Is Blackphone the First NSA-Proof Phone? Nick Kolakowski, January 15, 2014 Silent Circle and Geeksphone are building an Android-based smartphone they say will put privacy first. …
Snapchat Search Warrants Suggest All Data is Vulnerable Nick Kolakowski, October 16, 2013 Snapchat and other services offer a way to send messages that vaporize in seconds. But does that make such data truly secure? …
Will the Feds Harm the Cloud Computing Industry? Nick Kolakowski, August 9, 2013 Could all this government-surveillance news make companies more reluctant to embrace the cloud? …
Lavabit, Silent Circle Email Shutdown: What’s Next? Nick Kolakowski, August 9, 2013 The question is whether individuals and businesses will stop using cloud-based services they view as vulnerable to surveillance by third parties. …
Keeping Your Data Private from the NSA (and Everyone Else) Nick Kolakowski, June 12, 2013 If current reports are accurate, the NSA’s surveillance programs are enormous and sophisticated. Do you have any hope of keeping your data private? …
Facebook’s Poke, Snapchat Highlight Issues with Secure Communications Nick Kolakowski, December 28, 2012 No matter how secure a system for texting or sending images, there’s (nearly) always a workaround. …