Privacy Tools: Encrypt What You Can

Staff / Truthdig May 7, 2014 Ever since Edward Snowden revealed the inner secrets of the NSA, he has been urging Americans to use encryption to protect themselves from rampant spying. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Apple Removed Encryption Protection for Email Attachments, Researcher Says

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig May 3, 2014 The tech giant withheld safeguards from parties seeking access to users' email attachments in the latest versions of its operating system for the iPad and iPhone, contrary to claims made on its website, an independent security research firm based in Germany reports. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Google’s Apparently Trying to Make Encrypted Email Easier

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Twitter Stopped Encryption Project: Report

Staff / Truthdig Mar 19, 2014 Twitter has stopped a project that would have encrypted direct messages between users, according to anonymous sources speaking to The Verge. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Edward Snowden Says He Would ‘Absolutely’ Do It Again

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Mar 11, 2014 The NSA whistle-blower told an audience at the SXSW festival/conference via video chat, "Would I do it again? Absolutely yes." He added: "I took an oath to defend the Constitution, and I felt the Constitution was being violated on a massive scale." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

NSA Dreams of a ‘Cryptologically Useful Quantum Computer’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 4, 2014 The National Security Agency is reportedly building a "quantum computer" capable of breaking all forms of encryption used to protect global banking, business, medical and government records. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

NSA Paid Security Firm $10 Million to Distribute Bad Encryption

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Dec 21, 2013 A new Reuters report explains how the National Security Agency was able to get its backdoor encryption onto so many machines. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Presidential Panel to NSA: Stop Undermining Encryption

Staff / Truthdig Dec 19, 2013 The National Security Agency should not undermine encryption standards that are designed to protect the privacy of communications, the panel of experts appointed by President Obama to review NSA surveillance recommended in a report released Wednesday. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Twitter Toughens Encryption in Cat and Mouse Game With NSA

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Nov 23, 2013 The microblogging site has added a tougher encryption protocol previously implemented by Google and Facebook to help combat NSA spying. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Truthdiggers of the Week: Editors and Reporters of The Guardian

BLANK Oct 13, 2013 In an age of unprecedented antagonism toward the press, one newspaper headquartered in the heart of a former empire is making a spirited thrashing of the image and ambitions of some of the world's proudest elites.One newspaper headquartered in the heart of a former empire is making a spirited thrashing of the image and ambitions of some of the world's proudest elites. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Intellectuals as Subjects and Objects of Violence

By Henry A. Giroux, Truthout Sep 13, 2013 Intellectuals are out of place in a society that values only ideas that serve the interests of the market and the powerful and rich. Their chief alleged wrongdoing today is that they have revealed the illegalities, military abuses, sordid diplomacy and crimes committed by the United States government in the name of security. Dig deeper ( 21 Min. Read )

‘Surveillance State’ Legislation Would Bar Some NSA Decryption

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Sep 7, 2013 Disclosures about the NSA's secret campaign to undermine online privacy protections have prompted Rep. Rush D. Holt Jr., D-N.J., to propose legislation that would prohibit the agency from installing "backdoors" into encryption intended to protect email, online transactions and other communications. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )