Showing posts with label Encryption. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Encryption. Show all posts

The End of Encryption? NSA & FBI Seek New Backdoors Against Advice from Leading Security Experts | July 8, 2015

Source: democracynow.org



FBI Director James Comey is set to testify against encryption before the Senate Intelligence Committee today, as the United States and Britain push for "exceptional access" to encrypted communications.

Encryption refers to the scrambling of communications so they cannot be read without the correct key or password. The FBI and GCHQ have said they need access to encrypted communications to track criminals and terrorists.

Fourteen of the world’s pre-eminent cryptographers, computer scientists and security specialists have issued a paper arguing there is no way to allow the government such access without endangering all confidential data, as well as the broader communications infrastructure. We speak with one of the authors of the paper, leading security technologist Bruce Schneier. -democracynow.org

An NSA Whistleblower's Guide to Encryption | July 6, 2015

Source: therealnews.com



Thomas Drake, a former senior executive at the NSA turned whistleblower, sat down with the Real News to talk about the USA Freedom Act as ersatz reform and how the public can take matters into their own hands by encrypting their phones and computers. -therealnews.com
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