room for Debate - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    The New York Times put together a virtual debate over the Apple/FBI conflict.
Derek Bruff

Tim Cook says Apple won't break into iPhone for the FBI | Fusion - 0 views

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    Apple's response to the court order directing them to comply with the FBI's request for a backdoor into the iPhone owned by one of the San Bernardino shooters.
Derek Bruff

Apple can comply with the FBI court order - Trail of Bits Blog - 0 views

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    More on the technicalities of the FBI's request to Apple.
rmusicant

NSA debate takes new turns after Paris attacks - 4 views

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    Privacy advocates are pushing back against arguments from the intelligence community that more surveillance powers would have prevented the deadly Paris terrorist attacks. They're offended at what they see as naked opportunism from supporters of tough surveillance powers and argue the rhetoric - including suggestions that National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden has blood on his hands - has gone too far.
Derek Bruff

5 Gmail lessons from Petraeus affair - POLITICO - 1 views

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    I got the General Petraeus story a bit wrong. He and his friend weren't using Google docs to communicate, they used a shared Gmail account. They would sometimes draft, but not send emails, as an extra measure of security, but, as this article points out, that doesn't work.
parker718

Scorecard: How Many Rights Have Americans REALLY Lost? - 2 views

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    A breakdown of the bill of rights and how much each amendment has been given up to the government. Pretty terrifying.
Ling Shi

NSA spying from a constitutional pov - 0 views

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    The article takes a look at why NSA spying is inherently illegal, and substantiates the claim with official documents. Great for pro-privacy arguments, but also a good counterargument to address for pro-security.
saraatsai

Paris attacks should be 'wake up call' for more digital surveillance, CIA director says - 2 views

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    This article talks about the want for greater government surveillance after the Paris attacks. It mentions that since Edward Snowden released information about the NSA's digital surveillance power, a lot of measures have been taken to restrict government surveillance. However, since the Paris attacks, the US government is pushing to bring that power back.
saraatsai

Edward Snowden: The World Says No to Surveillance - 4 views

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    Because Snowden wrote it
kims46

State To Require Cameras In Special Ed Classrooms - 0 views

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    A new law in Texas might require schools to install video cameras upon request in classrooms where students have disabilities.
ftiet21

Class of 1984: surveillance tech creeps into the classroom (Wired UK) - 0 views

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    Video camera surveillance, Biometric data collection (fingerprints), RFID Tags (monitors movement to within centimeters), Galvanic Skin Response Bracelet (monitors a child's physiological responses)
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