Chris White President Donald Trump said Monday that part of TikTok’s potential sale to Microsoft should go to the United States government. “I did say that ‘If you buy it…a very substantial portion of that price is going to have to come into the Treasury of the United States, because we’re making it possible for…
Last night, 19 Democrat Senators voted to give Trump vast surveillance powers, by voting to shut down debate on the FISA, the 4th Amendment, and due process. Surely, this can only be wise if they trust Trump not to abuse such powers. Senator Tom Carper lamented that “the President-elect still cannot guarantee that protecting the…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By: Eric Lieberman Uber, the ride-sharing startup turned tech conglomerate, has been accused of creating and operating three invasive spy programs in recent months and years, indicating the lengths the company will go to in order to survive and thrive in the ride-hailing market. Authorities investigated Uber in 2014 for a…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: by Micah J. Fleck According to the Associated Press: A secretive group that published a trove of hacking tools allegedly used by U.S. spies has released a password that it says can unlock related files. In a Medium post , the “Shadow Brokers” group revealed a password to files associated…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: by Micah J. Fleck I have never liked or trust Geek Squad. Their customer service ratings were often full of reviews by customers who felt violated by overly snoopy (and sometimes, even thieving) technicians. Now, there is an explanation for why these intrusive tactics occurred: Geek Squad was at times…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By: Paul Meekin Kotaku brought the game Orwell to my attention today. It’s a game about spying on people’s personal data in order to ascertain potential terrorist activity. Your end goal is to thwart that activity. The point of the game, in addition to being an entertaining pot boiler, is the fundamental…
Anyone Who Reads About Russian Hacks And Donald Trump Should Read This First By Rachel Stoltzfoos The reports on the intelligence community’s (IC) alleged conclusion that Russia wanted President-elect Donald Trump to win the election have been, in a word, schizophrenic. They’re also drawing on some odd sourcing. The Washington Post broke the story, reporting…
by Micah J. Fleck According to a new report from The Washington Post, the domestic data gathered through the NSA is being planned as groundwork for new tighter domestic policing that has absolutely nothing to do with terrorism. Should we really be surprised, though? After all, this was predicted by many. But not enough people…
by Saagar Enjeti FBI investigators found reams of classified information in the home and car of suspected NSA spy Harold T. Martin III. Martin reportedly had “six full banker’s boxes worth of documents,” along with nearly 20 terabytes of classified information in digital storage. Martin amassed multiple computers, thumb drives, and other digital storage devices, all…
by Micah J. Fleck It seems WikiLeaks mastermind Julian Assange’s dubious rape allegations aren’t going away anytime soon, as his most recent appeal to have his arrest warrant for the alleged incident lifted was denied by Swedish courts. According to a new report: The court announced in a statement that Assange “is still detained in…