According to The Intercept, classified documents provided by Edward Snowden revealed that the NSA had already developed the capability to locate and identify Bitcoin users around the world. It was revealed that the agency was interested in targeting Bitcoin through a surveillance program codenamed OAKSTAR which...
It was recently reported that NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, along with The Guardian Project and Freedom of the Press, has developed an Android app called Haven that can serve as a cheap means of surveillance. The open-source app can even run on older devices, and...
According to leaked files, a version of the NSA-developed surveillance program called “Ragtime” also collects information from communications of US citizens. The program was initially known to target only communications of foreign nationals as allowed by US surveillance laws. However, it was revealed in the documents...
A new messaging app called Wire is offering end-to-end encrypted services focused on business users who need to protect their business chats and IoT messages. The app is one of the only two which were name-checked by Edward Snowden. The other app, Signal, can only be...
Several tech publications have revealed that whistleblower Edward Snowden and hardware hacker Andrew Huang have built a privacy-focused hardware prototype for the iPhone called “Introspection Engine”. The privacy tool, which they say is designed for journalists and human rights activists, will detect if their phones are...