Two weeks ago, security researchers at Juniper Networks announced that they had found code, not their own, embedded into the operating system of their firewalls. This code had been in included in versions of the operating system dating back to 2012, and would allow a third party to access and decrypt secure communications that had…
FBI, NSA Generously Offer to Read all of Your Encrypted Communications Forever
Reader, you probably don’t know this, but you’ve probably agreed that it’s still totally OK for the government to listen in on your encrypted communications. Like many things involving the three-letter agencies, your agreement is secret, even to yourself, but still carries the force of law. Let’s back up a second — what’s happening? Basically,…
In Which I Share My Browser History To Save The NSA The Effort
Do you enjoy bulk surveillance? Great news! The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has reversed a ban on the NSA’s bulk data collection program, meaning that the three-letter-agency may continue to pursue its goal of knowing everything that anyone does. In honor of this ruling, I’m going to share some of…