Who Watches the Watchmen?

http://t.co/m7fmrwk6uw John Oliver interviews Edward Snowden to explain the methods and consequences of NSA domestic surveillance #RHEADD

— Erin Bleiweiss (@ErinDoesHW) April 15, 2015

We need to educate our people about Internet surveillance in order to start combating it. http://t.co/DC4e585571 #RHEADD

— Michell Nguyen (@nguyen_michell) April 15, 2015

The NSA selects students at five colleges to go through training programs to become cyber spies http://t.co/pwml2fgoIY #RHEADD

— Molly Goldman (@MollyGoldman1) April 13, 2015

https://t.co/WFyN0wU1Gi #rheadd this Ted Talk explains and provides proof for government hacking in the U.S. And abroad

— remy nicole fine (@remyfine) April 15, 2015

http://t.co/75b5yxZweZ Will moving everything to the cloud prevent the next snowden-like attack? #RHEADD

— Charlie Midlo (@Clmidlo23) April 15, 2015

http://t.co/fgj9DBBJQG EFF challenges NSA about internet surveillance and questions if it violates 4th ammendment rights #RHEADD

— Michelle Wolff (@MichelleWolff4) April 14, 2015

We cannot let the government cross the very thin line between citizen's freedom and internet surveillance. #RHEADD http://t.co/cRJElqudcz

— Jenna Meltzer (@jmeltzer95) April 14, 2015

Most Americans disapprove of widespread internet surveillance, unless they deem a target suspicion http://t.co/hrZGmnygH7 #RHEADD

— Megan Orgel (@megan_orgel) April 14, 2015

http://t.co/fv9y4KtH9n Vodafone reveals that authorities directly access operator's network without permission #RHEADD

— Amanda Ostrove (@amandaostrove1) April 14, 2015

"…LinkedIn hacked into their external e-mail accounts and captured contact lists from those accounts." #RHEADD http://t.co/M01FVTxJzf

— Josh Gordon (@jrgordo5) April 15, 2015

http://t.co/XNSXt9yfBf Wikipedia sues NSA over online data gathering system Upstream aimed at companies and Americans alike #RHEADD

— Stephanie E LaMotta (@longhornSL) April 14, 2015

http://t.co/ubIUh30QGc, Lenovo pre-install spyware on their comp. Tracks user to target ads, also makes it easy for malware atck. #RHEADD

— Duy H (@rhetoricalDs) April 15, 2015

The death of privacy when the internet is in everything http://t.co/LC2HObfKq6 #RHEADD

— Huy H. (@tweedlehuy15) April 15, 2015

http://t.co/Z5Fu6qMsDe #RHEADD NSA's much scarier and intrusive than initially thought. They want more access to your privacy. @RHE309

— Christopher Lampkin (@sealampkin) April 15, 2015

June 1st & why it matters #RHEADD http://t.co/Ti7vviCEnG

— †Cami (@xcamiicat) April 15, 2015

http://t.co/Vm6iHJ7pRE It's about how everyone's data on the internet is passed around by corporations and surveilled by the govt. #RHEADD

— Raul Larios (@Raul_Larios25) April 15, 2015

http://t.co/uMBw9WPNqd To get rid of Internet surveillance completely and have a new program? Large companies hate the spying #RHEADD

— Haley Greenberg (@hmgreenberg) April 15, 2015

http://t.co/1KRsNR4aYF Internet users take out frustration of Gov Internet surveillance through humorous tweets #RHEADD

— Celest (@celestbejil95) April 15, 2015

Who’s Watching the Watchmen?

• Who’s Watching You Online? FCC Pushes ‘Do Not Track’ Plan
• Americans Relatively Sanguine About Online Privacy, Study Says
• Americans Say They Want Privacy, but Act as if They Don’t
• U.S. Privacy Panel Backs N.S.A.’s Internet Tapping
• Privacy Is Completely And Utterly Dead, And We Killed It
• Free apps used to spy on millions of phones
• Facebook’s Zuckerberg Complains to Obama Over Government Spying
• Facebook Generation Rekindles Expectation of Privacy Online
• Pentagon aims to stop next Edward Snowden
• Once more unto the breaches
• James Comey, F.B.I. Director, Hints at Action as Cellphone Data Is Locked
• Online privacy fears are real
• Social media research raises privacy and ethics issues
• Open letter to John Warner concerning Total Information Awareness

Facebook and Voting

For the study, news articles that Facebook users’ friends had posted appeared higher in their feeds — the stream of status updates, photos and articles that show up when you first sign on to the site. The researchers wanted to see whether increasing your exposure to news stories shared by friends before an election would convince you to vote.

“Facebook conducted another secret experiment on users”

Executive Order 12333

Even after all the reforms President Obama has announced, some intelligence practices remain so secret, even from members of Congress, that there is no opportunity for our democracy to change them.

Washington Post: “Meet Executive Order 12333: The Reagan rule that lets the NSA spy on Americans”

NSA Campus in Fort Meade

The Visual Microphone

If someone from the NSA offers you a bag of Doritos, just say no.

Actually, don’t say anything at all…

This permission allows the app

 

• Allows the app to call phone numbers without your intervention. This may result in unexpected charges or calls. Malicious apps may cost you money by making calls without your confirmation.

• Allows the app to record audio with microphone. This permission allows the app to record audio at any time without your confirmation.

• Allows the app to take pictures and videos with the camera. This permission allows the app to use the camera at any time without your confirmation.

A few of the permissions in the T&C for Facebook’s Messenger app.

via HuffPo

 

 

Typewriters

“German politicians are considering a return to using manual typewriters for sensitive documents in the wake of the US [digital] surveillance scandal.”— The Guardian

From “The Shining” (1980)