NSA has direct access to tech giants' systems for user data, secret files reveal

Edward Snowden interviewed by Lawrence Lessig.

-- Tom

 

By Micah Lee

Ed Snowden Taught Me To Smuggle Secrets Past Incredible Danger. Now I Teach You. - The Intercept

 

I think that's the second time I've heard Snowden not really buy into the encrypted phone hype. He makes the point that it'll protect people from having their phone stolen, but he seems to doubt it'll protect much against three letter agency types. Vaguely claiming that he's a only aware of a handful of encrypted devices that couldn't be broken into... Is he talking about them waiting for an adversary to decrypt the device themselves and rushing in? Or planting a camera, or malware or something that would capture the moment something is decrypted? I mean, there's different ways to go about a thing, but I'm just wondering here.

Then also throws in the little "we hacked Chinese hackers" thing without really going into it.

Sorry I don't have timestamps, I watched this days ago, but I was wondering a bit about those claims.

EDIT

Ok, I'm assuming stuff like this then: https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/10/30/hacking-team/

 

From The U.S. Government Is Suddenly Way, Way More Interested In Tracking Snail Mail:

 

Feds identify suspected 'second leaker' for Snowden reporters

 

From Secret policy reveals GCHQ can get warrantless access to bulk NSA data:

 

Snowden: "I Did What I Did Because I Believe It Is the Right Thing to Do".

-- Tom

 

From WSJ: A Secret U.S. Spy Program Is Using Planes to Target Cell Phones:

 

Being tracked is OK, as long as you understand the situation, and can use it appropriately

 

That is a great interview! He's an utter patriot

 

This is amazing and what I've known to be true since I was ran through the school system myself:

 

Completely agree. This country has perverted the meaning of words like patriot (and several others that are being grossly overused). Regarding:

If things keep going the way they are, there won't be a revolutionary time. For most, reality TV is more important that reality.

When are people going to quit covering their eyes and see this "national state system" for what it is, a merger between government and big money corporations (aka Fascism) whose sole purpose is to strengthen and enrich themselves at everyone elses expense?

 

Google’s secret NSA alliance: The terrifying deals between Silicon Valley and the security state

Long article but really interesting.

http://www.salon.com/2014/11/16/goo...etween_silicon_valley_and_the_security_state/

 

I discovered this whilst reading about something else he worked on.

NSA data cryptographer & processing etc pioneer Dr. Howard Campaigne, interviewed by an NSA colleage in 1983. Classified Above Secret @ the time, released under a FOIA request since then. Some names & details still blanked out, but a Lot remains, including this gem !



-https://www.nsa.gov/public_info/_files/oral_history_interviews/nsa_oh_14_83_campaigne.pdf

 

U.S. Gov Insists It Doesn’t Stockpile Zero-Day Exploits to Hack Enemies

 

"The lady doth protest too much, methinks"

 

After NSA Chief lied to US Congress, and CIA spied on US Senate, and US Congress politicians say they do not know what NSA is doing, you can not believe anything US Gov say about cybersecurity. Even moreso if it is about weapons against US enemies.

Even so, most Americans probably do want US Gov to stockpile zero-day exploits to hack enemies, if only for using to hack foreign enemies. But it is problem that it is not guarantee that such like weapons only will be use against foreign enemies. History show that people in power will use their weapons against anyone they decide is a threat to their power.

 

Freedom Act to curb NSA surveillance dies in US Senate

 

By Glenn Greenwald, 19 Nov 2014
The Irrelevance of the U.S. Congress in Stopping NSA Mass Surveillance: What Matters Instead - The Intercept

 

The NSA's Efforts to Ban Cryptographic Research in the 1970s

 

AP Exclusive: Some in NSA warned of a backlash

-- Tom

 

In case that URL doesn't work, here's an alternate: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/acc5...0cc065/ap-exclusive-snowden-debate-inside-nsa.

 

From Why the Surveillance State Lives On:

 

The sheep are afraid, and easily distracted. But at least, we can be amused by the game

 

The Senate defeated an overhaul of the NSA. Here's what's next for surveillance reform.