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Windows Calculator is going open source
Can the combined power of the world’s developers possibly improve the iconic Windows Calculator app? Microsoft seems to think so.
NSA might shut down phone snooping program, whatever that means
We’ve heard this tale before. This time, it was mentioned by a congressional aide. Also, the NSA released Ghidra, a free reverse-engineering tool.
NSA staffer takes top-secret hacking tools home ‘to study’, gets 66 months
Nghia Hoang Pho may not have had malicious intent, but removal of the materials forced the NSA to abandon years of signals collection work.
NSA leaker Reality Winner gets 63 months in jail
Reality Leigh Winner, the NSA contractor who leaked sensitive information to the Intercept last year, was sentenced to 63 months in prison last week along with three years of supervised release.
NSA hasn’t closed security windows Snowden climbed through
One of three problems found in an audit: two-person access controls haven’t been properly implemented at data centers and equipment rooms.
Wyden urges government agencies to ditch Flash
Let’s not wind up with another Windows XP mess, he said, noting that there’s been no public guidance in spite of Flash’s looming death date.
Tool scrubs hidden tracking data from printed documents
Just because a document isn’t digital doesn’t mean it doesn’t contain metadata. Printed documents often have their own hidden details, and now German researchers have developed tools to help you scrub them clean.
NSA reveals how it beats 0-days
Exploits and vulnerabilities are weaponized against us 24 hours after release, says technical director.
Obama opts for “good cop” approach with encryption backdoors
The Obama administration won’t seek legislation to force technology companies to decrypt communications, FBI Director James Comey told Congress in a public hearing on Thursday.