Tag: NSA

Snowden tweeted, "This is not a blow against the US Government, but an open hand extended by friends. It is a chance to move forward." (AP Photo/Marco Garcia, File)

European Parliament calls on countries to protect Snowden

Rudy Takala · October 30, 2015 8:55 pm

The NSA is bypassing encrypted Internet connections because the encryption data is all the same, a study says.Â (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

How the NSA is cracking encryption

Rudy Takala · October 17, 2015 5:43 pm

National Security

Edward Snowden joins Twitter

Kelly Cohen · September 29, 2015 4:59 pm

"It's that sense of mission, that sense of purpose, that ethos of culture and compliance, I think, that is our greatest advantage," Michael Rogers said. (AP Photo)Â

NSA chief: Feds are better at cyber than private sector

Rudy Takala · September 24, 2015 10:31 pm

Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, center, talks with a man after receiving his petition for help outside his house in northeastern Tehran, Iran, Monday, Aug. 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

National Security

Report: U.S. spied on Iran in NYC

Kelly Cohen · September 23, 2015 4:30 pm

Tech companies are deeply concerned that American-made products will be seen in the global marketplace as tainted if they reach some kind of accommodation with the government.

Obama edges toward full support for encryption

Charlie Mitchell · September 18, 2015 2:23 pm

Freedom Watch attorney Larry Klayman speaks to reporters outside the Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse in Washington on April 2 after appealing the dismissal of a FOIA request seeking records from the State Department about Israeli war plans. (AP Photo)Â

Federal court to hear arguments on NSA data collection

Rudy Takala · September 16, 2015 10:09 pm

Stingray technology simulates cell phone towers, allowing cell phones in a given area to connect to them. In order to search for a single suspect, the technology vacuums up information from hundreds or thousands of phones in an area.Â

Cellphone spying unchecked, say experts

Rudy Takala · September 14, 2015 4:01 am

"The problem we have is that our security structures and our security law and policies are all designed to protect us against a malevolent state power," retired Gen. Michael HaydenÂ said.

Hayden: Worry more about terrorism, less about government

Rudy Takala · September 8, 2015 8:32 pm

Activists protest the surveillance of U.S. citizens by the NSA outside the Justice Department where U.S. President Barack Obama gave a major speech on reforming the NSA January 17, 2014 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

GOP-appointed judges rule in favor of NSA

Rudy Takala · August 28, 2015 6:35 pm

Researchers have created software that they hope will allow users to prevent government agencies in other countries from monitoring their Web usage.Â (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg)

New software could keep foreign governments out of your computer

Rudy Takala · August 25, 2015 4:01 am

Snowden revelations could derail information-sharing bill

Charlie Mitchell · August 24, 2015 12:00 pm