Moscow-Based Security Firm Reveals What May Be The Biggest NSA "Backdoor Exploit

[Hippie Tech]

What does this bode for your mythical online/ crypto anonymity ? hmmm ?

Story #2 --> http://youtu.be/L8eO5BYHop8

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-02-16/moscow-based-security-firm-reveals-what-may-be-biggest-nsa-backdoor-exploit-ever

[Stifler]

I really hope the NSA is brought to justice on these allegations if true. How can they get away with this. I suppose people could have their coins stolen by rouge agents so it does effect bitcoiners and it's something we shouldnt have to worry about.

The thing with malware within the firmware of hard drives is a big problem and that you can't detect them.

That they even infiltrate/attack hospitals is morally disgusting.

They don't care. They obviously just have a sickeningly perverse desire to know and attempt to control everything.

[cambda]

Basically if installed in every device, a lot of lawsuits worldwide + bad publicity would destroy any big hardware producer. Thats why I believe it is only in targeted devices delivered for the one investigated

[easycryptonet]

back to pen and paper guys :/

[keyscore44]

Seems to be getting worse:

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/feb/19/nsa-gchq-sim-card-billions-cellphones-hacking

"American and British spies hacked into the world’s largest sim card manufacturer in a move that gave them unfettered access to billions of cellphones around the globe and looks set to spark another international row into overreach by espionage agencies.

The National Security Agency (NSA) and its British equivalent GCHQ hacked into Gemalto, a Netherlands sim card manufacturer, stealing encryption keys that allowed them to secretly monitor both voice calls and data, according to documents newly released by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden!.

[manfred]

If anonymity is important to you stay away from computers and phones and use cash, end of story.

[franky1]

if you think this is new news then i guess you missed the fact that project ECHELON has been around since before most people were even born.

[f2000]

What worries me is that people dont seem to care about about their privacy. Frightening stuff, thanks for the posting links hippie/keyscore44.

[buyandhold]

http://qntra.net/2015/02/your-disk-controller-and-you/



20:48:27 ascii_field: great sim heist << transparent nsa smokescreen. gsm uses toy crypto since day one (usg mandate) and has always been breakable with minimal effort.

20:48:44 ascii_field: ergo this is not why they stole the keys (assuming the snowden document is genuine)

20:49:45 ascii_field: the press, rancid mixture of stooges and useful idiots, help to push the implication that 'now we can switch to keys that have not yet been stolen, and no more interception'

[MJK]

If anonymity is important to you stay away from computers and phones and use cash, end of story.

But this is not the way it should be. Clearly this is a MASSIVE breach of privacy and is downright illegal. If a citizen hacked into these companies or the government they'd get sent to jail for a very long time. People really need to be up in arms about this illegal behavior and abuses of power because where does it stop? This is far worse than what Orwell ever envisioned.

[Hippie Tech]

If anonymity is important to you stay away from computers and phones and use cash, end of story.

Is that an Obomba phone up your ass ?

[f2000]

[Hippie Tech]

Hippie Tech Sanction # 666

Obomba will not be allowed to have his name spelled correctly.

[Hippie Tech]

if you think this is new news then i guess you missed the fact that project ECHELON has been around since before most people were even born.

While this is true, the HDD firmware/spyware scam has slammed and sealed that coffin shut.

Toss in a wireless transmitter and your cold storage is ... well .. you know.

[monsanto]

Hard to believe at least some NSA employees haven't plundered some big btc wallets.  If they all managed to resist the urge it'd go against the entire history of human behavior.

[Hippie Tech]

Hard to believe at least some NSA employees haven't plundered some big btc wallets.  If they all managed to resist the urge it'd go against the entire history of human behavior.

These people are paid to grope children and go out of their way to fuck with people's lives.



There is little doubt in my mind that some/many hold the firmware's digital keys.

In other words, ANYTHING is possible.

[juju]

What does this bode for your mythical online/ crypto anonymity ? hmmm ?

Story #2 --> http://youtu.be/L8eO5BYHop8

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-02-16/moscow-based-security-firm-reveals-what-may-be-biggest-nsa-backdoor-exploit-ever

My bus driver just told me about this an hour ago, he was telling me to check out the Intercept article on it. What the fuck was I doing all day today?

[croato]

NSA is out of controll, i wonder what is next...

[Q7]

Any chance to prevent this or maybe some kind of software that can detect the backdoor?

[Hippie Tech]

I'm calling my SSD and HDD makers on Monday morning to demand a refund and an apology !

FUCK THEM !

back to pen and paper guys :/

.. or punch cards.