Sinister Security

Is Kaspersky anti-spyware...or is it Russian government spyware? That's the question for US state & local gov't users. Arguably ...

The guy on the right can pretend to be a huckster like the guy on the left...when it suits. [DISCLAIMER: The blogger is an investor in Aliba...

Psst...got the latest episode of Doctor Who ? One of the more curious things that software copyright holders have to deal with is the globa...

Screening instructional videos is one of their tasks. Your feelgood story of the day comes courtesy of Bangladesh's social entrepreneurs...

The Chinese government has stepped up efforts to get rid of computer systems from American manufacturers being purchased by domestic firms....

Filipino "hackers" are the Amoeba Boys of cyberspace.  Well this is embarrassing: Having played up the Philippines' emergenc...

Ah, fun with Photoshop and someone else's logo. Something that's piqued my curiosity about the Heartbleed virus which is designed to...

I likened the NSA to East Germany's notorious secret police the Stasi via a job placement for electro-spooks a few moons ago. Data priv...

Cybersecurity is not an end unto itself; it is instead an obligation that our governments and societies must take on willingly, to ensure ...

Absolute power corrupts absolutely - Lord Acton Think of Barack Obama as the cyber-equivalent of Bashar al-Assad. Just as Assad does not ow...

I have become captivated by the twists and turns of the Edward Snowden real-life spy caper. While the original accusation that the US was us...

It seems the Yanks have gotten themselves into yet another fine mess with their Internet Unfreedom spying activities. [ Hello NSA lackeys, I...

It's probably not the wisest thing to do, but at least Ecuador may be accepting the consequences of putting its foot in its mouth. Famou...

This post will be brief: I have identified the several contradictions of Hillary Clinton's hoary notion of "Internet Freedom" ...

The self-styled American digerati has me ROFL even more now with their belief about the central importance of digital media in the Arab Spr...

[NOTE: This is the first of two China and authoritarian development posts.] In case you missed it, you should really get a hold of this. For...

I can hardly believe that this is my third post on WikiLeaks. After cataloguing typical American double-speak on "Internet freedom...

Whatever you may think of Julian Assange's now world-famous leaks, you have to wonder about his follow-through. Having plied a cache of ...

Face it: we all have issues. However, it seems Missus Clinton's foibles are more high-profile than those of the rest of us. Here's y...