Whistleblower: Surfer Has No Chance Against NSA

Internet users have no chance to defend themselves against surveillance by the NSA, says whistleblower Bill Binney, which 37 years worked for the US Secret Service. Binney already warned of Edward Snowden, in 2011, for the surveillance practices of the NSA.

As Snowden Binney left ultimately with the Secret Service. In his own words because he saw how technology was meant to spy on terrorists was used to monitor US citizens. Since then, he seeks to address the privacy violations by US intelligence and investigation services. This week he made ​​an "Ask Me Anything" on the social news site Reddit.

When asked what people can do to protect themselves on the Internet and anonymous are advising him to use smoke signals. "With a budget of more than $ 10 billion a year that the NSA, they have more resources to collect your data than you ever can defend against," said the whistleblower. He sees the solution whatsoever in legislation. Binney therefore calls Americans to call their local politicians and complain about this. "If you do nothing, we are the cigar!".

It does not because if users use closed or open source software. "No software is safe for surveillance," claims Binney. He also makes it clear that the NSA large amounts of data it gathers not know how to use successful. Analysts can not meet the continuous data stream and therefore miss important information. Still, the NSA continues with the mass data storage.According to Binney deliberately, as this provides more funding.

Whistleblower Site Cryptome Leaked IP Addresses Visitors

Whistleblower site Cryptome has accidentally leaked the IP addresses of visitors when co-founder John Young different USB sticks sent to a supporter. This was reported by The Daily Dot. The USB sticks were hundreds of logs from the statistics program AWStats.

Also, .htaccess files and a password file were on the sticks. Initially Young denied leaking the logs and suggested that the supporter had falsified the data. Then decided supporter Michael Best to publish the data. It turned out to be the IP logs from certain Cryptome pages that were visited in 2009 and 2010 for four months. Young also later known that the data of Best knocked.

Meanwhile, Best of the data removed. Cryptome was founded in 1996 and has since published numerous confidential documents. Last month, Young did not know yet that the PGP keys of both himself and the website had been compromised. Two years ago, both the website and the Twitter account of Young hacked and in 2012 knew attackers malware to be placed on the website.

Edward Snowden Opens Twitter Account And Follow NSA

Whistleblower Edward Snowden has opened a Twitter account that he is following one other Twitter account, namely that the US secret service NSA for which he worked. The first tweet Snowden "Can you hear me now" was about 94 000 times retweeted.

In the 16 hours since Snowden his accountsnowden opened he got 893 000 followers. It is a by Twitter verified account, there is no question of a hoax. In the first few tweets communicates Snowden especially with astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson. Recently published the whistleblower Star Talk, the radio show DeGrasse Tyson. Snowden is still in Russia, which granted him asylum in 2013, after he had fled from the United States with a large amount of confidential documents from the NSA.

PGP Keys Whistleblower Site Cryptome Compromised

The whistleblower site Cryptome who has been all kinds of sensitive documents and information publishes visitors has warned that PGP keys from both the website and founder John Young have been compromised. The PGP keys are used to communicate encrypted.

How the keys jya@pipeline.com and cryptome@earthlink.net could be compromised is not listed. Meanwhile, the corresponding keys are canceled and there are newly issued. It is not the first time that Cryptome to do with an attack gets.Two years ago, both the website and the Twitter account of Young hacked and in 2012 knew attackers malware to be placed on the website.

Criticism Of Assange And Appelbaum Because Sony-Mails

Both WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange as Tor developer Jacob Appelbaum said to be in favor of privacy and internet freedom, but this does not seem to hold true for the employees of Sony. WikiLeaks recently published an archive of e-mails and documents that were stolen by Sony.

Appelbaum, who in addition to his role as a developer of the Tor software also volunteered with WikiLeaks is involved , was recently interviewed by Fusion . There he lets first know that any form of surveillance is illegal. "Everyone has the right to privacy and should know that his emails are not read, even if the horrible people like the police in Ferguson."

For large enterprises has Appelbaum less understanding. He thinks it is right that WikiLeaks published the stolen Sony emails. As Appelbaum puts the Sony summit as "racist bastards" who have been "negligent". The statements of the Tor developer as the actions of Julian Assange to put the stolen Sony-mails online can count on criticism of the media. Both columnists Business Insider as The Guardian denounced the double standard that seem to handle the two privacy activists

WikiLeaks Publishes, Thousands Of Stolen Sony-Mails

Whistleblower site Wikileaks has once again thousands of e-mails late last year at Sony Pictures Entertainment were stolen published. The e-mails have been added to an online archive that WikiLeaks last month put online and that all 30,000 documents and more than 173,000 e-mails to and from more than 2,200 Sony email addresses contained. That made ​​the whistleblower site known via Twitter .

