Beware the GHOST Protocol
UK internet users and internet users around the world need to beware of the GHOST protocol. The GCHQ, which is the United Kingdom’s (UK) equivalent of the American NSA, came…
Caleb Chen
Caleb Chen is a digital currency and privacy advocate who believes we must #KeepOurNetFree, preferably through decentralization. Caleb holds a Master's in Digital Currency from the University of Nicosia as well as a Bachelor's from the University of Virginia. He feels that the world is moving towards a better tomorrow, bit by bit by Bitcoin.
Posts by Caleb Chen:
Trump Administration seeks to permanently restore NSA program to spy on Americans
The Trump Administration supports the permanent restoration of Section 215 of the Patriot Act, which allowed the National Security Administration (NSA) to collect the phone records of American citizens as…
President Trump wants to use an executive order to make the FCC and FTC police social media censorship
President Trump has a plan to involve the FTC and FCC in policing censorship by social media companies such as Facebook and Twitter. Earlier in August, CNN’s Brian Fung reported…
To end HK protests, the government plans to force ISPs to block apps used by protesters
The Hong Kong government has drawn up plans to use executive orders to force internet service providers (ISPs) to restrict certain applications in Hong Kong as a way to disrupt…
Arizona’s constitutional right to privacy extends to internet privacy, rules judge – other states left in the cold
A court ruling by the Arizona State Court of Appeals has affirmed that Arizona’s state right to privacy, guaranteed by the state’s constitution, also extends to internet privacy. Specifically, this…
MiFi 4G hotspots are vulnerable to hacking, use a VPN to protect yourself
Many popular MiFi devices used as 4G hotspots are vulnerable to hacking. A DEFCON 27 talk by Pen Test Partners revealed command injection and remote code execution vulnerabilities in popular…
Private Internet Access users can now resolve internet names with the Handshake Naming System (HNS)
Starting since version 1.30, the Mac, Linux, and Windows Private Internet Access (PIA) desktop clients have come with the ability to change the selected Name Server from PIA’s Domain Name…
UK, US, Australia, Canada and New Zealand meet to discuss the “ghost protocol” aka built in encryption backdoors
Representatives from the UK, US, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand recently finished a two day meeting in London where the countries renewed their commitment to seeking encryption backdoors from technology…
US Attorney General demands encryption backdoors at all costs and for you to just accept it
President Trump’s Attorney General, William Barr, has demanded the tech industry create encryption backdoors because he views encryption as a security risk. Barr made his illogical thoughts on encryption known…
New research confirms Kazakhstan is spying on connections to Facebook, Twitter, VK, Instagram, Youtube, Google, and more
Kazakhstan is actively spying on its citizens' internet connections to Facebook, Twitter, VK, Instagram, Youtube, Google, along with many other sites. New research published by Ram Sundara Raman, Leonid Evdokimov,…