Security News

The Difficulty of Routing around Internet Surveillance States (Schneier on Security)
2016-07-07 11:47

Interesting research: "Characterizing and Avoiding Routing Detours Through Surveillance States," by Anne Edmundson, Roya Ensafi, Nick Feamster, and Jennifer Rexford. Abstract: An increasing number...

Changes to Rule 41 will increase law enforcement hacking, surveillance (Help Net Security)
2016-06-22 13:05

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), the Tor Project, and dozens of other organizations are calling on citizens and website operators to take action to block a new rule pushed by the U.S....

Dept. of Justice Makes Plea for Mass Surveillance, Hacking (Threatpost)
2016-06-21 16:00

The Department of Justice is countering a growing chorus of privacy advocates who are against a rule change that will greatly expand law enforcement’s ability to hack into computers located around...

Anti-Surveillance Measure Quashed: Orlando Massacre Cited as Reason (Threatpost)
2016-06-16 19:01

The House voted Thursday to block passage of an amendment aimed to reign in U.S. domestic mass surveillance by the NSA and protect strong encryption standards citing Sunday's Orlando tragedy.