Gemalto hacking shows that NSA and GCHQ are not shy about targeting market leaders to weaken phone encryption security

February 27, 2015 Gemalto hacking shows that NSA and GCHQ are not shy about targeting market leaders to weaken phone encryption security https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/02/19/great-sim-heist/ http://www.gemalto.com/press/Pages/Gemalto-presents-the-findings-of-its-investigations-into-the-alleged-hacking-of-SIM-card-encryption-keys.aspx https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/02/25/gemalto-doesnt-know-doesnt-know/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/02/20/gemalto_sim_surveillance_fallout/ By: Edwin Mok On…

Department of Justice Warrant Requirement Proposed Amendment Concerning Electronic Surveillance in Anonymous Computer Sources Raises Serious Fourth Amendment Concerns

February 26th, 2015 Department of Justice Warrant Requirement Proposed Amendment Concerning Electronic Surveillance in Anonymous Computer Sources Raises Serious Fourth Amendment Concerns By: Breta Olsen http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2015/02/19/google_says_proposed_doj_rule_41_revision_is_monumental_fourth_amendment.html http://justsecurity.org/15018/justice-department-proposal-massive-expand-fbi-extraterritorial-surveillance/ https://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security/government-pursuit-less-secure-internet The DOJ…

U.S. v. Winn

February 26th, 2015 U.S. v. Winn By: Siyuan Wang https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.documentcloud.org/documents/1667465/sd-illinois-cellphone-20150209.pdf http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/02/23/court-invalidates-cell-phone-warrant-as-overbroad/ In this case, a man named Winn (the defendant) had been seen using his cell phone to photograph or…

Proposed Congressional Reform to Government Access to Emails

Panel 9 February 23rd, 2015 By: Alexia J Boyarsky Proposed Congressional Reform to Government Access to Emails http://thehill.com/policy/technology/230974-leahy-lee-ready-email-privacy-bill http://ivn.us/2015/02/16/240-u-s-reps-sign-bill-protecting-private-online-communications/ http://www.zdnet.com/article/ecpa-reform-will-kill-warrantless-email-searches/ New bi-partisan Congressional bill was introduced this week, resembling a…

Jewel v. NSA

Jewel v. National Security Agency: Mass Surveillance By: Nireeti Gupta Panel 9 Link 1: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/10/nsa-warrantless-searches_n_6656314.html Link 2: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/02/11/eff_loses_nsa_wiretap_appeal_again/ The case before the District Court of California, was filed in 2008…