The biggest story of the week is the release of National Security Agency documents which illustrate the depth and breadth of the surveillance going on in the United States. To say that there has been outrage (finally) and major questions is an understatement. The Gang also is a bit suspicious that the timing of these revelations is a bit suspect—coinciding with President Obama hosting a cybersecurity discussion with China President Xi Jinping—but who knows for certain.
Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Phil Wilson (Graeme Thickins is off this week).
Music: Rotation by John Gilliat. From the podsafe Music Alley.
Discussed during the show…
- Minnesota Stories:
- The National Security Agency Scandal
- NSA collecting phone records of millions of Verizon customers daily
- U.S. intelligence mining data from nine U.S. Internet companies in broad secret program
- Obama Calls Surveillance Programs Legal and Limited
- What We Don’t Know About Spying on Citizens: Scarier Than What We Know (from security expert Bruce Schneier)
- Is Big Data turning government into ‘Big Brother’?
- Blanket Surveillance. Total Secrecy. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
- Who’s Telling The Truth About PRISM? Computer Security Expert Gene Spafford Weighs In (fav quote: “One of the things in security is that there are no coincidences.“)
- Coincidence? Tech companies deny any knowledge of NSA PRISM datamining program (but their denials are suspiciously similiar)
- Protect Yourself or Your Company
- Silent Circle (encrypt voice/text/email/more)
- Ghostery (browse safely)
- The Tor Project
- Stand Up and Walk Away from the Internet
- Other
- Chicago Sun-Times trains reporters to shoot with iPhones after laying off all its photographers
- MacBreak Weekly 353 (episode w/Andy Ihnatko providing perspective)
- HTC One ‘mini’ leaks showing 4.3-inch 720p display and UltraPixel camera
- iPhone camera evolution over the years captured by Camera+
- Gmail 4.5 for Android rolling out today with multiple tabs, slide-out navigation
- Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2013 Roundup
- Chicago Sun-Times trains reporters to shoot with iPhones after laying off all its photographers
- Steve’s Security Tip of The Week
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