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Columnist, Writer, Sleuth – Vanson Soo

Month: August 2011

Posted on August 15, 2011

Downgrading the World's Rating Agencies

Posted on August 15, 2011November 5, 2013

Downgrading the World’s Rating Agencies

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Titles Starting With “Shhh…” Are My Short Musings & Commentaries

The World of Corporate Sleuths
Whistleblowing and Internal Monitoring/Investigations
Shhhcretly Exclusive: Edward Snowden’s Warning Cry
Shhh… A Corona?!
Shhh…. Ghosn Debunks Reports on Escape Route
Shhh… A Cyber-Geopolitical Threats 2019 Roundup
Shhh… Updates on Edward Snowden & the Snowden Refugees
Shhh… The Matrix, With Mozilla
Shhh… Fancy Having A Live Flight Tracker?
Shhh… 10 Famous Spies
Shhh… One Lucky Chinese: Former Military Officer Bags Suspended Death Sentence in Graft Case
Shhh… Crafty Hackers Into Insider Trading
Shhh… UK's Spies, Lords & Predators
Shhh… British MPs to Court: Stop the Police & GCHQ Spying on Them
Shhh… WikiLeaks: NSA Spying on Japan
Shhh… Duncan Campbell – Global Spying Program ECHELON & the Decades-long Cosy NSA-GCHQ Relationship
Shhh… The Chinese Version of All the President's Men
Shhh… The Cost of Watching Julian Assange
Shhh… Google: No to Global ‘Right to Be Forgotten’ Order
Shhh… The Intercept: A Summer Reading List
Shhh… 10 Secret Facts about the CIA
Shhh… Spies Vs Silicon Valley
Shhh… Microsoft's Wi-Fi Sense Can Make You the 'Hotspot'
Shhh… The Snowden Official Teaser Trailer
Shhh… The 5 Most Powerful Families That Secretly Control The World
Shhh… US-Canada Border – Secret Deal Between Canada’s Spies and Border Guards
Shhh… Impact Team: Cheating Spouses Panic As Adultery Site Ashley Madison Hacked
Shhh… Hacked By Your Cyber-security Firm?
Shhh… Email Spams Dip First Time in Twelve Years
Shhh… The 5 Most Dangerous Hackers Of All Time
Shhh… Minds.com: A Social Media Network to Stop NSA Surveillance?
Shhh… WikiLeaks: TISA Corporate Takeover Plot
Shhh… SPIEGEL: US Attack on Press Freedom
Shhh… WikiLeaks: NSA Has Spied on German Chancellors for Decades
Shhh… US Government Hacks at OPM Exposed More Than 21Million People
Shhh… FBI, DEA & US Army Bought Italian Spyware
Shhh… Hacking Team: When Hackers Get Hacked
Shhh… Russian Parliament Paved Way for "Right to be Forgotten"
Shhh… WikiLeaks: NSA’s Been Bugging Top Brazilian Political and Financial Targets
Shhh… XKEYSCORE – The NSA Insight Into Everything We Do Online
Shhh… China Passes New National Security Law
Shhh… What Message is the US Sending to France with Bulk Data Collection to Resume Following WikiLeaks' Espionnage Élysée Expose?
Shhh… WikiLeaks: US Also Had a Decade-long Policy of Economic Espionage Against French Companies
Shhh… US Data Hack May Be 4 Times Larger Than the Government Has Admitted
Shhh… French Asylum Offer to Snowden & Assange as Ultimate US Contempt
Shhh… French Former Foreign Minister Roland Dumas: Shocked But Not Surprised With NSA Eavesdrops on French Presidents
Shhh… WikiLeaks' "Espionnage Élysée" – François Hollande on Emergency Meeting Following Claims US Spied on 3 French Presidents
Shhh… Google Chrome Secretly Downloading Audio Listeners & Eavesdropping on Users Without Consent
Shhh… China Changing Course on Foreign Policy?
Shhh… Italian Prosecutors Seek to Indict 297 People in Bank of China (Milan) Fraud
Shhh… Top 10 Sites Hidden by Google Earth
Shhh… Snowden Supports Apple’s Public Stance On Privacy
Shhh… French Ultimatum Clicking on Google Over "Right to be Forgotten" Ruling
Shhh… 2 Years Post-Snowden Review
Shhh… Conspiracy Theories on Latest Snowden Claims?
Shhh… From NSA to Police Surveillance
Shhh… Hackers Target Database of Chinese with Ties to US Government
Shhh… William Binney: Everyone Under Surveillance
Shhh… 10 Ways the NSA Spies On US
