A tool made for tracking criminals and terrorists has potentially been used against politicians, dissidents and journalists. Here’s how the spyware works.
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Researchers tried several times to have the document declassified, including in 1992, 2004 and 2016. It was initially written to help American NSA agents crack difficult coded messages.
Warnings about major disease outbreaks are supposed to come from national and international medical intelligence and surveillance agencies that most Americans have never heard of.
In many instances, whistleblowers find the abusive power they have revealed turned against them, both ending their careers and harming their personal lives.
The US government wants to seize all the proceeds from Snowden’s new memoir.
Ransomware has crippled governments and companies around the world, encrypting data and demanding payment for the decryption key – though that’s no guarantee of recovering the information.
The FBI and police officials say they need to decrypt secure communications to fight crime. But they have other options, and modern threats make clear the importance of strong encryption.
What’s the best way for spy agencies to protect the public: secretly exploit software flaws to gather intelligence, or warn the world and avert malicious cyberattacks?
A professor who once held top secret clearance explains how levels of classification work and where handling sensitive information gets tricky.
Whispering secrets is a sign of a lack of trust.
The technical consensus is clear: Adding ‘backdoors’ to encryption algorithms weakens everyone’s security. So what are the police and intelligence agencies to do?
The latest release from WikiLeaks, of information about CIA hacking efforts, is yet another reminder of how Americans and our government must better protect our secret information.
Government agencies and contractors are now less trusting of their workers, and keeping a much closer eye on them, both on and off the job.
The public must prepare to stand up for a free press, and against online censorship and surveillance.
The key factor to consider is not cooperation, but rather focus: One is an offensive military unit and the other a defensive civilian agency.
The new movie about the NSA leaker is a new way for the public to learn about government surveillance, communications technology and privacy. How well does it prepare the public for that discussion?
The top cyberspy agency couldn’t stay immune from attacks forever. What does it mean for governments, companies and internet users as a whole that the NSA has been hacked?
The EU’s highest court invalidated a key data sharing agreement between the union and the US, exposing the deep cultural clash over privacy and surveillance.
The tactics used by America’s current and potential future enemies are constantly changing. Higher education can help by producing graduates able to work in intelligence communities.
The idea of the right to know as the ‘lifeblood of democracy’ is a surprisingly modern development. And in an age when transparency is prized, privacy and secrecy can still be justified in many cases.
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Professor of Management, University of North Carolina – Greensboro
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Professor of Information Technology Management, University at Albany, State University of New York
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Principal Lecturer in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Professor of the Practice and Faculty Director of the Master's in Applied Intelligence, Georgetown University
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Professor of Computer Science & Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Professor of Journalism, Columbia University
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Adjunct professor, University of North Carolina Wilmington
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Associate Professor of Law, Georgia State University
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Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Westminster
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Associate Professor of the Practice of International Relations, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Professor of Information Technology and Engineering Systems, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Cyber Security Project, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University
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Professor of Cyber Security and Policy, Tufts University
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Assistant Professor of Business Law and Ethics, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University
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Associate Professor of National Security Affairs, Naval Postgraduate School
