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Telegram secret chat geolocation leak
UPD: I've just received confirmation from Telegram, that a patched version was released a few hours ago. Here is the patch on github....
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Mozilla launches massive campaign on digital surveillance
Additional Perspectives from Mozilla: Mitchell Baker’s post, “Total Surveillance” Ben Adida’s post, “No User is an IslandR
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The Snowden Principle
At the heart of Edward Snowden's decision to expose the NSA's massive phone and Internet spying programs was a fundamental belief in the people's right-to-know. "My sole motive is to inform the public as to that which is done in their name and that which is done against them," he …
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How to add Two-Factor Authentication to your website with Google Authenticator
Add Two-Factor Authentication To Your Website with Google Authenticator and Twilio SMS
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AppleTV 6.0 requires Fairplay-DRM Airplay Sources
Visit the Rogue Amoeba blog to read more.
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Open Source Backdoor – Copyrighted Under GNU GPL
Malware code can be very small, and the impact can be very severe! In our daily tasks we find a lot of web-based malware that…
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TextSecure: Forward secrecy for asynchronous messages
Traditionally, asynchronous messaging systems such as email have relied on protocols like PGP or S/MIME for cryptographic security. These protocols work the way most people are familiar with: one who wishes to receive encrypted email advertises a public key, and those wishing to send encrypted e...
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Advanced cryptographic ratcheting
At Open Whisper Systems, we’ve been working on improving our encrypted asynchronous chat protocol for TextSecure. The TextSecure protocol was originally a derivative of OTR, with minor changes to accommodate it for transports with constraints like SMS or Push. Some of the recent changes we’ve ...
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Google CEO Eric Schmidt Dismisses the Importance of Privacy
Yesterday, the web was buzzing with commentary about Google CEO Eric Schmidt's dangerous, dismissive response to concerns about search engine users' privacy. When asked during an interview for CNBC's recent "Inside the Mind of Google" special about whether users should be sharing information with...
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Deterministic Builds Part One: Cyberwar and Global Compromise
I've spent the past few months developing a new build system for the 3.0 series of the Tor...