Ed Felten writes: Yesterday the Tor Project issued an advisory describing a large-scale identification attack on Tor hidden services. The attack started on January 30 and ended when Tor ejected the attackers on July 4. It appears that this attack was the subject of a Black Hat talk that was canceled abruptly. These attacks raise serious questions about research…
Month: July 2014
Judge rules for government on warrant for Microsoft emails
A judge has ruled against Microsoft Corp., saying U.S. law enforcement can force the company to turn over emails it stores in Ireland. Loretta Preska, a federal judge in New York, ruled from the bench Thursday after hearing oral arguments. Read more of this Associated Press report on CBS. See also Zack Whittaker’s report on…
The Feds Are Demanding That Twitter Turn Over More User Info Than Ever
Dana Liebelson writes: US law enforcement and intelligence agencies are hitting Twitter with more information requests about its users than ever before, and in most cases the social network is handing over some data, according to a new report released by the company on Thursday. Twitter notes that many of the government demands, which are…
Google: No Need to See Secrets
From Courthouse News: Attorneys for Google urged a federal judge to ignore demands made by news outlets to deny requests to seal documents in a massive – and settled – class action over Gmail privacy. News agencies – including Courthouse News, Gannett, McClatchy and the New York Times – lobbied U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh earlier this…