According to WikiLeaks, the stolen e-mails and documents newsworthy and the online archive offers a special glimpse into the workings of a large "mystery" multinational ties with both the White House and the US military-industrial complex would have. After the online publication of the " Sony Archive "Sony responded furiously condemning WikiLeaks.

WikiLeaks Weather Accepts Submissions Fom Whistleblowers

WikiLeaks yesterday evening put a new system online so that it can receive further submissions from whistleblowers. Through the system, which is still in beta and the Tor network uses, according to WikiLeaks people can upload files anonymously.

The announcement late WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange know there was going to be four possible solutions examined which whistleblowers can upload files. Previous solutions, however, would not provide sufficient protection against government surveillance. One of the problems with public systems, "bootstrapping" writes Assange, who still resides in the Embassy of Ecuador in London.

"The fact that a source for instructions see how they can upload material can be used as evidence against him as the SSL key is cracked. To avoid this we have complete instructions and keys placed on millions WikiLeaks pages," said Assange .Moreover, using the "submit" button for uploading files would hardly generate network traffic because the data are downloaded every time someone looks at a WikiLeaks page.

Sony Had Pirated Copies Of Books On Hacking Network

Sony is known for the battle that is against software piracy, but the company itself also appears to have clean hands. Last week leaked WikiLeaks documents 30,000 and 170,000 emails at Sony Pictures Entertainment were captured. Among the documents discovered security expert Jeffrey Carr a pirated copy of his book "Inside Cyber ​​Warfare", let him through Twitter know.

The Daily Dot also discovered a second pirated book, namely Hacking the Next Generation, which was a full version of the Sony servers. The presence is remarkable, since Sony in the stolen emails discusses all sorts of tactics to combat piracy and the arrest of the founder of a torrent site is The Pirate Bay described as a great victory.

Sony Condemns WikiLeaks Due To Publish Stolen Data

Sony Pictures Entertainment has lashed out at WikiLeaks for publishing 170,000 emails and 30,000 documents were stolen from the company. This week published the WikiLeaks "Sony Archive" because the stolen data according to the whistleblower site are newsworthy.

Sony is thinking differently. "Despite the so-called commitment to freedom of expression, WikiLeaks rewards the behavior of a totalitarian regime that dissidents want silence and entities as Sony tries to discourage those trade secrets, confidential information and intellectual property protection are subject to their rights exercise, " says Sony lawyer David Boies.

According Boies, most media organizations refused to help the attackers with their extortion and plan attacks on Sony's employees, resources and freedom of expression. "Unfortunately WikiLeaks has chosen to deliberately and indiscriminately to download the stolen data from Sony, copying, indexing and use and others to use and help the access to it," Boies writes in a comment.

Edward Snowden would like to return to the US

Whistleblower Edward Snowden would return to the United States wants when he gets a fair trial. That his Russian lawyer Anatoly Kucherena leave during a news conference today know as reports AFP. Snowden has since the summer of 2013 political asylum in Russia.

"With a group of lawyers from other countries, we are concerned with the question of his return to America," said Kucherena."Snowden is ready to return to the United States, provided that he gets a fair trial." According to the lawyer Snowden could so far only received the guarantee that he will not get the death penalty. Kucherena also reported that the whistleblower with his Russian residence permit may travel abroad. "But I suspect that if he left Russia, he will be taken to the US Embassy."

Edward Snowden Does Not Use iPhone Because Of Spyware

Edward Snowden used because there is no iPhone spyware would sit in, so has the whistleblower of the lawyer to the Russian news agency RIA Novosti announced. "Edward never used an iPhone, he has a simple phone. The iPhone has special software that can run itself without the owner having to do anything, and may collect information about him. Because security is why he refuses this phone," said Anatoly Kucherena.

The lawyer further added that the decision to use or not iPhone is a personal choice, but Snowden looked at it from a security standpoint. Additionally Kucherena noted that the whistleblower is satisfied with his life in Russia. Snowden has lived since August 1, 2013 in Russia. It is not the first time he warns of the risk of mobile phones. Last year showed Snowden still know that the NSA switched phones can remotely switch on and listen.