Stephen J. Arnold: NSA Drives Many to Private Search – Phi Beta Iota: Lacking Code Level Integrity, Privacy is Not an Option

Users Seek Private Search Options After NSA Revelations This is certainly no surprise. CSO reveals, “People Flock to Anonymizing Services After NSA Snooping Reports.” Writer Grant Gross highlights several anonymous search services that have seen usage soar since certain NSA practices have come to light. DuckDuckGo is on the list, as well as Tor and …

Rickard Falkvinge: NSA Asked GNU/Linux Founder to Subvert His Network with Covert Backdoors

NSA Asked Linus Torvalds To Install Backdoors Into GNU/Linux Posted: 17 Nov 2013 04:59 AM PST Infopolicy – Christian Engström:  The NSA has asked Linus Torvalds to inject covert backdoors into the free and open operating system GNU/Linux. This was revealed in this week’s hearing on mass surveillance in the European Parliament. Chalk another one …

Owl: Madsen on Low-Tech No-Cost Avoidance of NSA Surveillance in Africa

Madsen: Low-Tech and Cheap Solutions to Getting Around NSA Surveiling in Africa Madsen omits mention of it in this otherwise well-informed article, which provides a comprehensive summary/history of US signals intel activities in Africa, but at least in the past, Africans also communicated over long distances using coded drum beats. He is quite correct in …

Rickard Falkvinge: NSA on Merkle – Terrorist or Pedophile?

So Was Angela Merkel A Terrorist Or A Pedophile? Posted: 30 Oct 2013 04:10 AM PDT Civil Liberties:  The news that Angela Merkel’s phone has been wiretapped by the USA exposes the biggest wiretapping lie ever – that mass surveillance is targeted at catching terrorists and pedophiles. The German Chancellor is rightfully furious, and she …