Posts tagged nsa

NSA Transparency Isn't What It's Cracked Up To Be

nsa transparency surveillance privacy September 24, 2013 at 04:10 PM Emin Gün Sirer
The computer industry insistence on more transparency from the NSA is wrong-headed and detracts from the effort for better privacy guarantees.

NSA Pickup Lines

privacy surveillance nsa creepy silly August 27, 2013 at 02:58 PM Emin Gün Sirer
NSA uses its considerable intelligence apparatus for spying on its loved ones.

Cost of Surveilling the Cloud

snowden privacy surveillance nsa August 09, 2013 at 02:43 PM Emin Gün Sirer
There is now an official estimate on the costs of broadly spying on the entire cloud.

Metadata is in the eye of the beholder

snowden privacy surveillance nsa August 02, 2013 at 06:20 AM Emin Gün Sirer
Why the word "metadata" is meaningless.

How the Snowden Saga will End

snowden privacy surveillance nsa August 01, 2013 at 10:20 PM Emin Gün Sirer
A framework for reasoning about how the Snowden revelations will impact online society.