PRISM – ContraRisk

ContraRisk Security Podcast 0017: encrypted comms and BYOD

Steve 19 Aug 2013 No Comments

» Listen or download now on the podcasts page » Silent Circle offers secure voice and text communications using peer-to-peer encryption. Until recently, it also offered secure email, but shortly after we interviewed Jon Callas, the firm’s CTO and co-founder, Silent Circle followed the lead of another secure email provider, Lavabit, and shut down that service. This was a reaction to… Read more »

PRISM and Obama’s lie

Steve 11 Jun 2013 No Comments

In the maelstrom of accusations, opinions and spin whirling around the PRISM revelations, there’s one statement that stands out as particularly chilling. US President Barack Obama said: You can’t have 100% security and also have 100% privacy and zero inconvenience. We’re going to have to make some choices as a government. Implicit in that statement is a breathtaking lie. You… Read more »