“Recently, governments have shifted their talking points from claiming they only use mass…”

“Recently, governments have shifted their talking points from claiming they only use mass surveillance for “national security” purposes to the more nebulous “valid foreign intelligence purposes.” I suggest this committee consider that this rhetorical shift is a tacit acknowledgment by governments that they recognize they have crossed beyond the boundaries…

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Hacker Claiming He Can Exploit Windows Update

A hacker who stole SSL certificates from a Dutch-based certificate authority claims that he can distribute malware through Microsoft’s Windows Update. There’s a hacker out there somewhere claiming that he can issue fake updates to Windows-based desktops and laptops thanks to a set of stolen digital certificates. This means he…

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