Researchers have shown that it is possible to compromise the functioning of a cryptographic chip without changing its physical layout. Based on altering the distribution of dopants in a few... Read more
The National Security Agency programs revealed on Sept. 5 in three media reports were perhaps the most important revelations yet this summer, and have profound implications for everyone who... Read more
Surveillance is certainly much in the news lately. Most notably, of course, there is the continuing outcry over the National Security Agency’s call-tracking program, disclosed in the documen... Read more
In the ranks of technology incubator programs, there is AngelPad here in San Francisco and Y Combinator about 40 miles south in Mountain View. And then there is the Pentagon. In the last yea... Read more
Biometric Optical Surveillance System The federal government is making progress on developing a surveillance system that would pair computers with video cameras to scan crowds and automatica... Read more
The two companies essentially committed suicide. The shutdown of two small e-mail providers on Thursday illustrates why it is so hard for Internet companies to challenge secret government su... Read more
There’s nothing like attendance at the annual Black Hat and Def Con security/hacker conferences to hike your paranoia into the red zone and keep it there forever. You come away with the sens... Read more
How can we trust but verify? IN the wake of revelations about the National Security Agency’s surveillance programs, President Obama has acknowledged the imperative to balance privacy and sec... Read more
You may not be able to control the privacy of your electronic data. But keeping yourself off security cameras? There’s an app for that. Given the recent NSA revelations, there may not be any... Read more
A government that claims to protect its citizens by spying on them is a government that needs to be watched, monitored and held under strict surveillance by its own citizens. Ten years after... Read more