Shhh… Latest Cyberattacks on US Government a Hoax – To Restore NSA Surveillance?
Shhh… Snowden Documents: NSA Secretly Expands Cybersurveillance
Shhh… FBI Operate Surveillance Planes – With Fictitious Names and Video & Cellphone Technologies
Shhh… Live Q&A with Snowden
Shhh… US Senate Approves Bill to Reshape NSA Surveillance
Shhh… What About Snowden Now with NSA Surveillance on Hold?
Shhh… NSA Surveillance on Hold as Senate Blocks Temporary Extensions
Shhh… Everything Google – Key Announcements at the Google 2015 I/O Developer Conference
Shhh… Fancy Revenge by Stalking Your Identity Thief?
Shhh… William Binney on NSA's "Dark Secrets"
Shhh… The Internet of Things – Google's New Patent for a Creepy Wi-fi Connected Toy
Shhh… USA Freedom Act Fails Again – Senators Reject Bill to Scrap NSA Bulk Collection
Shhh… Rand Paul's 10-Hour Filibuster to Derail the Winding Down of NSA Surveillance
Shhh… Fraudulent Practices at Fake Cancer Charities
Shhh… US Charges 6 Chinese Nationals for Industrial Espionage
Shhh… Bruce Schneier on How We Sold Our Souls & Privacy to Internet Giants
Shhh… Brett King on FinTech & the Death of the Retail Banking Branches
Shhh… US Congress on Track to End NSA's Bulk Phone Collection Program?
Shhh… Jack Barsky – The Spy Among US
Shhh… Former CIA Officer Sentenced for Leaks to NYT Reporter
Shhh… Spy Game: The Thais, the Israelis & the Wiretapping Devices
Shhh… NSA Rats Exposed – The "Facebook-NSA Queen" & Mysterious Death of Dave Goldberg
Shhh… Court Rules NSA's Phone Data Collection Illegal
Shhh… NSA Have More Data Than They Can Handle
Shhh… North Korea Exposes Two South Korean Spies
Shhh… Profile: Michael G. Vickers, the Retiring Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence
Shhh… AirBus Plans Legal Actions Against NSA/BND Spying Claims – NSA Involved in Industrial Espionage
Shhh… NSA Too Late With "Snowden-Proof" Cloud Storage
Shhh… Julian Assange: Snowden Better Off in Russia Than Iceland
Shhh… Obama Now Understands (Loss of) Privacy Pains?
Shhh… Mangfall Kaserne in Bad Aibling – Surveillance-Proof Site for German Intelligence BND to Cooperate with the NSA
Shhh… Anonymous: CyberSecurity Bill's a Scam
Shhh… The Protecting Cyber Networks Act Gets Greenlight from Congress
Shhh… The Perils of Popular News Sites
Shhh… New Google Security Chief – In Search of Balance with Privacy
Shhh… New Zealand & US Plotted to Spy on China
Shhh… WikiLeaks' Latest Stunt: The Sony Archives
Shhh… FaceBook Blames "Bug"
Shhh… Google's EU Antitrust Troubles Explained
Shhh… Spy On Spies – A New Breed of Spies
Shhh… China's Powerful "Great Cannon" to Censor the Internet
Shhh… Shutting Down Network of 12,000 Computers Used by Cyber-criminals
Shhh… Data Breach – What Happens to those Data?
Shhh… Turning the White House into a Russian House?
Shhh… Edward Snowden on John Oliver's ‘Last Week Tonight’
Shhh… Emails Reveal Cozy Google-NSA Relationship on Previously Denied High-Level Policy Discussions
Shhh… Google Did the Right Thing to Cut Off China's Certificate Authority CNNIC to Protect the Internet
Shhh… Did Obama Know What He's Doing When He Signed the new Executive Order on Cybercrimes?
Shhh… Facebook Violates EU Law as it Tracks Everyone Including Logged Out Users and Visitors
Shhh… Richard Stallman: Why Facebook is Mass Surveillance
Shhh… Why You Should Forget Facebook for Good?
Shhh… The "Secret" App – Parents Should Beware How Kids Are Keeping & Sharing Secrets Through Anonymous Posts that Aren't Really Anonymous
Shhh… The Why's, How's and What's of Hacks into Health Insurance Companies Like Anthem and Premera
Shhh… The USB-C Makes those new MacBooks More Vulnerable
Shhh… Apple Still Wants to Find You Even When Location Services are Switched Off
Shhh… Anatomy of a Hack – What Should You Do After You're Hacked?
