Censored News
Matthew Green, cryptography professor at Johns Hopkins University, said his blog on NSA spying was shut down on university servers today, Monday, Sept. 9, 2013.
"I received a request from my Dean this morning asking me to remove all copies of my NSA blog post from University servers. The post is still up on Blogger, but a local University mirror of my blog was shut down," Green said on Twitter today.
While most of the information will be a revelation for those who understand cryptography -- everyone will understand this: The NSA has a clear channel for Skype. Everyone was fooled about Skype's claims for privacy.
As for the NSA cracking encryption, Green says, " ... All of this is a long way of saying that I was totally unprepared for today's bombshell revelations describing the NSA's efforts to defeat encryption. Not only does the worst possible hypothetical I discussed appear to be true, but it's true on a scale I couldn't even imagine. I'm no longer the crank. I wasn't even close to cranky enough." Read the blog that someone doesn't want you to read: http://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/
Later today, the same day that Green was asked to remove the blog, Johns Hopkins University said it was backing off on its request:
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/johns-hopkins-backs-off-request-about-professors-nsa
Read more about the university's complaint: http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/09/crypto-prof-asked-to-remove-nsa-related-blog-post/
Baltimore Sun's coverage: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/north-baltimore/bs-hs-hopkins-blog-20130909,0,3976680.story
In as second case of censorship, EcoWatch writer Lauren Berlekamp said Facebook removed an event, the March Against Monsanto. The event promoted a march in St. Louis, Missouri, where the biotech giant is headquarted.
http://ecowatch.com/2013/facebook-censors-march-against-monsanto/
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