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Janus Kopfstein

articles/2014/07/20/snowden-tells-hackers-of-the-world-to-unite/140719-kopstein-hopex-tease_od06is
Dissent 2.0

Snowden: Hackers of the World, Unite

Snowden gives the hacker community its marching orders: Fight surveillance by making privacy tools for everyone.

Janus Kopfstein

articles/2014/07/03/use-or-look-at-online-privacy-tools-nsa-labels-you-an-extremist/140703-kopstein-nsa-tease_wex5r1
JUDGY

Want Privacy? NSA Says You’re Extremist

People with any interest in hiding their identity online are automatically labeled for closer inspection by Big Brother.

Janus Kopfstein

articles/2014/06/20/house-votes-to-defund-nsa-backdoor-searches/140620-nsa-kopstein-tease_rmsrnk
SLAMMED

‘Backdoor’ Closes on NSA

After the USA Freedom Act got watered down to allow NSA business as usual, there’s some progress in the fight against the organization.

Janus Kopfstein

articles/2014/06/06/how-an-fbi-informant-orchestrated-lulzsec-s-hacking-spree/140605-kopstein-hack-tease_ttcipt
Cybercrimes

Did the FBI Steer LulzSec Hacking Spree?

Newly revealed chat logs may corroborate an imprisoned hacker’s story: An informant facilitated Anonymous’ attacks on Stratfor and hundreds of foreign websites.

Janus Kopfstein

articles/2014/05/22/gutted-nsa-bill-passes-house-but-privacy-and-tech-groups-abandoned-ship/140522-kopstein-nsa-bill-tease_ywo8sd
Watered Down

The NSA Wins Again. You Lose

The USA Freedom Act, once lauded by privacy and technology groups, passed the House today in a watered-down form.

Janus Kopfstein

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articles/2014/05/16/the-nsa-can-collect-it-all-but-what-will-it-do-with-our-data-next/140515-kopstein-nsa-tease_ce2bob
Surveillance

NSA Can ‘Collect-it-All.’ But Then What?

It’s the chilling government mantra reported in Glenn Greenwald’s new book. Why the agency’s unholy fusion of Big Data and Big Brother should have Americans worried.

Janus Kopfstein

articles/2014/05/03/is-the-nsa-hiding-another-heartbleed/140502-kopstein-heartbleed-tease_hmihoe
Ticking Time Bomb

Is the NSA Hiding Another Heartbleed?

The news of the Heartbleed security hole—and the NSA’s rumored exploitation of the bug—rocked the world last month. What's next?

Janus Kopfstein

articles/2014/04/11/how-to-mitigate-the-damage-of-the-heartbleed-security-hole/140411-kopstein-heartbleed_zbievl
Red Alert

Fight Back Against Heartbleed

Think there’s nothing to do to protect yourself against the “catastrophic” security bug “Heartbleed”? There is. You might even come out of this with a better security regimen than you had before.

Janus Kopfstein

articles/2014/04/09/what-the-heartbleed-security-hole-means-for-you/140409-heartbleed-tease_upunih
Red Alert

The Bug That Broke the Web’s Heart

On Monday, security researchers revealed a “catastrophic” security bug nicknamed “Heartbleed.” And if you’ve ever shopped or done banking online, it likely affects you.

Janus Kopfstein

articles/2014/02/09/how-american-economic-sanctions-are-hurting-innocent-students-in-iran-cuba-sudan/140207-kopstein-sanctions-tease_zwcsut
HYPOCRITES

When American Sanctions Backfire

A popular U.S. provider of massive open online courses is being prevented from offering lessons to students in blacklisted countries. This will do more harm than good.

Janus Kopfstein

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