President Barack Obama today announced that the National Security Administration will make changes in its data-gathering processes moving forward. Specifically, the NSA will no longer be able to store the metadata associated with all phone calls. Instead, Obama called for the formation of a third-party organization to store and monitor such data. Further, the NSA […]
Apple has never worked to install backdoors in any of its products for the National Security Agency, and was unaware of a program specifically targeting the iPhone, the company claims in a new statement. Yesterday, German publication Der Spiegel revealed that the NSA has methods of gaining backdoor access to virtually any hardware. One program, […]
The National Security Agency has an elite spying division called Tailored Access Operations (TAO) that gets the “ungettable,” according to a lengthy report provided by the German magazine Spiegel. News of the elite team is based on recently acquired classified documents and presentations from an unknown source, which reveal the great lengths TAO will go […]
RSA Security has struck out against claims that the company was paid by the National Security Agency (NSA) to sell flawed encryption software that was vulnerable to surveillance. A blog post states that it has never entered into a “secret contract” with the NSA, and that any collaboration between it and the agency has been […]
Contrary to many media reports, the gathering of tech executives called to a meeting with President Obama were invited to weigh in on the US’ digital surveillance policies and programs, and the topic dominated the two-hour meeting while still touching on other topics, such as the government’s Healthcare.gov website and general Internet topics. The tech […]
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said this week that revelations about the NSA’s vast data collection practices have made users less likely to trust Facebook and said that the government’s handling of the scandal has been woefully inept per a report from Reuters. “Response to the NSA issues that have blown up are a big deal […]
The American Civil Liberties Union in conjunction with the New York Civil Liberties Union is suing the US government. The suit alleges that the National Security Agency’s phone monitoring program violates the groups’ first and fourth amendment constitutional rights violating freedom of speech, freedom of press, as well as unreasonable search and seizure. Both groups […]
Sprint today indicated that it has reached an agreement with the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) regarding SoftBank’s proposed equity acquisition of Sprint. Per the National Security Agreement, CFIUS has agreed to approve the proposal, which means the Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Department of Homeland […]
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