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Two US Sailors Arrested on Charges of Allegedly Spying for China

Petty Officer 2nd Class Jinchao “Patrick” Wei and Petty Officer Wenheng Zhao, suspected of funneling classified national defense information to Chinese intelligence officers, face grave penalties, intensifying already fraught US-China relations.

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The Coup of the Century: How the CIA eavesdropped on the world for decades

For decades, the Central Intelligence Agency, along with its West German counterpart the Federal Intelligence Service (BND), secretly controlled the Swiss-based company Crypto AG, which enabled them to engage in decades of communication interception. Crypto AG, which went defunct in 2018, sold encryption devices to governments across the world. However, this CIA-owned company managed to […]

Technology Feb 18

Russia orders Telegram app to be banned

Russia orders Telegram app to be banned

Russia has recently begun blocking Amazon and Google IPs en masse — 1.8 million, as of now. The Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media, otherwise known as Roskomnadzor, is the governmental body responsible for censorship in the media throughout Russia. On Friday, they began to block the Telegram app, a ruling […]

Technology Apr 18

‘Telegram’ app linked to failed jihadist plot against U.S. air base

‘Telegram’ app linked to failed jihadist plot against U.S. air base

A Russian man named Renad Bakiev was arrested by Turkish police after allegedly plotting to use a drone to attack an American military base, the Associated Press reports. Bakiev is accused by police of taking steps to procure a drone to be used to attack the Incirlik Air Base, a prominent base used by the […]

New Motorola Smartphone for the IDF

New Motorola Smartphone for the IDF

Yes you read it right. The Israeli Defense Forces have recently announced that they finished developing their first Smartphone which supports both 4G networks and the IDF closed network, which obviously means this Smartphone has encryption capabilities. Knowing the IDF from the inside, this is not the first device that resembles the IDF’s innovative attempt to […]

Senate To Americans: Your Digital Security is Not Our Problem

Senate To Americans: Your Digital Security is Not Our Problem

The Senate Intelligence Committee just released a draft of long-awaited legislation to tackle the problem authorities have with encrypted communications. Namely, because encryption is so secure, it interferes with court orders in the same way private property poses problems for police who just want to get things done. The Compliance with Court Orders Act of […]

Politics Apr 17

FBI director says government ‘purchased a tool’ to access San Bernardino gunman’s phone

FBI director says government ‘purchased a tool’ to access San Bernardino gunman’s phone

The head of the FBI said Wednesday that the government had “purchased a tool” enabling investigators to access an iPhone belonging to San Bernardino gunman Syed Farook. The disclosure by James Comey in a speech at Ohio’s Kenyon College was a departure from previous official statements, which had been vague in explaining the details of how […]

Feds concede: WhatsApp has unbreakable encryption

Feds concede: WhatsApp has unbreakable encryption

WhatsApp, the world’s most popular instant-message app with more than 1 billion users, is now fully encrypted on all platforms: Android, iPhone, Blackberry and others. That’s good news for users who care about security and privacy, including journalists and dissidents. At the same time, it represents the intensification of a trend toward ubiquitous encryption that […]

Security Apr 06

ISIS Has Built A Secure Messaging App

ISIS Has Built A Secure Messaging App

ISIS has a new Android app for exchanging secure messages, joining another app that distributes propaganda and recruiting material, according to a counterterrorism network called the Ghost Security Group. Last month, Ghost Security and others, observed ISIS members using private messages on the Telegram app and direct messages on Twitter to send followers to a site (since vanished) to download the Amaq […]

How Glen Greenwald Recontextualizes & Profits Off Snowden’s Leaked Documents

How Glen Greenwald Recontextualizes & Profits Off Snowden’s Leaked Documents

A little preface: To say I dislike Edward Snowden and Glen Greenwald is putting my feelings mildly. I think about the years leading up to this point and it draws out an ire that borders on fury. I was politely asked to write an article covering a facet of this, and I felt that I could […]

Military Nov 03

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