Shhh… Windows 10 – "Windows Hello" Biometric Authentication Technology has Potential Serious Security Loopholes
Shhh… Department of the Internet: How the Government Has Taken Over Our Lives
Shhh… Snowden's Privacy Apps and Programs
Shhh… Live Recording: Microsoft Phone Support Scam at Work
Shhh… Hidden Spy Cameras at Denver Post Offices
Shhh… Bruce Schneier on His New Book "Data and Goliath"
Shhh… What Can You Do If Airport Checkpoints Demand for Your Smartphone Password?
Shhh… Fujitsu Can Detect Faces in Blurred Security Videos
Shhh… ProtonMail: Email Privacy and Encryption
Shhh… How Come Obama Suddenly Understood & Explained to China Why Backdoors into Encryption is Really Bad?
Shhh… How to Make Yourself Invisible to Facial Recognition with the New "Privacy Glasses"?
Shhh… US Pressures Forced PayPal to Punish Mega (& MegaChat) for Encrypted Communications & Keeping Our Privacy
Shhh… NSA Demands on Crypto Backdoors Led to US-China Spat on Backdoors & Encryption
How to Cope With File-Encrypting Ransomware Risks (After US Offer $3mn Award for GameOver Zeus creator Evgeniy Bogachev)?
Shhh… NSA Want Framework to Access Encrypted Communications
Shhh… Security Experts Not Convinced By Gemalto's Swift "Thorough" Investigations into NSA-GCHQ SIM Card Hacks
Shhh… Out of Africa: Spies & Leaked Intelligence from the New "El Dorado of Espionage"
Shhh… Snowden's Girlfriend at the Oscars for CitizenFour
Shhh… Doll Hack? New Wi-fi Connected "Hello Barbie" Risks Inviting Pedophiles Into the Barbie World
Shhh… Solutions to NSA & GCHQ Hacks into SIM Cards to Eavesdrop on Mobile Phones Worldwide?
Shhh… Pre-installed Superfish Malware Leaves Lenovo Computers Vulnerable to Man-in-the-Middle Attacks
Shhh… Simple Solutions to NSA's Embedded Spyware in Hard Drives
Shhh… Snowden at the ALCU Hawaii’s Davis Levin First Amendment Conference
Obama's Still On the Wrong Frequency On Cybersecurity Issues
Shhh… New Search Engine Memex to Reach the Other 95% of the Web (And Dark Web) that Google Missed
Shhh… China to Boost Cyber-Security with the World's First Quantum Communications Network – QC Satellite to Follow Next Year
Shhh… Spy Alert: Your Smart TV Watches You – Just Like Your Computer
Edward Snowden & Hervé Falciani Knew Each Other Before Their Respective Exposé?
The Flawed "Right To Be Forgotten" Ruling on Google Cannot and Should Not be Globalized
Shhh… Martin Jacques on Understanding the Rise of China
Shhh… US in Long Battle As China Request Source Code From Western Technology Companies
US-China Spat on Intrusive Rules – And Actual Intrusions
From Apple With Love – Granting Chinese Security Audits Leaves More Deep & Profound Implications Than Betrayal of Apple Die-Hards
Shhh… Why (Obama & Cameron) the NSA is Breaking Our Encryption and Why We Should Care
Shhh… Obama & Cameron: Here’s How Low-Tech Encrypted Communications Work – With Just a Pen & Paper – Which You Can’t Decrypt
Shhh… How to Register for Kim Dotcom's End-to-End Encrypted Voice Calling Service "MegaChat"
Shhh… China's Block to VPN Services Has Global Impacts
Shhh… Snowden: iPhone has Secret Surveillance Spyware that Can Be Remotely Controlled
Obama: Why is Your Blackberry Super-Encrypted & You Want to Ban the World from Using Encryption?
Shhh… Blackberry to Cameron & Obama: Encryption Ban a Gift to Hackers & Cyber-Criminals
Shhh… Obama to Support Cameron on Encryption Ban – Knowingly Betray Our Privacy and Security
Shhh… Mark Cuban on Social Media Mistakes and Self-Destruct Messaging Apps Cyber Dust
Shhh… List of 3,500 Spy Names sold by German Double Agent
Shhh… Paris Attacks: Dangerous Precedence & Irreversible Damages with Cameron's Pursuit of “Safe Spaces” & Ban on Encrypted Online Messaging Apps
Shhh… CENTCOM Hack: Snowden on Why US Pay the Price for Deprioritizing Cyber Defense
