Russian FSB to Give NSA Lesson in Digital Surveillance at Winter Olympics Kevin Fogarty, October 7, 2013 Upgrades to Sorm digital surveillance system will allow FSB security agency to monitor all voice and Internet traffic, filter for individual key words. …
Sqrrl’s New Analytics Platform Based on NSA Tech Nick Kolakowski, June 21, 2013 Sqrrl’s software relies on Accumulo, a database technology developed by NSA and contributed to the Apache Software Foundation. …
Why Is Google Pushing Back So Hard Against the Feds? Nick Kolakowski, June 19, 2013 In the end, it all comes down to revenue. …
Yahoo Becomes Next Firm to Reveal Law-Enforcement Requests Nick Kolakowski, June 18, 2013 Yahoo has joined Apple, Microsoft, Google, and other firms in revealing official requests for its users’ data. …
Amazon, IBM Battling for CIA Cloud Contract: Report Nick Kolakowski, June 13, 2013 Amazon won a private-cloud contract from the CIA earlier this year, but IBM convinced the GAO to reopen the approval process. …
Big Data and the End of Secrecy Nick Kolakowski, June 10, 2013 The current fervor over the NSA’s activities won’t be the last of its kind. …
Google, Microsoft, Others Deny Involvement in NSA Project Prism Nick Kolakowski, June 7, 2013 A leaked PowerPoint presentation suggests that the nation’s largest tech companies are giving the NSA access to user data. …
Facebook’s Project Prism, Corona Could Ease Data Crunch Nick Kolakowski, August 24, 2012 Facebook’s enormous data challenges could be mitigated somewhat by two Hadoop-related projects. …
