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How come Stellar PCS didn't check out the NSA documents that were made public (I assume the documents the journalist is showing them in the video are those publ

How come Stellar PCS didn't check out the NSA documents that were made public (I assume the documents the journalist is showing them in the video are those public PRISM/snowden/TreasureMap docs) for any hints their operations were compromised ? Just found this https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/09/14/nsa-stellar/ https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/09/14/nsa-stellar/ which includes more narrative and GCHQ's involvement.

zz1 12y ago
How come so many people are just ignoring all the Snowden files altogether? How come so little people use encryption, after more than a year that we have been told "the good news is, encryption works". Please advocate for change, actively, with the people you interact. GPG, OTR, TextSecure, Redphone, Signal, decentralized services… If they are complicated, set them up yourself. And please, urge your representatives to act!
- pdkl95 12y ago
  Unfortunately, some people still don't believe the scope or that the "good guys" would violate the constitution like this ("Just-World Hypothesis"). Others are still using various permutations of the "If you're not doing anything wrong..." nonsense. And at least a few... are collaborators. As PHK cautioned, the NSA/GCHQ/etc can submit patches or comment in development discussions just like everybody else, and at least some of the suggestions against using proper crypto are intended to keep the internet in plaintext.
scintill76 12y ago
It does appear they have already been publicized as a target at the end of March this year: "The 26-page document explicitly names three of the German companies targeted for surveillance: Stellar, Cetel and IABG." ... "In the case of Stellar, the top secret GCHQ paper includes the names and email addresses of 16 employees, including CEO Christian Steffen. In addition, it also provides a list of the most-important customers and partners. Contacted by SPIEGEL, Stellar CEO Steffen said he had not been aware of any attempts by intelligence services to infiltrate or hack his company. 'I am shocked,' he said." [0] As far as I can tell, the actual documents were just publicly released today. I suppose the point of the video, as noted by other comments here, is to show real human beings finding their name and email address in a top-secret document directing they be found and "tasked". Most of the filming may have been done back in March, and it seems they were made aware back then, and have hopefully taken steps to re-secure things since then. I'd be interested in evidence that they should have specifically known about this earlier, though. [0] http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/gchq-and-nsa-targeted-private-german-companies-a-961444.html http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/gchq-and-nsa-tar...

zz1 12y ago

How come so many people are just ignoring all the Snowden files altogether? How come so little people use encryption, after more than a year that we have been told "the good news is, encryption works". Please advocate for change, actively, with the people you interact. GPG, OTR, TextSecure, Redphone, Signal, decentralized services… If they are complicated, set them up yourself. And please, urge your representatives to act!

pdkl95 12y ago
Unfortunately, some people still don't believe the scope or that the "good guys" would violate the constitution like this ("Just-World Hypothesis"). Others are still using various permutations of the "If you're not doing anything wrong..." nonsense. And at least a few... are collaborators. As PHK cautioned, the NSA/GCHQ/etc can submit patches or comment in development discussions just like everybody else, and at least some of the suggestions against using proper crypto are intended to keep the internet in plaintext.

scintill76 12y ago

It does appear they have already been publicized as a target at the end of March this year: "The 26-page document explicitly names three of the German companies targeted for surveillance: Stellar, Cetel and IABG." ... "In the case of Stellar, the top secret GCHQ paper includes the names and email addresses of 16 employees, including CEO Christian Steffen. In addition, it also provides a list of the most-important customers and partners. Contacted by SPIEGEL, Stellar CEO Steffen said he had not been aware of any attempts by intelligence services to infiltrate or hack his company. 'I am shocked,' he said." [0] As far as I can tell, the actual documents were just publicly released today. I suppose the point of the video, as noted by other comments here, is to show real human beings finding their name and email address in a top-secret document directing they be found and "tasked". Most of the filming may have been done back in March, and it seems they were made aware back then, and have hopefully taken steps to re-secure things since then. I'd be interested in evidence that they should have specifically known about this earlier, though. [0] http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/gchq-and-nsa-targeted-private-german-companies-a-961444.html http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/gchq-and-nsa-tar...