{"id":9205,"date":"2024-12-17T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/blog\/?p=9205"},"modified":"2024-12-17T11:53:02","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T16:53:02","slug":"us-wiretap-system-hacked-what-do-you-do-encrypt-all-the-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/blog\/2024\/12\/17\/us-wiretap-system-hacked-what-do-you-do-encrypt-all-the-things\/","title":{"rendered":"US wiretap system hacked? What do you do? Encrypt all the Things!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Joe, Steve and James discuss Salt Typhoon, the hack of the US wiretap system. We also look at the latest drone reports and, in local news. we discuss a reverse Santa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Join us for <a href=\"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/blog\/conference\/\">our Winter 2025 conference<\/a> on Sunday, January 19th! It will be at the ROOTED Armory Caf\u00e9, 191 Highland Ave., Somerville. The conference starts by 10am and ends around 4pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/crew\/forms\/register-our-winter-2025-conference\">Participant registration<\/a>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/crew\/forms\/speak-our-winter-2025-party-conference\">Speaker Registration<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"900\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CO7tYEpERwI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/crew\/civicrm\/profile\/create?gid=16&amp;reset=1\">Sign up to our newsletter to get notified of new events<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/crew\/forms\/support-the-pirate-party\">volunteer<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/social.globalpirates.net\/@masspirates\">Join us on<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/social.globalpirates.net\/@masspirates\">Mastodon<\/a>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/masspirates\">Facebook<\/a>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/masspirates.bsky.social\">Blue Sky<\/a>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/masspirates\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Some links we mentioned: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2024\/12\/06\/salt_typhoon_fcc_proposal\/\">Salt Typhoon forces FCC&#8217;s hand on making telcos secure their networks<\/a>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cyberlaw.stanford.edu\/what-exactly-is-salt-typhoon-2\/\">What exactly is Salt Typhoon?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/stephenpastis\/2024\/12\/15\/mystery-drones-over-new-jersey-and-nearby-states-dhs-sees-no-foreign-threats-as-feds-send-detection-system-to-ny-updated\/\">Mystery Drones Over New Jersey And Nearby States: Trump Claims The Military Knows What The Sightings Are<\/a>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcvb.com\/article\/boston-harbor-islands-drone-arrest\/63194126\">Two men arrested, accused of &#8220;hazardous drone operation&#8221; in the Boston Harbor Islands<\/a>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcboston.com\/news\/local\/two-men-arrested-for-hazardous-drone-operations-near-logan-airport\/3577947\/\">Two men arrested for hazardous drone operations near Logan Airport<\/a>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/video\/massachusetts-man-gets-stuck-in-chimney-while-evading-police-226947653839\">Massachusetts man gets stuck in chimney while evading police<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Image Credit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.athena-alpha.com\/\">Athena Alpha<\/a>, CC BY-SA 2.0, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/197238842@N06\/52786845976\">Source File<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joe, Steve and James discuss Salt Typhoon, the hack of the US wiretap system. 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