Government Cyber Security and Surveillance

@BenedictEvans 8 years ago

RT @csoghoian: Clinton started using her email server a month after NSA refused her a secure Blackberry. http://bigstory.ap.org/260d4ff55af34d969a2e27ae8d8f1c7b https://t.co/Tw5TDAZS4L

@BenedictEvans 8 years ago

RT @mims: Gates did not back FBI against Apple but good job aggregating that misinformation, everyone http://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2016-02-23/gates-disputes-report-that-he-backs-fbi-in-apple-dispute

@BenedictEvans 8 years ago

Apple v FBI shows the weakness of shrugging and saying ‘it’s just maths’. Theoretically yes, but in practice not

@BenedictEvans 8 years ago

RT @DJBentley: Apple presents a very clear FAQ regarding the FBI's order. http://www.apple.com/customer-letter/answers/

@BenedictEvans 8 years ago

RT @mlevchin: FBI Director Comey goes on the record about FBI’s intent re Apple. https://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/fbi-director-comments-on-san-bernardino-matter

@BenedictEvans 8 years ago

RT @charlesarthur: Alternative: Apple stops NSA, China, crooks meddling with TouchID during repair. https://twitter.com/geoffreyfowler/status/695656373225324544

@BenedictEvans 8 years ago

Wondering how many of Hilary's emails were stolen from the NSA by Snowden after it stole then from the Russians who stolen them from Hilary

@BenedictEvans 8 years ago

(Saw this with Snowden NSA disclosure too: some people said 'terrible!', many others said 'isn't that what we pay them for?')

@BenedictEvans 8 years ago

At this stage it looks like the fastest way to apply modern tech to US government data is for the NSA to steal it back from the Chinese

@BenedictEvans 8 years ago

"There are 3 existential threats to my business: meteors, nuclear weapons and cyber security" https://itun.es/us/xsgpY.c?i=341490487 http://t.co/0Wt3tNHvwr

@BenedictEvans 9 years ago

'Security experts spend the whole of 2014 complaining about how much the NSA knows, then refuse to believe it knows anything about N Korea'

@BenedictEvans 9 years ago

RT @mims: New head of NSA says Islamic State is using Snowden leaks to shut out US spies http://news.yahoo.com/new-nsa-director-rips-critics--calls-for-a--less-simplistic--national-conversation-about-surveillance-005140623.html?soc_src=mediacontentstory&soc_trk=tw http://t.co/ARxF6BkO9p

@BenedictEvans 9 years ago

RT @hblodget: FORMER NSA OFFICIAL: Here are 4 things that Snowden got totally wrong http://www.businessinsider.com/expert-here-are-4-things-edward-snowden-gets-wildly-wrong-about-the-nsa-2014-10

@BenedictEvans 9 years ago

RT @cherian_abraham: A well articulated post on how Apple's OnChip ID can be compromised. http://siliconexposed.blogspot.com/2014/10/why-apples-iphone-encryption-wont-stop.html TLDR: NSA can. But significantly harder to scale

@BenedictEvans 9 years ago

RT @hblodget: NSA metadata being used to hunt Foley’s killer — Hope Snowden’s “patriotism" didn’t tip ISIS off http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-08-21/social-media-linguistics-scoured-to-find-foley-s-killer.html

@BenedictEvans 9 years ago

RT @gregpmiller: NSA's Ledget: When people say Snowden caused no damage "they are categorically wrong and we hope not catastrophically wrong" #AspenSecurity

@BenedictEvans 9 years ago

The NSA cites terrorism as a justification for internet surveillance. But to many that sounds like a new 'reds under the bed' - a joke