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Silent Circle moves away from NIST cryptographic standards, cites NSA concerns
2013-10-02 14:15:44| InfoWorld: Top News
The U.S. National Security Agency's reported efforts to weaken encryption standards have prompted an encrypted communications company to move away from cryptographic algorithms sanctioned by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Silent Circle, a provider of encrypted mobile Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and text messaging apps and services, will stop using the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) cipher and Secure Hash Algorithm 2 (SHA-2) hash functions as default cryptographic algorithms in its products.
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SAP seeks an edge from NSA surveillance worries
2013-10-02 14:02:39| InfoWorld: Top News
SAP may build a second data center in Australia in order to meet customer demand for locally delivered cloud services in the wake of revelations over the U.S. National Security Agency's Prism surveillance program.
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John McAfee wants to save us from the NSA
2013-09-30 23:52:57| IT Services - Topix.net
HP and Dell lead Samsung, Lenovo, and Acer in InfoWorld's reviews of both classic clamshell notebooks and innovative touch-driven hybrids more At a time when budgets are especially tight, organizations may find it hard to justify investments in the latest programming tools and testing platforms.
NSA surveillance court says no limits on phone records collection
2013-09-27 13:54:48| InfoWorld: Top News
A U.S. surveillance court has given the National Security Agency no limit on the number of U.S. telephone records it collects in the name of fighting terrorism, the NSA director said Thursday.The NSA intends to collect all U.S. telephone records and put them in a searchable "lock box" in the interest of national security, General Keith Alexander, the NSA's director, told U.S. senators.
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New US bill aims to curb NSA collection of phone and other records
2013-09-26 14:16:29| InfoWorld: Top News
A bipartisan group of four U.S. lawmakers has introduced legislation that will prohibit bulk collection of phone records of Americans. Called the Intelligence Oversight and Surveillance Reform Act, the bill introduced by Democratic Senators Ron Wyden, Mark Udall and Richard Blumenthal, and Republican Senator Rand Paul will also provide for the creation of a "constitutional advocate" to argue against the government in significant cases before the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. It will also set up a process for making significant FISC decisions public.
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