How to Make Your Own NSA Bulk Surveillance System
Existing off-the-shelf components are all you need to spy like the NSA, says a UC Berkeley researcher.
Retro, 70's pattern.Panptys
Kim Zetter writes about cybersecurity and national security and is the author of Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World’s First Digital Weapon. Contact Kim on Signal at Kimz.42. ... Read more
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