Twitter has announced it has encrypted its services to protect user data from cyber criminals and intelligence agencies. Lawyers for Lavabit—which closed its e-mail services rather than share master encryption keys with the government—have filed a reply brief in a case that may determine whether a company must be compelled to turn over such keys. Lavabit Founder Ladar Levison recently spoke about his experience with The Privacy Advisor. Meanwhile, the NSA’s John Inglis said he is skeptical about the NSA sharing the vast troves of data it collects with other federal agencies such as the FBI or DEA—indicating he does not agree with a reform bill proposed by Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-CA). The Wall Street Journal reports that a federal judge appears to be “receptive to critics” of the NSA’s collection of phone metadata, but one federal lawyer has argued that Americans have “no expectation of privacy” in making phone calls. And on ABC’s This Week, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the U.S. is “continuing to blow it” on privacy issues.
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