Topic: SECURITY - on September 8, 2013 at 6:35:00 PM CEST
Epic: A Privacy-Focused Web Browser
I've been advising Epic Browser, a startup building a privacy-focused, Chrome-based browser that starts where incognito mode ends. Epic employs a host of tactics designed to make what happens inside your browser stay there, to the tune of a thousand blocks in a typical hour of browsing. They also provide a built-in proxy service. If the corporations and governments are going to watch us, there's no reason to make it any easier for them. Epic has Mac and Windows builds for now. Their site goes into far greater detail about how they block tracking methods most browsers don't.
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Topic: SECURITY - on September 8, 2013 at 6:33:00 PM CEST
Privacy Scandal: NSA Can Spy on Smart Phone Data
SPIEGEL has learned from internal NSA documents that the US intelligence agency has the capability of tapping user data from the iPhone, devices using Android as well as BlackBerry, a system previously believed to be highly secure.
The United States' National Security Agency intelligence-gathering operation is capable of accessing user data from smart phones from all leading manufacturers. Top secret NSA documents that SPIEGEL has seen explicitly note that the NSA can tap into such information on Apple iPhones, BlackBerry devices and Google's Android mobile operating system.
The documents state that it is possible for the NSA to tap most sensitive data held on these smart phones, including contact lists, SMS traffic, notes and location information about where a user has been.
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Topic: SECURITY - on September 8, 2013 at 6:31:00 PM CEST
Kein großes Smartphone-Betriebssystem vor US-Geheimdienst sicher
Der US-amerikanische Geheimdienst NSA kann sich Zugang zu Nutzerdaten von iPhones, Android-Smartphones und BlackBerry-Geräten verschaffen. Dies berichtet das Hamburger Nachrichtenmagazin Der Spiegel in seiner am morgigen Montag erscheindenden Ausgabe. In geheimen Unterlagen, die die Redaktion nach eigenen Angaben einsehen konnten, sei ausdrücklich von Smartphones mit diesen Mobil-Betriebsystemen die Rede.
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