Barton Gellman

Pakistan has accepted some security training from the CIA, but U.S. export restrictions and Pakistani suspicions have prevented the two countries from sharing the most sophisticated technology for safeguarding nuclear components. ”

Social engineering,' the fancy term for tricking you into giving away your digital secrets, is at least as great a threat as spooky technology. ”

One common puzzle for the security-minded is how to work with confidential data on the road. Sometimes you can't bring your laptop, or don't want to. But working on somebody else's machine exposes you to malware and leaves behind all kinds of electronic trails. ”

For months, Obama administration officials attacked Snowden's motives and said the work of the NSA was distorted by selective leaks and misinterpretations. ”

Privacy and encryption work, but it's too easy to make a mistake that exposes you. ”

It no longer counts as remarkable that Egyptians organized their uprising on social media. ”

I don't think Cheney started off in 2000 with a burning desire to become vice-president. I think the prospect gradually became more appealing, and he goosed the process. ”

In the field of biological weapons, there is almost no prospect of detecting a pathogen until it has been used in an attack. ”

Friend of mine, a smart journalist, had his iPad stolen. He couldn't help that - the thief broke into his house. But his private, personal data wasn't stolen, exactly. Donated, more like. He had no passcode set on the iPad. ”

For personal use, I recommend the free and open-source Truecrypt, which comes in flavors for Windows, Mac and Linux. ”