“For years, privacy advocates have pushed developers of websites, virtual private network apps, and other cryptographic software to adopt the Diffie-Hellman cryptographic key exchange as a defense against surveillance from the US National Security Agency and other state-sponsored spies.”
New video details how Google responds to U.S. search warrants
“In light of NSA snooping and all the other privacy drama that hit last year, companies such as Google have been doing their best to clarify exactly how they handle government requests for user information, and what the company does to protect our privacy.”
Samsung wins order from U.S. Army, close to NSA order
“Samsung might be on its way to supplanting BlackBerry as the smartphone maker of choice for government agencies. According to the Wall Street Journal, Samsung recently won an order from the U.S.”
Inside TAO: Documents Reveal Top NSA Hacking Unit
“The NSA’s TAO hacking unit is considered to be the intelligence agency’s top secret weapon. It maintains its own covert network, infiltrates computers around the world and even intercepts shipping deliveries to plant back doors in electronics ordered by those it is targeting.”
NSA’s ‘Quantum’ program reportedly lets the agency access 100,000 offline computers
“Three days before President Barack Obama will allegedly announce major changes to the NSA’s surveillance programs, The New York Times has a story addressing one particularly controversial practice: intercepting laptops purchased”
Apple Says It Has Never Worked With NSA To Create iPhone Backdoors, Is Unaware Of Alleged DROPOUTJEEP Snooping Program
“Apple has contacted TechCrunch with a statement about the DROPOUTJEEP NSA program that detailed a system by which the organization claimed it could snoop on iPhone users.”
NSA defends global cellphone tracking as legal
“WASHINGTON — The National Security Agency on Friday said its tracking of cellphones overseas is legally authorized under a sweeping U.S. presidential order. The distinction means the extraordinary surveillance program is not overseen by a secretive U.S.”
NSA mines data to map Americans’ social connections, report says
“The National Security Agency is using it vast stores of communications data to build detailed graphs of Americans’ social ties, according to a new report, raising new questions about the scope and legality of the spy agency’s surveillance mission.”
NSA paid millions to cover Prism compliance costs for tech companies
“The National Security Agency paid millions of dollars to cover the costs of major internet companies involved in the Prism surveillance program after a court ruled that some of the agency’s activities were unconstitutional, according to top-secret material passed to the Guardian.”
WSJ reports NSA spying capabilities cover up to 75 percent of US internet traffic
“The question of how much contact the NSA has with internet traffic throughout the US is being raised again, this time by the Wall Street Journal. Yesterday The Atlantic took issue with the security agency’s mathematics and 1.”
