Tagged: security

Word of Mouth
1:25 pm
Mon October 15, 2012

There's an App for that: Super Secure, High Level Encryption

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An app released this week called Silent Circle says it offers NSA level encryption tools to ordinary citizens. That means e-mails, phone calls, and text messages can’t be traced, intercepted, or recovered by just about anybody. Russell Brandom is a staff writer for Buzzfeed, where he wrote about the developers of Silent Circle.

Check out "A Peek into Silent Circle":

The Exchange
9:00 am
Tue July 3, 2012

The Age of Cyber Warfare

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The United States and other nations, along with terrorist and criminal groups, are increasingly engaged in high-tech espionage and cyber attacks, often with an aim at destabilizing communications and other critical infrastructure. We discuss the nature of this growing threat  and how it affects both government and the private sector.

 

Guests:

Siobhan Gorman, intelligence correspondent for The Wall Street Journal.

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