Laughable. That’s the single word that came to my mind as I read an article in the Atlantic titled “Google, Apple, and Microsoft Agree: NSA Spying Undermines Freedom”. Now, from their title, it sounds as if these companies were standing up for you, the user of their products and services. What actually transpired though, was…...
Imagine a world where millions of people put their entire lives onto a hand held electronic device. A device that was constantly connected to a vast global computer network infested with government agents and other criminals, doing absolutely nothing to protect their data. It shouldn’t be too hard to imagine, because you live in that…...
Across the globe, over 2 billion people are sending over 144 billion emails a day, and nearly every single one of those messages can easily be intercepted by someone other than the recipient. Even without the NSA spying on us, the insecurity of the protocol that makes up for so much human communication today, should…...
The good news is, you know how to hide on the internet. The bad news is, you’re going to fuck this up at some point, and the NSA is definitely going to break into your house and take your computer, just like they did to Dread Pirate Roberts. So it’s very important that your files…...
The Silk Road, an underground website accessible only through the Tor anonymizing network, and notorious for being a marketplace for illegal drugs, has been replaced with a message from the FBI. The alleged owner of the site, Ross Ulbricht aka Dread Pirate Roberts has been taken into custody on charges of narcotics trafficking conspiracy, computer hacking conspiracy, and money…...