Snowden Archive
Why Soviet Weather Was Secret, a Critical Gap in Korea, and Other NSA Newsletter Tales
The latest batch of SIDtoday articles published by The Intercept covers the second half of 2004 and the beginning of 2005.
Micah Lee
Micah Lee is The Intercept's former Director of Information Security. He's a security engineer and an open-source software developer who writes about technical topics, leaked datasets, and the far right. Micah is the author of Hacks, Leaks, and Revelations: The Art of Analyzing Hacked and Leaked Datasets, a hands-on book that teaches journalists, researchers, and activists how to download, research, analyze, and report on datasets.
Contacts:
- micah.lee@theintercept.com
- micah.01 on Signal
- @micahflee@infosec.exchange on Mastodon
- @micahflee.com on Bluesky
- @micahflee on X
Posts:
Cybersecurity for the People: How to Protect Your Privacy at a Protest
Watch this video for tips on how to prepare your phone before you go to a protest and how to safely communicate with your friends.
The CIA Didn’t Break Signal or WhatsApp, Despite What You’ve Heard
The agency might be able to break into your phone, but files released today show no ability to intercept encrypted chats before they arrive there.
How to Run a Rogue Government Twitter Account With an Anonymous Email Address and a Burner Phone
Security expert Micah Lee’s guide to creating an anonymous email account, anonymous phone number — and anonymous Twitter account.
How Scientists Can Protect Their Data From the Trump Administration
If you’re an American scientist worried that your data might get censored or destroyed, here are some technologies that could help you preserve it, and preserve access to it.
Election Insecurity
The U.S. Government Thinks Thousands of Russian Hackers May Be Reading My Blog. They Aren't.
About 42 percent of the IP addresses in the U.S. report on Russia's "Grizzly Steppe" attacks are for exit nodes of the Tor network that anyone can use. Many of my blog's readers use those addresses.
Snowden Archive
Drowning in Information: NSA Revelations From 262 Spy Documents
Highlights from 2004 editions of the internal NSA newsletter SIDtoday also show NSA support of the FBI and OPSEC slip-ups by NSA employees.
Something Happened to Activist Email Provider Riseup, but It Hasn’t Been Compromised
Rumors of a warrant canary's death have been greatly exaggerated, a spokesperson for the tech collective says.
Surveillance Self-Defense Against the Trump Administration
Trump is about to have more tools of surveillance at his disposal than any tyrant ever has. Here's how to protect yourself.
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Here's the Problem With the Story Connecting Russia to Donald Trump's Email Server
A group of cybersecurity researchers thought the Trump Organization used a secret server to communicate with Russia’s largest private commercial bank. Here’s what’s wrong with that claim.