Liberty and safety are not in equipoise. There is nothing new in the realization that the Constitution sometimes insulates the criminality of a few in order to protect the privacy of us all.” -Justice Antonin Scalia (1936-2016). After the San Bernardino massacre on Dec. 2, 2015, the FBI lawfully acquired the cellphone of one of the killers and ... MORE
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Showing posts with label security. Show all posts
The FBI's Big Farce To Get Inside Your Phone
by Joshua Kopstein. “The most important tech case in a decade.” Earlier this week, the U.S. government dropped a bombshell in its ongoing crusade against strong encryption: A court order demanding that Apple help the Federal Bureau of Investigation bypass the security features of an iPhone recovered from Syed Rizwan Farook, who, along with his ... MORE
The Apple-FBI Fight Isn’t About Privacy Vs. Security
by Brian Barrett. Do not be misled. Throughout the ongoing fight between Apple and the FBI over custom access to an iPhone used by one of the two terrorists who killed 14 people in San Bernardino, the government has framed the argument as a simple trade-off: You must surrender a little privacy if you want more security. The scales don't balance quite ... MORE
The Age Of Authoritarianism -- Government Of The Politicians, By The Military, For The Corporations
by John W. Whitehead. America is at a crossroads. History may show that from this point forward, we will have left behind any semblance of constitutional government and entered into a militaristic state where all citizens are suspects and security trumps freedom. Certainly, this is a time when government officials operate off their own inscrutable, ... MORE
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Anybody Believe The FBI Isn’t Out To Defeat Encryption?
by Scott Shackford. FBI Director James Comey starts his defense
of their effort to force Apple to help them break into the iPhone of
San Bernardino terrorist and killer Syed Farook with a sentence that is
that is extremely hard to take seriously: "The San Bernardino litigation
isn't about trying to set a precedent or send any kind of message." ... MORE
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Donald Trump,
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FBI,
force,
government,
privacy,
security,
smart phones
Rand Paul Weighs In On The Apple-FBI Dispute
by Elias J. Atienza. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) told
CN2 that Apple shouldn’t be compelled to hack the encrypted iPhone of
San Bernadino shooter, Syed Farook. Apple has strongly opposed a court
ordered request by the FBI to open the phone, citing that it could
create a backdoor and weaken the security and privacy of users. “What’s extraordinary ... MORE
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At Least 1,730 Clinton Emails Contain Classified Material
by Anita Kumar. The campaign is gaining steam. At least 1,730 emails that Hillary Clinton sent or received
contained classified material, according to the State Department’s
latest update from its ongoing review of more than 30,000 emails. The State Department released a new batch of 1,116 pages of Clinton’s emails
Friday evening in response ... MORE
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John McAfee: I'll Decrypt San Bernardino iPhone For Free So That Apple Won't Need To Give Gov't Back Door Access
But gov't wants the keys to ALL phones. Using an obscure law, written in 1789 — the All Writs Act — the US
government has ordered Apple to place a back door into its iOS software
so the FBI can decrypt information on an iPhone used by one of the San
Bernardino shooters. It has finally come to this. After years of arguments by virtually ... MORE
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encryption,
FBI,
government,
security,
self-interest,
smart phones,
technology,
terrorism
Jackie Mason Says That If Michael Bloomberg Is Serious About Gun Control, He Should Disarm His 12 Bodyguards
by Awr Hawkins. Comic Jackie Mason says that if Michael Bloomberg is serious about gun control, he should disarm the 12 bodyguards who hedge in his every move. Otherwise, Bloomberg is just a hypocrite benefiting from the safety of a wall of guns, while calling for Americans to forfeit the safety that guns could bring to them and their ... MORE
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gun control,
gun rights,
hypocrisy,
politicians,
protection,
security,
self-defense,
self-interest
Obama May Be Ensnared In The Clinton Email Scandal
by Jonathan F. Keller. Perhaps President Obama’s involvement is the reason that the FBI has not yet referred charges to the Justice Department in the Hillary Clinton email case. It may be metastasizing so quickly and so dangerously that not only are agents and lawyers within the agency having trouble keeping up with new evidence of wrongdoing, but that ... MORE
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Obama,
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security
Andrew Napolitano: Sources, Methods And Lives
What classified info did Hillary compromise? This has not been a good week for Hillary Clinton. She prevailed over Sen. Bernie Sanders in the Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses by less than four tenths of one percent of all votes cast, after having led him in polls in Iowa at one time by 40 percentage points. In her statement to supporters, ... MORE
Walter E Williams: Isn't It Strange
More inconvenient truths. There is a letter titled "Isn't It Strange?" making the rounds in email boxes. It asks questions to which our fellow Americans should know the answers, save for those caught up in modernity. It starts off asking, "Isn't it strange that after a bombing, everyone blames the bomber, his upbringing, his environment, ... MORE
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deception,
dishonesty,
government,
gun control,
individual liberty,
NRA,
propaganda,
security
How To Anonymize Everything You Do Online
by Andy Greenberg. One year after the first revelations of Edward Snowden, cryptography has shifted from an obscure branch of computer science to an almost mainstream notion: It’s possible, user privacy groups and a growing industry of crypto-focused companies tell us, to encrypt everything from emails to IMs to a gif of a motorcycle jumping ... MORE
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consumer,
e-mail,
encryption,
privacy,
protection,
secrecy,
security,
self-interest
Andrew Napolitano: Hillary Clinton's Nightmare
What if the FBI cannot be handled? Hillary Clinton's nightmare is not the sudden resurgence of Bernie Sanders. It is the fidelity to the rule of law of the FBI. The recent revelations of the receipt by Clinton of a Special Access Program email, as well as cut and pasted summaries of state secrets on her server and on her BlackBerry nearly ... MORE
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e-mail,
FBI,
government,
Hillary Clinton,
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secrecy,
security
The Shoes Are Raining Down In Hillary’s E-Mail Mess
by NY Post Editorial Board. It’s easy to see why some feel numbed by the Hillary Clinton e-mail scandal. Damning new “shoes” are dropping . . . well, fast and furious, to cite yet another administration outrage (see below). Fox News, which last week disclosed that messages on Clinton’s private server went beyond even Top Secret classification, ... MORE
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e-mail,
FBI,
government,
Hillary Clinton,
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security
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