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EMC's RSA Chief Calls Cybersecurity Experts to Action
The elephant? Allegation(s) that his company had provided an NSA designed “back door” in its BSafe software which made it easy for the agency to decrypt information that RSA’s encryption software was supposed to keep private.
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What the NSA Can Teach Us about Finding Documents: 6 Tips on Metadata
How come the NSA knows who I spoke to last Nov. 10 at 11 a.m. and for how long, yet I can’t find the phone number of a colleague I called last night? It’s simple -- metadata. Six months ago, metadata was a word relegated to technology specialists.
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Microsoft, Snapchat Downplay Cyberattacks
Two popular online services are off to a good start in 2014 — for hackers, anyway. One cyberattack involved Skype, the Internet calls service owned by Microsoft. The service's Twitter and Facebook accounts, along with the service's blog page, displayed messages Wednesday purporting to be from the Syrian Electronic Army.
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Tech, Social Media Companies Battle Government Spying
It’s the government against the people. Well, if you consider AOL, Facebook, Yahoo!, Apple, Google, LinkedIn, Microsoft and Twitter “the people.” Those technology and social media giants launched a campaign against the government this week that included a letter to President Obama and Congress lobbying for reform on citizen surveillance efforts.
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NSA Row Highlights Cloud Security Issues for Content Management + Collaboration
I have to admit, as an ex-Military communications specialist, when the whole “NSA is spying on us all” storm broke, I yawned, rolled over and went back to sleep while thinking “and …? They have been doing it for decades ....” My cynicism may or may not be misplaced.
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Windows 8 is a Security Risk, German Government Says
Microsoft has backdoor access to Windows 8 computers, and can make changes to them without user's knowledge, a leaked German government memo reportedly says, and that makes them unacceptable for use in German government activities Trusted Computing Protocol to Blame A security system known as Trusted Computing is what allows
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Secure Email Provider Linked to Edward Snowden Shuts Down
Edward Snowden, the former NSA contractor who leaked secret data on a series of widespread NSA domestic spying programs, has led authorities on a hunt for any and all of his communications online.
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NSA Internet Data Collection Goes Too Far, Public Says in Pew Survey
Internet data collection by the National Security Administration goes too far, a Pew survey found, and 56% of those surveyed said the federal courts fail to provide adequate limits on the program.
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How Worried Should You Be About the NSA's PRISM System Watching You?
To paraphrase The Police song (which is apparently the NSA's hold and dial-in teleconference music), "Every Key You Press, The Government is Watching You", as leaked documents show the NSA has full access to most social media and search sites.
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