The National Security Agency approved both Windows 10 and Surface devices to be operated with classified workloads under the Commercial Solutions for Classified Programs list, Microsoft announced. […]Defense & Intelligence NSA Feb 9, 2017 | 12:24 pm NSA Contractor Indicted in Theft of Classified...
The majority will be approved by Obama in his Friday speech, which is expected to focus primarily on the president’s proposals to increase transparency and privacy protections, though sources said the situation remains fluid and that some decisions have yet to be finalized. The Associated Pres...
Sensenbrenner on Wednesday said Snowden’s revelations showed that the government had “misapplied” the Patriot Act. Defenders of the NSA have said that the leaks exposed crucial national security programs, and allowed terrorists and enemies of the country to stay hidden from the United States. T...
Whereas in the past the NSA could instantaneously run approved searches of its database, now the agency must approach each telecommunications company to ask about a number and then wait for a response. In his January post Gerstell acknowledged concerns that the new approach could be "too ...
Next, is the opening of US mail and manipulation of it contents with potentially dangerous electronic devices (non-FCC or non-UL approved devices which could cause fires or jam civilian radio frequencies). Again, it would be prudent to have EFF or ACLU lawyers look into these legal aspects....
(and yes for my sins I’m a qualified fire safety officer). Save the traditional extinguishers for actuall fires and have the three types approved for electrical equipment handy. Oh a fire blanket and bucket of sand may be “old school” but are still handy if you know how to use them...
"clear national security or law enforcement” application. the white house's review of its policy over the use of zero-day vulnerabilities only began after the leak of documents by edward snowden outlining the nsa's surveillance programs. but alexander makes it clear in the wide-ranging ...
According to the Times, the Washington-based EPIC "said it was taking its case to the Supreme Court because it could not challenge the legality of the N.S.A. program at the secret court that approved it, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, known as the FISA court, and because low...
and 256 bits—it's incorporated in most commercial email programs and web browsers and is considered so strong that the nsa has even approved its use for top-secret us government communications. most experts say that a so-called brute-force computer attack on the algorithm—trying one combinatio...
So, quick summary: secret surveillance programs enacted in secret ostensibly to protect America from terrorism threats are now turning over data on American citizens to the FBI, fully unrelated to issues of national security. The rules governing all this are secret, decided by a secret court. ...