- Interviews
- By Gabriela Vatu
- September 4th, 2014
Interview: Tutanota CEO on Security, Encryption and the NSA
Softpedia spoke to Matthias Pfau, co-founder/CEO of Tutanota
- Web resources
- By Gabriela Vatu
- September 4th, 2014
Encrypted Email Service Tutanota Invites Anyone to Check the Code for Backdoors, Bugs
Tutanota offers end-to-end encryption in an easy-to-use interface
- Online Surveillance
- By Gabriela Vatu
- September 3rd, 2014
NSA Bulk Phone Record Collection Program Goes Under Court Scrutiny
The judges are looking into why the NSA collects all data
- Online Surveillance
- By Gabriela Vatu
- September 2nd, 2014
New NSA Director Shakes Off Snowden Scandal, Says the Mission Is More Important
The NSA doesn't have any intention to change its practices
- Web / Internet Life
- By Gabriela Vatu
- September 2nd, 2014
Fake Cellphone Towers Acting as Interceptors Discovered Across the United States
These can listen in on conversations, snoop in on text, push spyware to phones
- Internet Life
- By Gabriela Vatu
- August 29th, 2014
Anonymous Organized Protests Against Mass Surveillance Outside GCHQ Building
Hundreds of people are expected to attend the four-day prosts
- Social Networking Related
- By Gabriela Vatu
- August 27th, 2014
Snowden Case: US Social Media Users Choose Not to Publicly Share Their Views on the Topic
There are many users who censor themselves on Facebook and Twitter
- Online Surveillance
- By Gabriela Vatu
- August 26th, 2014
In 2007, NSA Was Sharing over 850 Billion Metadata Records with Other Agencies
The number has probably skyrocketed since then, given the adoption rate of smartphones and it will continue to climb
- Online Surveillance
- By Gabriela Vatu
- August 23rd, 2014
Tor Exec Says They're Getting Bug Reports from NSA and GCHQ Agents
The code issues are too "subtle" to be from anyone else
- Online Surveillance
- By Gabriela Vatu
- August 13th, 2014
Snowden Says NSA Still Hasn't Figured Out What Files He Took, Although He Wanted Them To
Snowden says he didn't take 1.7 million documents
- Online Surveillance
- By Gabriela Vatu
- August 13th, 2014
Snowden Exposes MonsterMind, NSA Program Fighting Back Against Cyber Attacks Without Human Input
Snowden spoke about a previously undisclosed NSA tool
- Online Surveillance
- By Gabriela Vatu
- August 13th, 2014
Old NSA Program Collecting Internet Metadata Was Shut Down After Agency Overcollected Data
Even though this program was shut down, the NSA was later allowed to take on a similar one with the same capabilities
- Web Blog
- By Gabriela Vatu
- August 8th, 2014
Facebook Buys PrivateCore to Secure Its Servers
Facebook has made a pretty important acquisition for its future
- Online Surveillance
- By Gabriela Vatu
- August 6th, 2014
US Govt Tried to Change Historical Records from Case Against NSA
The EFF fought off the government's efforts and won
- Internet Life
- By Gabriela Vatu
- August 6th, 2014
Edward Snowden Is Not the Only Whistleblower, Officials Believe
A recent file The Intercept reported on couldn't have come from Snowden
- Online Surveillance
- By Gabriela Vatu
- August 6th, 2014
Department of Defense Denies NSA Received Tor User Data After Research on Vulnerabilities Reuters
The research only looked for vulnerabilities, not for users
- Online Surveillance
- By Gabriela Vatu
- August 4th, 2014
NSA Files Reveal US Has Become a Key Part of Israeli Attacks
Israel gets a lot of help from the US, including via NSA