Topic: SECURITY - on June 11, 2013 at 6:08:00 PM CEST
Prism-Enthüllungen: Untertauchen für Fortgeschrittene
Der NSA-Whistleblower Edward Snowden gehört derzeit zu den meistgesuchten Menschen der Welt. Nach dem, was er zum Abhörsystem Prism berichtete, stellt sich die Frage: Ist Untertauchen heutzutage noch möglich?
Prinzipiell kann man heute in den mit Überwachungskameras übersäten Großstädten der westlichen Welt jeden finden, der sich öffentlich sichtbar bewegt. Die Frage ist jedoch, wie viel Aufwand man dafür treiben muss: Schon die Datenflut, die Städte wie New York, London oder Hongkong produzieren, dürfte die heute eingesetzte automatisierte Erkennungstechnik völlig überfordern. Zumal das Gros der Kameras noch nicht einmal vernetzt ist, also nicht zentral abgefragt werden kann.
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Topic: SECURITY - on June 11, 2013 at 5:42:00 PM CEST
Let's jam up the NSA's scanners
IF MILLIONS OF US, ALL AT THE SAME EXACT TIME, CALL OR EMAIL SOMEONE WITH OUR KEYWORDS-OF-TERROR-FILLED SCRIPT, WE CAN GIVE OUR NATION’S IMPRESSIVE SURVEILLANCE APPARATUS THE KIND OF TEST IT DESERVES.
They say they don’t read or listen to the contents of our messages. Why not test it out?
It'll be fun.
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Topic: SECURITY - on June 11, 2013 at 5:27:00 PM CEST
NSA leaks: Russia 'would consider' Edward Snowden asylum claim – live
Russia will consider a claim of political asylum from Snowden, according to the Russian business paper Kommersant, citing Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. “If we receive such a request, we will consider it,” Peskov is quoted as saying. Snowden is currently in Hong Kong, but moved to a safer hotel yesterday. A landmark legal ruling in Hong Kong could yet buy him time if he decides to apply for asylum. Activists in Iceland are making preparations should the whistleblower try to head there.
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Topic: SECURITY - on June 11, 2013 at 5:25:00 PM CEST
The NSA Black Hole: 5 Basic Things We Still Don’t Know About the Agency’s Snooping
The headquarters of the National Security Agency at Fort Meade, Maryland.Last week saw revelations that the FBI and the National Security Agency have been collecting Americans’ phone records en masse and that the agencies have access to data from nine tech companies.
But secrecy around the programs has meant even basic questions are still unanswered. Here’s what we still don’t know:
Has the NSA been collecting all Americans’ phone records, and for how long?
It’s not entirely clear.
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Topic: SECURITY - on June 11, 2013 at 4:27:00 PM CEST
In Light of PRISM, Furious European Politicians to Fight Back Against U.S. Surveillance Overreach
When details emerged last week about the National Security Agency’s Internet surveillance system PRISM, President Obama attempted to reassure Americans that it was not being used to target them. Instead, he implied, it is aimed at the other 95 percent of the world’s population.
The PRISM system, according to a set of leaked top-secret PowerPoint slides, enables the NSA to obtain private emails and other user data directly from the central servers of major Internet companies such as Google, Microsoft, Facebook, and Yahoo. The companies named as part of the program initially denied involvement, but some anonymous executives have since acknowledged the system’s existence, saying it is used to share information about foreign customers with the NSA and other parts of the U.S. intelligence community. At the heart of the PRISM story is a scandal that is not domestic but global.
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Topic: SECURITY - on June 11, 2013 at 4:02:00 PM CEST
KEEP CALM and Carry On: PRISM itself is not a big deal
Analysis PRISM, the top secret US National Security Agency web communications and user data collection program revealed by whistleblower Edward Snowden last Friday, and targeted on nine top US web service providers, would seem unlikely to be the total, tyrannical surveillance behemoth reporters first assumed.
That’s because its numbers, as published, just don’t add up.
The Guardian may also have missed a potentially significant scoop buried within the PRISM revelations – apparent confirmation that about the time in 2011 that Microsoft acquired Skype for $7bn, the U.S. government also acquired a back way in to the
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Topic: SECURITY - on June 11, 2013 at 2:59:00 PM CEST
Opt out of PRISM, the NSA’s global data surveillance program
Stop reporting your online activities to the American government with these free alternatives to proprietary software.
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Topic: SECURITY - on June 10, 2013 at 3:50:00 PM CEST
NSA Whistleblower: The Ultimate Insider Attack
When computer security companies release their annual reports about hacking and breaches, they take pains to point out that the insider threat from someone with internal access to data is a far greater risk to a company than an outside hacker.
The more than a million government documents leaked by former Army intelligence analyst Bradley Manning showed this to be true.
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Topic: SECURITY - on June 10, 2013 at 1:51:00 PM CEST
The United Stasi of America
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Topic: SECURITY - on June 9, 2013 at 10:06:00 PM CEST
Web-Überwachung durch die NSA: 29-jähriger Techniker verriet Spähprogramm Prism
"Ich will nicht in einer Gesellschaft leben, die so etwas macht", sagt Edward Snowden. "So etwas", damit meint er das geheime Ausspähen von Internetdiensten, wie es die National Security Agency (NSA) seit 2007 getan hat. Snowden war die vergangenen vier Jahre als Mitarbeiter externer Unternehmen wie Dell in dem US-Geheimdienst tätig - jetzt hat ihn die britische Zeitung "Guardian" als Quelle hinter den Berichten über die Internet-Überwachung präsentiert.
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Topic: SECURITY - on June 9, 2013 at 10:03:00 PM CEST
NSA whistleblower goes public
The individual responsible for one of the most significant leaks in US political history is Edward Snowden, a 29-year-old former technical assistant for the CIA and current employee of the defence contractor Booz Allen Hamilton. Snowden has been working at the National Security Agency for the last four years as an employee of various outside contractors, including Booz Allen and Dell.
The Guardian, after several days of interviews, is revealing his identity at his request. From the moment he decided to disclose numerous top-secret documents to the public, he was determined not to opt for the protection of anonymity. "I have no intention of hiding who I am because I know I have done nothing wrong," he said.
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Topic: SECURITY - on June 9, 2013 at 9:28:00 PM CEST
Are the NSA's PRISM slides photoshopped?
The Washington Post and The Guardian came with a breaking news story about a Top Secret NSA program called PRISM, which reportedly collects data directly from the servers of nine major internet companies like Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Skype and Apple.
Many of these firms have already denied that the government has access to their networks. Today both president Obama and director of National Intelligence James Clapper said there is no gathering of information about US citizens or of any person located within the United States.
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