ByBill Toulas-February 15, 2019.133 South Korea is on the verge of blocking its website game by monitoring Sni handshakes. People oppose the new measure and argue it would be the beginning of internet censorship. It remains fairly simple and straightforward to circumvent Sni blocks with Vpns and encrypted Sni traffic being the main ways to do it. Sni sniffing and data capture would allow the Korea Communications Commission (Kcc) to identify the target server hostname that basically gets to know exactly which domains a user attempts to access. The official announcement makes it clear that the seven Internet Service Providers (Isp) in the country are to participate in this new blocking action and that modulation devices for Ip and Dns will be rendered ineffective against this. Nevertheless, this decision was met with opposition by many South Korean people supporting internet freedom and consumers who claim the new measure would bring nothing but chaos. South Korea’s online censorship system started hijacking Dns queries last year. Now it intercepts Sni to find out remote hostname if the website uses (@mooyoul) February 11, 2019 Sni censorship is based on the fact that the corresponding data is not encrypted, enabling regulatory agencies to identify the target website. However, as part of the effort to improve user privacy on all levels of network service providers, encrypted Sni traffic features (Esni) have been rolled out to cover handshakes between the user and the domain. Additionally, Firefox plans to add support to Esnivpns, which will remain a solid option to do just that. Those who oppose the new measure have started a petition that will remain open for another month and has gained support from 205 thousand people already. Simply put the petition argues that Sni sniffing will be the beginning of the country’s internet censorship and that blocks will be imposed sooner or later on people and organizations that do not support the leader or government that happens to incarnate the country’s authority at a given time (they also equate this development with China’s internet censorship). The people who signed the petition claim that the blocking requires subjective judgment and that since the circumvention strategies remain effective against the new measure it will be a waste of taxes.
BySydney Butler-July 24, 2019.142 If you had to use technology as a way of tracking millions of people what you would use? Which sorts of electronic monitoring devices would you get? It is not like selling them on “SpyKits R Us” or something. It turns out you can build or order some pretty impressive software tools when you are a country. Many of us are persuaded that programs that let you penetrate systems and devices can keep our information secure. We’ll take some time to look at a few examples of options from these programs. Most definitely there’s plenty more we’ve never heard of and will never hear about. Even so the specifics are upsetting enough for the very unusual software packages which are public knowledge.
.143.143 This device is now pretty old and of historical interest only. Nevertheless, it is interesting to see how digital tools for mass surveillance have evolved amid technological advances. Magic Lantern is a software program for the recording of keystrokes. These days, the kind of thing a low-level hacker could use to steal your credit card details or passwords. In 2001 the world learned of this device for the first time. It was built by none but the Fbi! What’s fascinating about Magic Lantern is the circumstances under which causes are. The logger intercepts the password whenever the target uses Pgp encryption to secure an email message. The Fbi can then intercept and decrypt the email with ease. Without the sender being the wiser that the feds read nearly immediately their “safe” text. Icreach
.144.144 Let’s continue with the disclaimer that Icreach could be just a rumor. One has to deal with lots of unverified information in the world of surveillance and that’s expected to happen at best. The people who claim that Icreach is also a real thing say it’s top-secret. And decide what you’re going to do. That being said, outlets such as Pbs reported on Icreach’s existence, which in turn reported on information coming from Edward Snowden. The well-known source in intelligence.
