Tag: wikileaks
  • Sep 4, 2020 |
  • Caleb Chen |
  • Censorship, General Privacy News, Governments,

Freedom of expression hangs in the balance at Julian Assange’s extradition hearing

Julian Assange, the editor and founder of WikiLeaks, will be taken into a London courtroom on Monday for a hearing which will determine whether he will be extradited to the United States to face charges. The U.S. Department of Justice has unveiled a litany of charges under the Espionage Act and Computer Fraud and Abuse … Continue reading “Freedom of expression hangs in the balance at Julian Assange’s extradition hearing”

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Controversial Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange has been Arrested in London

Julian Assange, the controversial founder of Wikileaks, has been arrested in London after being ousted from the Ecuadorian Embassy where he has taken refuge for seven years. The reasoning for the initial arrest is related to skipping out on arrest warrant in the UK (“failing to surrender to the court”) for an inquiry into sexual … Continue reading “Controversial Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange has been Arrested in London”

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  • Jan 11, 2019 |
  • Ryan Hopkins |
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance,

How the NSA Spies on Us All – Part 4: The 90’s – Present

This is part 4 of a series. See: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 Up until 1998, the NSA had been a purely defensive intelligence agency, that was tasked with cryptography (enemy code breaking), passive collection of SIGINT, intelligence production for other agencies, and defense of American and Five Eyes networks. Enter the … Continue reading “How the NSA Spies on Us All – Part 4: The 90’s – Present”

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  • Mar 7, 2017 |
  • Caleb Chen |
  • General Privacy News, Governments,

The Vault 7 leak by Wikileaks reveal CIA hacking tools, hoarded zero day exploits

Wikileaks has released a set of CIA documents in a new series of leaks that reveal the Central Intelligence Agency’s (CIA) hacking capability. The Vault 7 leak by Wikileaks starts with 8,761 documents which came from servers in Langley, Virginia. It’s been revealed that the CIA uses a host of tools under the Engineering Department … Continue reading “The Vault 7 leak by Wikileaks reveal CIA hacking tools, hoarded zero day exploits”

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  • Jan 10, 2017 |
  • Caleb Chen |
  • Cryptocurrency, General Privacy News,

He’s Alive: Julian Assange Used the Bitcoin Blockchain for Proof of Life

Wikileaks Editor-in-Chief Julian Assange featured the Bitcoin Blockchain in his most recent public appearance, a live-streamed Reddit AMA hosted by Twitch.tv. The Bitcoin Blockchain is the ultimate timestamping software, and we saw Julian Assange read a block hash that he wouldn’t be able to guess correctly. Wikileaks has previously had to turn to Bitcoin as … Continue reading “He’s Alive: Julian Assange Used the Bitcoin Blockchain for Proof of Life”

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