Privacy, Surveillance, & Security – Page 24

ACLU forces government to reveal skyrocketing surveillance stats | Ars Technica

Feds got more peoples’ phone call records in last 2 years than previous 10.

Source: ACLU forces government to reveal skyrocketing surveillance stats | Ars Technica

RE: New Justice Department Documents Show Huge Increase in Warrantless Electronic Surveillance | American Civil Liberties Union

The Dangerous, False Trade-Off Between Liberty and Security – The Atlantic

It’s commonplace to talk of striking the right balance between liberty and security. But that frame begs a tremendously important question. “Has there been a trade-off?”

In other words, there was no tradeoff between liberty and security. There was just a loss of liberty.

Source: The Dangerous, False Trade-Off Between Liberty and Security – The Atlantic

Why passwords have never been weaker—and crackers have never been stronger | Ars Technica

Thanks to real-world data, the keys to your digital kingdom are under assault.

Source: Why passwords have never been weaker—and crackers have never been stronger | Ars Technica

Cisco locks customers out of their own routers, only lets them back in if they agree to being spied upon and monetized / Boing Boing

Cisco locks customers out of their own routers, only lets them back in if they agree to being spied upon and monetized

Source: Cisco locks customers out of their own routers, only lets them back in if they agree to being spied upon and monetized / Boing Boing

Is it good for society (i.e. all consumers) to have individuals (corporate or otherwise) who repackage goods (things you can own) into services (ethereal and ephemeral) in order to acquire power through control of said services?

Malware: The number is no longer in service | The Economist

Computer worms are changing from an acute condition to a chronic disease

Source: Malware: The number is no longer in service | The Economist