Collaborate Disseminate
A new report by the Department of Justice’s Office of Inspector General found that the FBI could have done more before going to court and arguing it needed Apple’s help to unlock an alleged terrorist’s phone. Continue reading FBI Barely Tried to Hack San Bernardino iPhone Before Going To Court With Apple
Israel cast a wide net in Europe too, looking to purchase zero-days for its law enforcement and intelligence agencies. Continue reading Israeli Government Asked European Security Companies for Zero-Days in Unsolicited Emails
In a peek into the way governments may source hacking tools, Motherboard obtained a 2015 letter the Israeli Ministry of Defense sent to US-based exploit developers. Continue reading Here’s the Letter Israel Sent to Solicit Zero-Days From American Hackers
Inside the secretive industry that helps government hackers get around encryption. Continue reading How a Tiny Startup Became the Most Important Hacking Shop You’ve Never Heard Of
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., says it’s time to bring back the encryption legislation she wrote in 2016 that would effectively ban strong encryption as it exists today, Politico reports. Feinstein and Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., introduced the Compliance with Court Orders Act of 2016 early last year following the San Bernardino mass shooting. While the FBI butted heads with Apple over law enforcement’s inability to get into the phone of one of the shooters, Feinstein’s bill was met with great controversy but little legislative support. Never formally introduced, the bill eventually went away until this week following the FBI’s struggles to unlock an iPhone used by the gunman in Sunday’s mass shooting in Sutherland Springs, Texas. “I think we ought to move that bill,” Feinstein told Politico this week. Burr and Feinstein are the chairman and vice chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. Last year, Burr argued that current […]
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He also has almost no experience in the world of intelligence. Continue reading Trump’s CIA Director Pick Thinks Using Encryption ‘May Itself Be A Red Flag’
It’s privacy’s nightmare scenario, and rattled Americans are taking refuge in the popular encrypted messaging app. Continue reading Signal Downloads Spiked After Election Results
While the FBI and some governments are still fighting the Crypto Wars in courts and with laws, the spread of encryption appears unstoppable. Continue reading We’re Winning The Crypto Wars
Now that more and more data is encrypted, it will be harder and harder for governments to spy—unless internet companies help them. Continue reading Thanks To Encryption, Governments Need Companies Like Yahoo To Spy on Users
According to a senior attorney at the EFF, those who don’t know their history are already repeating it. Continue reading How the Government Is Waging Crypto War 2.0