NSA and British intel had interest in decryption

More documents about the NSA revealed that they may have had interest in breaking encryption to gain access to information from the Internet, such as e-mails, medical records and banking info.

GCHQ (British intelligence) also may had interest in decrypting info on the web as well.

Many people use encryption to protect information for a good reason: privacy. Also this is done to deter cyber-criminals who may use sensitive info for their own purposes.

So this may prove that even with encryption, there's not much escape from the NSA, providing they have the effective back-door means to access such encrypted info.

TheGuardian - Revealed: how US and UK spy agencies defeat internet privacy and security

People protesting NSA surveillance programs in Washington DC

Thanks to the Associated Press for covering this, now people in Washington are protesting the NSA surveillance programs, the collection of data from cell phones and the Internet.

Obama to support Internet wiretapping program

RT America video on FBI's latest attempt to monitor Internet users on chats, emails and more.

US entertainment industry calls for use of rootkits against Internet pirates

So, if going after Internet piracy with DMCA takedowns and ISP throttling of Net connections aren’t enough, the music and movie industries in the US are looking to take their Internet piracy fight to the next level with legalizing the use of malware, such as spyware and rootkits, to go up against Internet pirates on the web.

One of many measures looked at, is the ability to lock your PC with a notice saying for example, that you broke a law and need to pay a fine (known as ransomware).

Such as measure like this takes the fight directly to the user.

Source: Boing Boing

Boston marathon bomber left behind digital trail

Russia Today America video on one of the Boston bombers that left behind a digital past on YouTube, Twitter and other social media sites that may reveal more about both of the suspects.

How Twitter can get you fired

Russia Today video on how social media sites like Twitter can get people fired from their jobs.

Even digital dirt (info out there about you on the web) may be enough to raise an eyebrow or two from employers, because most of them keep tabs on you on the web, and so will job recruiters.

It serves as a reminder to keep your private stuff private and be mindful on what info you put out on the web.

New Apple security measure creates a flaw or two

After Apple's recent security breach, the company has rolled out two-step verification for its Apple accounts, to send a code to their devices. Before then, all it takes for you to authenticate yourself is your email address and date of birth to recover your password.

Apple fixed the issue, but are they any more flaws left behind?