Encrypted Email, Easy and Free
The snoops aren't going away on their own, you know
Cybersecurity
Russians and Chinese Got Snowden Documents the Old-Fashioned Way
By hacking the NSA computers. So says security analyst Bruce Schneier.
Giving Government 'Backdoor' Access to Encrypted Data Threatens Personal Privacy and National Security
The War on Terror is providing plenty of rhetorical ammunition to anti-encryption officials, but they are dangerously wrong.
Second Hack Attack Gained Access to Government Security Clearance Information
Are the feds still going to lecture us on how they should set the standard for cybersecurity?
Government Snoops Who Want Your Data Hand 4 Million Personnel Records to Hackers
How's that whole "trust us" thing working out?
How CISA Threatens Both Privacy and Cybersecurity
Information sharing just doesn't work like CISA advocates imagine.
'Hacktivist' Hysteria in Baltimore
The debunked #BaltimoreLootCrew tweets find a new way to feed fearmongering.
Obama Wants to Freeze CyberCriminals' Assets, Before They've Been Tried
And if you try to help any such accused cybercriminal, you are breaking the "law" too.
Legislators Still Trying to Reform Anti-Hacking Laws to Prevent Prosecutor Overreach
Law named after Aaron Swartz introduced again.
Is That a Nuke in Your Pocket or Are You Just Happy to See Me?
New book, The Future of Violence, is terrified about 'technologies of mass empowerment'
IRS (Again) Puts Taxpayer Info At Risk
Its procedures to combat identity theft sometimes "increase the risk for an unauthorized disclosure of tax return information."
Here's What Concerns Experts About Obama's State of the Union Cybersecurity Goals
Harsher penalties and more government involvement won't help protect privacy.
Internet Freedom Under Global Attack; Report Finds Governments Around the World Expanded Online Control, Surveillance Last Year
Governments are expanding online controls "rapidly" and adopting new laws that effectively criminalize online dissent.
Here's Why You Shouldn't Use the Fingerprint Password on Smartphones in Virginia
Judge rules suspects can be compelled to use fingerprint to provide police access.
Pirate Bay Co-Founder Sentenced to Prison in Denmark
Gottfrid Warg gets 42 months in jail.
Spooky Politicians That Go Bump in the Night
The end of October brings children disguised as pretend ghosts and goblins, and politicians whipping up fears of supposedly real ones.
White House Computer Network Was Attacked
Could be work of Russian hackers, sources say
Dropbox Denies Being Hacked
Says the account info was stolen from third party services
'Aaron's Law' to Reform Terribly Abused Anti-Hacking Regs Languishes in Congress
Committee head won't allow debate or vote
CIA Admits Improperly "Penetrating" Senate Intelligence Computers
Forget enthusiastic consent, they had none
Prosecutors Can Screw With Hackers Just for Saying 'Fuck Shit Up,' Warns Security Expert
Vaguely written laws give federal prosecutors the power to target hackers at will.
NSA Allegedly Knew for Years About Major Just-Discovered Internet Glitch
Heartbleed bug may have contributed to untold amounts of computer fraud
Can the Feds Hold Companies Legally Responsible for Being Hacked?
Does the Federal Trade Commission have this kind of authority?
