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  1. The Big Secret That Makes the FBI's Anti-Encryption Campaign a Big Lie
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    McLaughlin discusses how hacking techniques and their increasing use are justified in a prevalent way by the American government.
  2. The Codebreakers
    The Story of Secret Writing

    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1973
  3. Codes and Secret Writing
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1948
  4. Codes, Ciphers and Secret Writing
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1972
  5. The FBI Can Bypass Encryption
    Why Cyber Security is a Magic Act

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
  6. FBI director wants access to encrypt Apple, Google users' data, demands law 'fix'
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    The FBI director has slammed Apple and Google for offering their customers encryption technology that protects users’ privacy. "Deeply concerned" James Comey wants to push on Congress to "fix" laws to ensure police can still access private data.
  7. The FBI Director's Evidence Against Encryption Is Pathetic
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    FBI Director James Comey gave a speech Thursday about how cell-phone encryption could lead law enforcement to a “very dark place” where it “misses out” on crucial evidence to nail criminals. To make his case, he cited four real-life examples — examples that would be laughable if they weren’t so tragic.
  8. Google's upcoming Allo messaging app is 'dangerous', Edward Snowden claims
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2016
    Using Google's upcoming messaging app is "dangerous", according to Edward Snowden. In a tweet, the whistleblower advised against using Allo, the search giant’s latest app, saying: "Google's decision to disable end-to-end encryption by default in its new Allo chat app is dangerous, and makes it unsafe. Avoid it for now."
  9. The Great SIM Heist: How Spies Stole the Keys to the Encryption Castle
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    American and British spies hacked into the internal computer network of the largest manufacturer of SIM cards in the world, stealing encryption keys used to protect the privacy of cellphone communications across the globe, according to top-secret documents provided by National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden.
  10. The hubris of investigators
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2016
    A now-vacated hearing over whether to require Apple to undermine the security of its users prompted an ongoing controversy over government access to encrypted devices. While the court in San Bernardino may never rule on the flood of arguments supporting Apple's defense of user security, observers-- especially members of Congress-- should pay close attention to a few themes that have emerged in the public debate.
  11. New, Free Certificate Authority to Dramatically Increase Encrypted Internet Traffic
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is helping to launch a new non-profit organization that aims to dramatically increase secure Internet browsing. Let's Encrypt is scheduled to offer free server certificates beginning in summer 2015.
  12. Sending encrypted emails using Thunderbird and PGP
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2013
    There are easy ways to ensure your Internet activities remain confidential.
  13. Surveillance Self-Defense
    Resource Type: Website
    Published: 2018
    Modern technology has given those in power new abilities to eavesdrop and collect data on innocent people. Surveillance Self-Defense is EFF's guide to defending yourself and your friends from surveillance by using secure technology and developing careful practices.
  14. Ten Steps You Can Take Right Now Against Internet Surveillance
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2013
    One of the trends we've seen is how, as the word of the NSA's spying has spread, more and more ordinary people want to know how (or if) they can defend themselves from surveillance online. With a few small steps, you can make that kind of surveillance a lot more difficult and expensive, both against you individually, and more generally against everyone.
  15. U.N. Report Asserts Encryption as a Human Right in the Digital Age
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    Encryption is not the refuge of scoundrels, as Obama administration law-enforcement officials loudly proclaim – it is an essential tool needed to protect the right of freedom of opinion and expression in the digital age, a new United Nations report concludes.
  16. University of Waterloo
    Media Profile in Sources

    Resource Type: Organization
  17. The use of encryption tools and the protection of anonymity online as safeguards for freedom of the press
    Resource Type: Unclassified
    Published: 2015
    David Kaye is the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of expression. In his latest report, he stressed that governments are obligated to protect encryption tools and guarantee the anonymity and privacy of users so as to safeguard the right to freedom of expression online.
  18. Who Knows
    Safegurding Your Privacy in a Networked World

    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1995
  19. Will Full Encryption Sideline Google's Targeted Ads?
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    Mining personal data to deliver targeted ads is the lifeblood of Google’s business—and of many other online firms. But what if that data dries up at the source?

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