MidPoint | Paul E. Vallely discusses the possibility of Edward Snowden returning to America – Video


MidPoint | Paul E. Vallely discusses the possibility of Edward Snowden returning to America
Retired Major General joins MidPoint to discuss the possibility of Edward Snowden returning to America to be prosecuted. What damage did he do to our intelligence? What is the best outcome...

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Snowden wants to return to Geneva

Edward Snowden

The fugitive former US spy agency contractor, wanted by Washington for leaking details of US mass surveillance programmes, spoke from Moscow by video link to a Geneva audience after a viewing of "Citizenfour", an Oscar-winning documentary about his case.

"I would love to return to Switzerland, some of my favourite memories are from Geneva. It's a wonderful place," he told the International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights on Thursday night (local time), where he was asked about seeking asylum.

"I do think Switzerland would be a sort of great political option because it has a history of neutrality," he said, praising its multicultural diversity and human rights record.

Snowden said he had appealed to 21 countries, "the majority in central and Western Europe", for asylum after the United States cancelled his passport and he was stopped from going to Ecuador.

"Unfortunately no country said yes," he said, blaming "political interference" by the Obama administration.

Snowden was accredited to the US diplomatic mission in Geneva from March 2007 to February 2009, tapping communications systems.

"Switzerland still has an active US espionage presence, I think that is true of other countries as well ... espionage is illegal in Switzerland," he said.

Snowden, 31, reiterated that he would not return to the United States unless offered a "fair trial".

"I am working very hard with my lawyers to try to get reliable guarantees of a fair trial. Unfortunately the Department of Justice is unwilling to agree in that regard.

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Spain: Check Sikur’s hyper-secure GranitePhone, the next step in mobile encryption – Video


Spain: Check Sikur #39;s hyper-secure GranitePhone, the next step in mobile encryption
Brazilian company Sikur unveiled their pro-privacy GranitePhone at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on Wednesday. -------------------------------------...

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Microsoft Says PCs Also at Risk to ‘Freak’ Bug

Hundreds of millions of Windows PC users are vulnerable to attacks exploiting the recently uncovered "Freak" encryption security flaw, which was initially believed to only threaten mobile devices and Mac computers, Microsoft warned. A group of nine security experts on Tuesday disclosed that ubiquitous Internet encryption technology could make devices running Apples iOS and Mac operating systems, along with Google's Android browser, vulnerable to cyberattacks. Microsoft released a security advisory on Thursday warning customers that their PCs were also vulnerable to the Freak vulnerability. The weakness could allow attacks on PCs that connect with Web servers configured to use encryption technology intentionally weakened to comply with U.S. government regulations banning exports of the strongest encryption. If hackers are successful, they could spy on communications as well as infect PCs with malicious software, the researchers who uncovered the threat said.

Security experts said the vulnerability was relatively difficult to exploit because hackers would need to find a vulnerable web server, break the key, find a vulnerable PC or mobile device, then gain access to that device.

Microsoft advised system administrators to employ a workaround to disable settings on Windows servers that allow use of the weaker encryption. It said it had not yet developed a security update that would automatically protect Windows PC users from the threat. Apple and Google both said Wednesday they had developed software updates to address the vulnerability. "Freak" stands for Factoring RSA-EXPORT Keys.

First published March 6 2015, 3:17 PM

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