ANDRIOD USER: 'Your phone spies on you? Seriously?'
IPHONE USER: 'Oh, don't say seriously... Sorry, Siri.'
SIRI: 'It's okay.'
IPHONE USER: 'Your phone doesn't do that?'
ANDROID USER: 'I don't know my phone's name.'
#nsa
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Cyber Security Policy is markedly different under the Trump administration, to say the least.
Expert warnings mount as key US cyber agencies face staff cuts, leadership shakeups, and even retaliatory actions against private partners - namely those made in the last 24 hours, targeting former CISA Director, Chris Krebs.
Recent White House actions suggest a troubling shift away from expert-driven cyber defense towards political expediency. From sidelined Russia operations to gutted agencies, we examine the evidence and the potential global fallout.
Read our full analysis here: https://opalsec.io/eroding-foundations-the-precarious-state-of-us-cyber-leadership/
"This #community that we have, that we're building, that does so much, has to grow. We can't compete with #Apple, we can't compete with #Google, directly, in the field of #resources. What we can eventually do is #head count and #heart count. We can compete on the ground of #ideology because ours is better." -- Edward #Snowden, #NSA #whisteblower, speaking at #LibrePlanet 2016.
https://media.libreplanet.org/u/libreplanet/m/libreplanet-2016-the-last-lighthouse-3d51/
Via: @fsf
media.libreplanet.orgLibreplanet 2016: The Last Lighthouse — GNU MediaGoblin
U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Shoshana Chatfield, who holds a senior position in NATO, has been fired as part of what appears to be an expanding national security purge of top U.S. officials. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/08/world/politics/us-admiral-nato-security/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #nato #dei #nsa #us #republicans #donaldtrump
The Japan Times · U.S. admiral at NATO fired in expanding national security purge
#NowReading: Dark Territory by Fred Kaplan
"As cyber-attacks dominate front-page news, as hackers displace terrorists on the list of global threats, and as top generals warn of a coming cyber war, few books are more timely and enlightening than Dark Territory: The Secret History of Cyber War, by Slate columnist and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Fred Kaplan."
Find a copy at your local #Library at:
https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20020509W/Dark_territory
Trump Fires 4-star General Leading the NSA, US Cyber Command, a Week Later No Replacement Named https://share.newsbreak.com/ci1vbn4u?s=i0 #airforce #nsa #cybercommand #military #militarypurge #MAGA #trump
NewsBreakTrump Fires 4-star General Leading the NSA, US Cyber Command, a Week Later No Replacement Named - NewsBreakAlamogordoTownNews.org reports almost a week has passed and the Trump administration has remained silent on a replacement to lead the NSA and Cyber Command
"In “Secrets and Lies” (2000), I wrote:
'It is poor civic hygiene to install technologies that could someday facilitate a police state.'
It’s something a bunch of us were saying at the time, in reference to the vast NSA’s surveillance capabilities.
I have been thinking of that quote a lot as I read news stories of President Trump firing the Director of the National Security Agency. General Timothy Haugh."
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/04/dirnsa-fired.html
Schneier on Security · DIRNSA Fired - Schneier on SecurityIn “Secrets and Lies” (2000), I wrote: It is poor civic hygiene to install technologies that could someday facilitate a police state. It’s something a bunch of us were saying at the time, in reference to the vast NSA’s surveillance capabilities. I have been thinking of that quote a lot as I read news stories of President Trump firing the Director of the National Security Agency. General Timothy Haugh. A couple of weeks ago, I wrote: We don’t know what pressure the Trump administration is using to make intelligence services fall into line, but it isn’t crazy to ...
Cyberattacks increasingly threaten the public and private sectors alike – including vital U.S. infrastructure. The Trump administration is considering tougher action against nations that sponsor hacking. #cybersecurity #nationalsecurity #NSA
https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2025/0407/trump-cybersecurity-congress-china
The Christian Science Monitor · US cybersecurity concerns are rising, with China topping the list
"Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.), a moderate Republican, slammed President Trump’s decision to fire the director of the National Security Agency (#NSA) and his top deputy after demands from far-right influencer Laura Loomer, saying Sunday that #China and #Russia are 'laughing at us'” after that decision."
The Hill https://www.yahoo.com/news/gop-rep-says-russia-china-183104653.html
#USPolitics
Yahoo News · GOP rep says Russia and China are ‘laughing at us’ after NSA director firing
Cyberattacks increasingly threaten the public and private sectors alike – including vital U.S. infrastructure. The Trump administration is considering tougher action against nations that sponsor hacking. #cybersecurity #nationalsecurity #NSA
Posted into Now What? @now-what-csmonitor
The Christian Science Monitor · US cybersecurity concerns are rising, with China topping the list
DIRNSA Fired
In “Secrets and Lies” (2000), I wrote:
It is poor civic hygiene to install technologies that could someday facilitate a police state.
<p... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/04/dirnsa-fired.html
Schneier on Security · DIRNSA Fired - Schneier on SecurityIn “Secrets and Lies” (2000), I wrote: It is poor civic hygiene to install technologies that could someday facilitate a police state. It’s something a bunch of us were saying at the time, in reference to the vast NSA’s surveillance capabilities. I have been thinking of that quote a lot as I read news stories of President Trump firing the Director of the National Security Agency. General Timothy Haugh. A couple of weeks ago, I wrote: We don’t know what pressure the Trump administration is using to make intelligence services fall into line, but it isn’t crazy to ...
Putin must be rubbing his hands - so little money, so little effort and the US is his
https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/04/nsa_boss_deputy_fired/
The Register · Trump fires NSA boss, deputy
Der US #Handelskrieg gegen #Europa und die #Welt wäre nicht ganz so schlimm, hätte die #USA mit der #NSA und deren weltweiten #Abhörinstrumenten im Internet potentiell gegen alle #Politiker:innen, #Entscheidungsträger:innen und Verhandlungspartner:innen prall gefüllte #Kompromatskoffer
Aber selber schuld, denn seid den #Snowden Veröffendlichungen konnte es jeder wissen und hat es schon damals sich niemand getraut gegen den Umstand echt vorzugehen.
NSA Director Timothy Haugh Is Ousted
Donald Trump despide al jefe de la #NSA y a su adjunto y reestructura su Consejo de Seguridad con nuevos despidos https://netzpolitik.org/2025/us-sicherheitsarchitektur-trump-setzt-nsa-chef-ab/ #surveillance #vigilancia #spyware
netzpolitik.org · US-Sicherheitsarchitektur: Trump setzt NSA-Chef abDonald Trump entlässt den NSA-Chef und seine Stellvertreterin und baut seinen Sicherheitsrat mit weiteren Entlassungen um. Eine rechtsradikale Aktivistin soll ihm zuvor bei einem Treffen im Weißen Haus dazu geraten haben.