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Short Bytes: NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden is known to be a long-time advocate of free and open source software. Speaking at an event via video conferencing, he said that transparency of free software convinced him to use TOR, Tails, and Debian, that helped him to expose the secrets of American government. At the Free Software […]
Presently, there is a worldwide shortage of skilled hackers and salaries are rising rapidly. This is a great time to pursue a career in hacking—and this is a good time to discuss how to become a hacker. Education vs. Experience There are many paths to entering this profession. Unlike, say medicine, where there is a […]
Image: fossBytes Short Bytes: A Tails live-USB is like a security-focused computer in a tiny box. Edward Snowden used the same OS for keeping his communications out of the prying eyes of NSA. The development team behind this security-focused OS has just announced the release of Tails 1.8 with new features. While talking about a […]
Short Bytes: The NSA will end its bulk phone spying program by 11:59 p.m. EST Saturday (4:59 a.m. GMT Sunday). This step is being taken as back in June Congress passed the USA Freedom Act and banned the controversial metadata collection. Thanks to the leaks by Edward Snowden and constant demands being made by the activists, the […]
Short Bytes: Tweeting your personal information on Twitter could result in an unwanted subscription of a torrent of cat facts, thanks to a coder who wants to teach you the basics of internet security. To lift this cat fact curse, there’s a single demand – Tweet “Meow, I <3 catfacts” at Edward Snowden. Posting your […]
Short Bytes: After CIA and other intelligence agencies blamed encryption and Snowden for the Paris attacks, the more details after the police investigation are painting a different story. The majority of the communications between the Paris attackers was done using encrypted SMS, the local French media suggests. In a surprising turn of events, the intelligence officials […]
Short Bytes: The security agencies have accused the NSA whistle blower Edward Snowden for the terrorist happenings in the city of Paris. CIA Director John Brennan and ex-CIA director James Woosley, blamed the failure on “a number of unauthorized disclosures” and the attacks on Edward Snowden. The dust from the bomb attacking in the city […]
Since joining Twitter, Edward Snowden is more active than ever. In his latest revelation, the whistleblower has claimed that the British intelligence agency (GCHQ) obtained a massive amount of communication data that was travelling through Pakistan in its search for terrorists. This identification spree from the Britain involved hacking into routers of users back in Pakistan, […]
Former NSA spy Edward Snowden may have exposed the government’s surveillance program around the world, but it didn’t change the way security agencies spy on its citizens. A group of activists from Intelexit decided to protest against the National Security Agency office at the Dagger Complex (a U.S. military installation) in the south of Frankfurt, Germany by sending […]
Short Bytes: In a recent interview, Edward Snowden has said that spy agencies have lots of tools that could be used to hack your entire smartphone with a single “exploit” text message. You are not safe. The security agencies spread all across the world have a wide range of tools that could be used to […]
Short Bytes: Former NSA contractor and a newbie to Twitter, Edward Snowden, forgot to turn off the email notifications on Twitter and got bombarded with 47GB of notifications. Did you recently follow one of the world’s most wanted men on Twitter? Yes, I’m talking about Mr. Edward Snowden, who joined the microblogging site earlier this […]
The NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has finally joined Twitter and within a few hours he has earned a verified badge along with more than 930k followers. Yes, the man who changed the way people used to think about Internet privacy is available for interaction on Twitter and you can follow Snowden at @Snowden. In the About […]
Fugitive US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden has opened an account on the social network website Twitter. His opening tweet was: “Can you hear me now?” In his profile, Mr Snowden says he “used to work for the government. Now I work for the public”. He quickly gathered thousands of followers. So far, Mr Snowden, who […]
Edward Snowden claims that if the technology keeps on becoming sophisticated and flawless then we may never be able to locate aliens and they won’t be able to notice us as well. In a candid chit-chat session with Neil deGrasse Tyson on Friday, September 18, famous NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden spoke in defense of the […]
A radome at RAF Menwith Hill, a site with satellite uplink capabilities believed to be used by ECHELON (Wikipedia) Short Bytes : According to the latest Snowden revelations and a report from The Intercept, NSA/GCHQ’s top secret surveillance program Project Echelon has been spying on the US allies, enemies, and its citizens for last 50 […]
(Credit: Reuters/Bobby Yip) Short Bytes : The White House has rejected a petition with more than 167,000 signatures to pardon whistleblower Edward Snowden. In an official statement, it was said that Snowden should come back to the U.S. to face consequences of his actions. Rejecting the pardon request, the U.S. government has called actions “dangerous.” […]
When someone like Edward Snowden, tells you how to make an internet focused on privacy and user welfare, you listen, and you listen attentively. This former CIA employee and NSA contractor is known for his whistleblowing works and defacing the USA government. After that, from time to time, he has shared his views on issues […]
A new assortment of documents have been released by WikiLeaks revealing National Security Agency has been spying on its German associates who are solely responsible for economics, commerce, finance and agriculture sector of the country. The documents, named as “The Euro Intercepts”, comprises of a list of phone numbers of German public officials and ministers who […]
Microsoft, just like all other software companies, constantly asks its customers to update their applications on their computers to remain fully secure from hackers who could exploit old vulnerabilities. However, in the rush to convince its customers for doing so, Microsoft forgot to update its own servers. Reportedly, the website that was developed for helping […]
The Amnesty International (United Kingdom) launched an online petition in support of ex-NSA spy and now a whistleblower Mr. Edward Snowden, urging people from around the world to help the organization reach 20,000 signatures. The Justice For Edward Snowden petition asks US President Barack Obama not to punish Snowden for exposing human rights abuses conducted […]
The 45-year old entertainer Vince Vaughn says that Snowden is a “hero” and guns should be allowed in public places and schools. According to famous actor Vince Vaughn, “Edward Snowden is a hero.” Vaughn believes that the ex-NSA contractor and government whistleblower “gave information to American people.” While giving an interview to the British magazine […]