Mystic
.145.145 Mystic no longer exists as far as we know but has been used to gather metadata and telephone call information from a number of countries since its introduction in 2009. It was also exposed in 2014 thanks to the leaks from Edward Snowden. Apparently Mystic was such a powerful system that it reported in a rolling 30-day window, almost every phone call in a country. That means the state has been able to extract and listen to any phone call taken over the last month. Mystic is groundbreaking in the sense that it’s the first system we know about that could monitor an entire nation’s communications. StuxNet
.146.146 StuxNet is quite popular, so you may have heard the name at least. It is not a virus but a computer worm. Computer worms function differently from viruses. While a virus normally wants to destroy or change files on one computer, a worm tries to spread and reproduce itself to that end through computer networks. StuxNet may well have been the most destructive worm ever created. The public still has no idea who developed StuxNet but it is strongly believed that government power had to develop the program. Warrior Pride
.147.147 Warrior Pride has one of the better code names of the devices that we’ve been looking at here, but there isn’t much “smart” about what it is. In reality the Warrior Pride app is a pair of devices. They’re spyware kits which cover the mobile world’s iOs and Android sides respectively. If you still have a Windows Phone, you’re probably safe, but you’ve got a Windows Phone again. Good. Sorry. Hilariously all Warrior Pride sub-components have titles taken from cartoon Smurfs. For instance Dreamy Smurf lets them turn on a user turned off phone. Nosey Smurf let them hear in by flipping on the microphone. Tracker Smurf monitors your position well. You get the picture. With those kits the state can pull from your phone just about any content. Should you think of using a mobile right twice? Computer monitoring devices will have that effect on you. The Infiltration Wizards and their Amazing Surveillance Software Tools
Our mates are mostly programmers and the internet is a great place to be. However, if you have enough money and power, you can transform these devices into deep information gathering instruments. Tipping the balance away from liberty frequently in the name of security. We are positive we’ve never heard of many such devices out there. We possibly will never. It’s still good to know about the ones that have slipped into public knowledge. It teaches us something about those capacities that are meant to look after our society. Whether those capabilities are soothing or terrifying is something we’re going to leave to you.BySydney Butler-July 24, 2019.142 If you had to use technology as a way of tracking millions of people what you would use? Which sorts of electronic monitoring devices would you get? It is not like selling them on “SpyKits R Us” or something. It turns out you can build or order some pretty impressive software tools when you are a country. Many of us are persuaded that programs that let you penetrate systems and devices can keep our information secure. We’ll take some time to look at a few examples of options from these programs. Most definitely there’s plenty more we’ve never heard of and will never hear about. Even so the specifics are upsetting enough for the very unusual software packages which are public knowledge.
.143.143 This device is now pretty old and of historical interest only. Nevertheless, it is interesting to see how digital tools for mass surveillance have evolved amid technological advances. Magic Lantern is a software program for the recording of keystrokes. These days, the kind of thing a low-level hacker could use to steal your credit card details or passwords. In 2001 the world learned of this device for the first time. It was built by none but the Fbi! What’s fascinating about Magic Lantern is the circumstances under which causes are. The logger intercepts the password whenever the target uses Pgp encryption to secure an email message. The Fbi can then intercept and decrypt the email with ease. Without the sender being the wiser that the feds read nearly immediately their “safe” text. Icreach
.144.144 Let’s continue with the disclaimer that Icreach could be just a rumor. One has to deal with lots of unverified information in the world of surveillance and that’s expected to happen at best. The people who claim that Icreach is also a real thing say it’s top-secret. And decide what you’re going to do. That being said, outlets such as Pbs reported on Icreach’s existence, which in turn reported on information coming from Edward Snowden. The well-known source in intelligence.
Mystic
.145.145 Mystic no longer exists as far as we know but has been used to gather metadata and telephone call information from a number of countries since its introduction in 2009. It was also exposed in 2014 thanks to the leaks from Edward Snowden. Apparently Mystic was such a powerful system that it reported in a rolling 30-day window, almost every phone call in a country. That means the state has been able to extract and listen to any phone call taken over the last month. Mystic is groundbreaking in the sense that it’s the first system we know about that could monitor an entire nation’s communications. StuxNet
.146.146 StuxNet is quite popular, so you may have heard the name at least. It is not a virus but a computer worm. Computer worms function differently from viruses. While a virus normally wants to destroy or change files on one computer, a worm tries to spread and reproduce itself to that end through computer networks. StuxNet may well have been the most destructive worm ever created. The public still has no idea who developed StuxNet but it is strongly believed that government power had to develop the program. Warrior Pride
.147.147 Warrior Pride has one of the better code names of the devices that we’ve been looking at here, but there isn’t much “smart” about what it is. In reality the Warrior Pride app is a pair of devices. They’re spyware kits which cover the mobile world’s iOs and Android sides respectively. If you still have a Windows Phone, you’re probably safe, but you’ve got a Windows Phone again. Good. Sorry. Hilariously all Warrior Pride sub-components have titles taken from cartoon Smurfs. For instance Dreamy Smurf lets them turn on a user turned off phone. Nosey Smurf let them hear in by flipping on the microphone. Tracker Smurf monitors your position well. You get the picture. With those kits the state can pull from your phone just about any content. Should you think of using a mobile right twice? Computer monitoring devices will have that effect on you. The Infiltration Wizards and their Amazing Surveillance Software Tools
Our mates are mostly programmers and the internet is a great place to be. However, if you have enough money and power, you can transform these devices into deep information gathering instruments. Tipping the balance away from liberty frequently in the name of security. We are positive we’ve never heard of many such devices out there. We possibly will never. It’s still good to know about the ones that have slipped into public knowledge. It teaches us something about those capacities that are meant to look after our society. Whether those capabilities are soothing or terrifying is something we’re going to leave to you.