Friday, January 17, 2014
You can't have secure encrypted email, but you can have encrypted Bitcoin worth $100 000 ?
Bitcoin is gaining popularity as an
investment instrument and medium of monetary exchange, but what could be
exciting for Bitcoin fans is the claim that the crypto-currency could
soon be worth $100,000 per BTC.
However , here is an impressive list what NSA actually still can do:
99% BAD HARDWARE WEEK: Thus, NSA obviously can't decipher Bitcoin encryption and terrorists could use it as a natural hidden device for paying their evil deeds? :)
However , here is an impressive list what NSA actually still can do:
- It can track the numbers of both parties on a phone call, as well location, time and duration. (More)
- It can hack Chinese phones and text messages. (More)
- It can set up fake internet cafes. (More)
- It can spy on foreign leaders' cell phones. (More)
- It can tap underwater fiber-optic cables. (More)
- It can track communication within media organizations like Al Jazeera. (More)
- It can hack into the UN video conferencing system. (More)
- It can track bank transactions. (More)
- It can monitor text messages. (More)
- It can access your email, chat, and web browsing history. (More)
- It can map your social networks. (More)
- It can access your smartphone app data. (More)
- It is trying to get into secret networks like Tor, diverting users to less secure channels. (More)
- It can go undercover within embassies to have closer access to foreign networks. (More)
- It can set up listening posts on the roofs of buildings to monitor communications in a city. (More)
- It can set up a fake LinkedIn. (More)
- It can track the reservations at upscale hotels. (More)
- It can intercept the talking points for Ban Ki-moon’s meeting with Obama. (More)
- It can crack cellphone encryption codes. (More)
- It can hack computers that aren’t connected to the internet using radio waves. (More)
- It can intercept phone calls by setting up fake base stations. (More)
- It can remotely access a computer by setting up a fake wireless connection. (More)
- It can install fake SIM cards to then control a cell phone. (More)
- It can fake a USB thumb drive that's actually a monitoring device. (More)
- It can crack all types of sophisticated computer encryption. (Update: It is trying to build this capability.) (More)
- It can go into online games and monitor communication. (More)
- It can intercept communications between aircraft and airports. (More)
- (Update) It can physically intercept deliveries, open packages, and make changes to devices. (More)
99% BAD HARDWARE WEEK: Thus, NSA obviously can't decipher Bitcoin encryption and terrorists could use it as a natural hidden device for paying their evil deeds? :)
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