Shhh… CENTCOM Hack More Than Just Twitter Feed & YouTube Channel
Shhh… Online Privacy: How to Track & Manage Our Digital Shadow
Shhh… Facial Recognition & Risks: FBI to Photograph All Americans
Shhh… Facial Recognition & Risks: Encoding Your Photos with Photoscrambler
Shhh… Facial Recognition & Risks: How Much Is Your Face Worth?
Shhh… Get a New Home Router – 12 Millions Vulnerable to "Misfortune Cookie" Hacks
New US Sanctions on North Korea – Comparing Sony & the World’s Biggest Data Breaches
The Rafael Hui Case Amplifies Flaws in Hong Kong's Background Checks & Vetting System
Shhh… The WikiLeaks' CIA Travel Guide
Shhh… A Feasible Strategy Despite Severe Innate Phone Security (Eavesdropping) Flaws Like SS7
Are You Unique – How to Check Your Browser Fingerprints & Online Privacy?
Shhh… US Federal Court: Warrantless Surveillance Footage in Public Areas is an Invasion of Privacy
Shhh… The FBI Unmasking of TOR Users with Metasploit
One Question on the Sydney Siege: Why didn't the Snipers Shoot Earlier?
Shhh… Dick Cheney on "Full of Crap" Torture Report
Shhh… John Brennan on the Torture Report
Shhh… Michael Hayden on the Senate’s CIA Interrogation Report
The US Senate Intelligence Committee & CIA Interrogation Report – A Closer Look at the Tortures at Guantanamo Bay
Life-Saving Gadgets like Bulletproof Bags and Shields for Schools & the Workplace
Shhh… New Surveillance Gadget – GPS Shoes for Kids
Shhh… 10 Surveillance Technologies to Watch
Shhh… Russian Police to Award $37,000 for Gadgets That Could Hack iPhones
Shhh… DOJ Uses 18th Century Law to Make Apple Unlock Encrypted iPhones
Shhh… USB Thumb Drives Everywhere
Shhh… Glenn Greenwald with James Risen on "Pay Any Price: Greed, Power, and Endless War"
Shhh… How to Prevent Someone from Knowing When You've Seen Apps Messages
Shhh… Views on the "Don't Spy On US" Campaign
Shhh… The West Wing on Privacy Issues Today – Back in 1999
Shhh… How to Contact US Senators Who Block NSA Surveillance Bill & Disregard Our Privacy
Shhh… Assange to Appeal Swedish Court Decision After Ecuador Guarantees Indefinite Asylum
Shhh… Lawsuit After Proof of British Police Spying on Reporters for Years
Shhh… Putin Put Russian Spies on the Spree
Shhh… The Puppet Master Putin & Russia’s Escalating Spy Operations
Shhh… US Senate Vote Falls Short of Curbing NSA Surveillance
Shhh… We Can Now Hear & See Wi-fi?
Shhh… WikiLeaks' Cousin AfriLeaks – A New Anonymous Whistleblowing & Open Data Platform for Africa
Shhh… Rethinking Snowden – A "Limited Hangout" CIA Operation?
Shhh… A Personal Gadget to Block Wireless Surveillance Devices Like Drones & Google Glass
Shhh… "Quiet Zone" for the perfect holiday?
Shhh… Hotel Cyber Blues

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Media Coverage

http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-03-04/pesek-on-asia-singapore-trumps-tokyo

http://www.vietnamplus.vn/hoat-dong-cua-nsa-khien-my-kho-xu-voi-trung-quoc/252201.vnp

http://citinews.net/the-gioi/hoat-dong-cua-nsa-khien-my--kho-xu--voi-trung-quoc-TW7DIGY/

http://www.sr-indonesia.com/web-exclusives/view/post-snowden-the-us-reaps-a-security-whirlwind

http://asiancorrespondent.com/117792/what-edward-snowden-has-shown-the-world/

http://stratrisks.com/geostrat/6617

http://www.wikileaks-forum.com/whistleblowing/486/for-whom-the-whistle-blows/21320/

http://article.wn.com/view/2012/03/11/Getting_all_Smiley_about_corporate_espionage/

http://yourviet.blogspot.hk/2012/03/world-complicated-world-of-corporate.html

http://jamescks.wordpress.com/2013/02/05/asia-sentinel/

http://therapeofhongkong.com/2014/06/03/regulators-legislators-must-not-repeat-history-again-after-ignoring-it-again/

http://www.techwireasia.com/1075/the-threat-to-freedom-of-information/

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