The talk is titled "To Protect and Infect Part 2" and video is available at http://streaming.media.ccc.de/congress/2013/webm/30c3-5713-en-de-To_Protect_And_Infect_Part_2_webm.webm
If you can't view WebM you can find other formats by looking around in parent directories. On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 3:15 PM, Jim Bell <[email protected]> wrote: > > http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/NSA-Surveillance/2013/12/30/id/544431<http:///> > Privacy Advocate Exposes High-Tech NSA Spy Gadgets > Monday, 30 Dec 2013 03:43 PM > > Share: > <http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/NSA-Surveillance/2013/12/30/id/544431#> > > - > > > A well-known privacy advocate has given the public an unusually > explicit peek into the intelligence world's tool box, pulling back the > curtain on the National Security Agency's arsenal of high-tech spy gear. > Independent journalist and security expert Jacob Appelbaum on Monday told > a hacker conference in Germany that the NSA could turn iPhones into > eavesdropping tools and use radar wave devices to harvest electronic > information from computer even if they weren't online. > Appelbaum told hundreds of computer experts gathered at Hamburg's Chaos > Communications Conference that his revelations about the NSA's capabilities > "are even worse than your worst nightmares." > "What I am going to show you today is wrist-slittingly depressing," he > said. > Even though in the past six months there have been an unprecedented level > of public scrutiny of the NSA and its methods, Appelbaum's claims — > supported by what appeared to be internal NSA slideshows — still caused a > stir. > One of the slides described how the NSA can plant malicious software onto > Apple Inc.'s iPhone, giving American intelligence agents the ability to > turn the popular smartphone into a pocket-sized spy. > Another slide showcased a futuristic-sounding device described as a > "portable continuous wave generator," a remote controlled device which — > when paired with tiny electronic implants — can bounce invisible waves of > energy off keyboards and monitors to see what is being typed even if the > target device isn't connected to the Internet. > A third slide showcased a piece of equipment called NIGHTSTAND, which can > tamper with wireless Internet connections from up to 8 miles away. > An NSA spokeswoman Vanee Vines said that she wasn't aware of Appelbaum's > presentation, but that in general should would not comment on "alleged > foreign intelligence activities." > "As we've said before: NSA's focus is on targeting the communications of > valid foreign intelligence targets — not on collecting and exploiting a > class of communications or services that would sweep up communications that > are not of bona fide foreign intelligence interest to the U.S. government." > The documents included in Appelbaum's presentation were first published by > German magazine Der Spiegel Sunday and Monday. > Appelbaum and Der Spiegel have both played an important role in the > disclosures of NSA leaker Edward Snowden, but neither has clarified whether > the most recent set of slides came from Snowden. >
