That suggests anyone could set up similar hardware somewhere else in the world and likely obtain their own collection of sensitive information. After all, the researchers restricted their…
Read more Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military and Corporate DataThe spy agency that dared not speak its name is now the Joe Rogan of the SIGINT set. And the pod’s actually worth a listen. Steven Levy Source…
Read more The NSA Has a Podcast—Here’s How to Decode ItLast month, US president Joe Biden signed a surveillance bill enhancing the National Security Agency’s power to compel US businesses to wiretap communications going in and out of…
Read more Secrecy Concerns Mount Over Spy Powers Targeting US Data CentersHouse Intelligence Committee chair Mike Turner and ranking member Jim Himes blasted out invitations announcing a “bipartisan celebration” of the 702 program’s continuation last week. The event, which…
Read more Top FBI Official Urges Agents to Use Warrantless Wiretaps on US SoilThe ability of the United States to intercept and store Americans’ text messages, calls, and emails in pursuit of foreign intelligence was not only extended but enhanced over…
Read more The Next US President Will Have Troubling New Surveillance Powers“That’s not nice, and it’s not a good norm,” says Schneider. She says that much of the US government’s slow approach to cyberattacks stems from its care to…
Read more A Vigilante Hacker Took Down North Korea’s Internet. Now He’s Taking Off His MaskElectrical engineer Gilbert Herrera was appointed research director of the US National Security Agency in late 2021, just as an AI revolution was brewing inside the US tech…
Read more The NSA Warns That US Adversaries Free to Mine Private Data May Have an AI EdgeA bill introduced by senators Dick Durbin and Mike Lee to reauthorize the Section 702 surveillance program is the fifth introduced in the US Congress this winter. The…
Read more Sinking US Wiretap Program Offered One Last LifeboatA bipartisan collection of privacy-minded lawmakers today announced the introduction of a bill that would reform and restrain the authorities of federal agencies from snooping on American citizens…
Read more Lawmakers propose better privacy protections for Americans before reauthorizing federal snooping powers
