Berkman Buzz: September 7, 2013

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Bruce Schneier explains how to stay secure in the face of NSA surveillance

Now that we have enough details about how the NSA eavesdrops on the internet, including today's disclosures of the NSA's deliberate weakening of cryptographic systems, we can finally start to figure out how to protect ourselves. For the past two weeks, I have been working with the Guardian on NSA stories, and have read hundreds of top-secret NSA documents provided by whistleblower Edward Snowden. I wasn't part of today's story – it was in process well before I showed up – but everything I read confirms what the Guardian is reporting. At this point, I feel I can provide some advice for keeping secure against such an adversary.

From Bruce Schneier's post for The Guardian, "NSA surveillance: A guide to staying secure" About Bruce | @schneierblog

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Dan Gillmor ponders the future of the Washington Post

Even though the Post has some terrific people working on digital media R&D, most of the R&D is happening not only outside the Post, but also outside the news industry as a whole. Where? Everywhere: universities, corporate labs, open-source repositories, startups, basements. The experiments are taking place inside and outside