Article: Report: NSA Knew About Heartbleed Bug for 2 Years and Said Nothing

Report: NSA Knew About Heartbleed Bug for 2 Years and Said Nothing

http://mashable.com/2014/04/11/nsa-heartbleed-report/

Not sure what to think about this one. On one hand I’m not surprised.  On the other …

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Article: Open source software is more secure, right? So what happened with OpenSSL?

Open source software is more secure, right? So what happened with OpenSSL?

https://gigaom.com/2014/04/11/open-source-software-is-more-secure-right-so-what-happened-with-openssl/

Thoughts on open source initiative.

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5 Privacy Laws I Would Put on the Books Right Now – Popular Mechanics

http://www.popularmechanics.com/_mobile/technology/how-to/computer-security/5-privacy-laws-i-would-put-on-the-books-right-now-16658215

All of these suggestions make sense … good common sense.  Wonder if Thomas Paine would agree.

Oh and I treat my email like I would a post card. Just saying.

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Article: US law firm was ‘caught in NSA surveillance net’ in Indonesia – report

US law firm was ‘caught in NSA surveillance net’ in Indonesia – report

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/15/us-law-firm-nsa-surveillance-indonesia-australia

It was only a matter of time before the attorney-client privilege was trampled by the NSA, but this also violates conflict of interest since the government was also an adverse party.