Security News

US FISC approved all surveillance requests in 2015 (Help Net Security)
2016-05-02 19:51

The US Foreign Surveillance Intelligence Court (FISC) has approved every electronic surveillance request for foreign intelligence purposes it has received in 2015. As it turns out, such an...

Documenting the Chilling Effects of NSA Surveillance (Schneier on Security)
2016-04-29 11:28

In Data and Golliath, I talk about the self-censorship that comes along with broad surveillance. This interesting research documents this phenomenon in Wikipedia: "Chilling Effects: Online...

GCHQ Gets Involved in Mundane Surveillance Matters (Schneier on Security)
2016-04-19 18:39

GCHQ detected a potential pre-publication leak of a Harry Potter book, and alerted the publisher. Is this what British national intelligence is supposed to be doing?...