Ed Felten provides good advice on this blog about what to do in the wake of Heartbleed, and I’ve read some good technical discussions of the technical problem (see this for a particularly understandable explanation). Update Apr 11: To understand what Heartbleed is all about, see XKCD. Best. Explanation. Ever. In this brief posting, I […]
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How to protect yourself from Heartbleed
April 9, 2014 by
The Heartbleed vulnerability is one of the worst Internet security problems we have seen. I’ll be writing more about what we can learn from Heartbleed and the response to it. For now, here is a quick checklist of what you can do to protect yourself.
Historic E.U. Net Neutrality Win Shows Maturing Digital Rights Advocacy
April 3, 2014 by
After a 5-year long campaign by European and U.S. digital rights NGOs, today the European Parliament turned a dubious Commission proposal on its head to safeguard the principle of net neutrality. It’s a historic win, and all over the news. It also shows how digital rights advocacy is maturing.
Secure protocols for accountable warrant execution
April 2, 2014 by
Last week the press reported that the White House will seek to redesign the NSA’s mass phone call data program, so that data will be held by the phone companies and accessed by the NSA, subject to a new warrant requirement. The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court will issue the warrants. Today Josh Kroll and I, […]
