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What happened to the Snowden archive

https://libroot.org/posts/what-happened-to-the-snowden-archive

Published: September 20, 2026 00:00

Thirteen years, around 1% published, and an act of faith in journalism.

Going Through Snowden Documents, Part 8

https://libroot.org/posts/going-through-snowden-documents-part-8

Published: July 1, 2026 00:00

Part 8 of our Snowden documents deep-dive: Three previously unpublished document images from a 2014 drone-strike article, and an unlinked NSA surveillance worksheet using nuclear agencies as its example. Updated August 21, 2026.

Going Through Snowden Documents, Part 7

https://libroot.org/posts/going-through-snowden-documents-part-7

Published: May 5, 2026 00:00

Part 7 of our Snowden documents deep-dive: The largest redaction failure in any Snowden publication: 14 NSA personnel names, targeting data, and a previously unseen NSA wiki page, all extractable from a 2014 Der Spiegel PDF

Going Through Snowden Documents, Part 6

https://libroot.org/posts/going-through-snowden-documents-part-6

Published: April 17, 2026 00:00

Part 6 of our Snowden documents deep-dive: NSA router configurations from UN field mission infrastructure in Iraq and Kuwait, sitting in an exploitation database, published and unexamined for over a decade.

Non-hybrid PQ-only TLS and the MIKEY-IBAKE intervention

https://libroot.org/posts/non-hybrid-pq-only-tls-and-mikey-ibake

Published: April 6, 2026 00:00

A 2010 GCHQ submission to a 3GPP standards committee, arguing against a strong encryption standard on mass-surveillance scaling grounds while promoting a surveillance-friendly alternative, is worth keeping in mind during the current debate around…

Going Through Snowden Documents, Part 5

https://libroot.org/posts/going-through-snowden-documents-part-5

Published: January 17, 2026 00:00

Part 5 of our Snowden documents deep-dive: PDF forensics, metadata leaks, redaction failures.

Going Through Snowden Documents, Part 4

https://libroot.org/posts/going-through-snowden-documents-part-4

Published: January 10, 2026 00:00

Part 4 of our Snowden documents deep-dive: Revealing hidden information in Snowden documents about domestic U.S. intelligence facilities under secret cover names.

Going Through Snowden Documents, Part 3

https://libroot.org/posts/going-through-snowden-documents-part-3

Published: December 25, 2025 00:00

Part 3 of our Snowden documents deep-dive: Systematic analysis reveals compromised networks that were unreported for over a decade: TeliaSonera, SingTel, Telecom Italia Sparkle, and 15+ others.

Going Through Snowden Documents, Part 2

https://libroot.org/posts/going-through-snowden-documents-part-2

Published: December 11, 2025 00:00

Part 2 of our Snowden documents deep-dive: A censored NSA slide pieced together from b-roll and a State Department letter's full, aggressive text, all from a single TV show.

Going Through Snowden Documents, Part 1

https://libroot.org/posts/going-through-snowden-documents-part-1

Published: December 9, 2025 00:00

Part 1 of our Snowden documents deep-dive: An NSA hack on Chinese defense firm Norinco, unreported surveillance codenames, and more from a single forgotten file.

getmonero.org Will Soon Have Torrents

https://libroot.org/posts/getmoneroorg-will-soon-have-torrents

Published: November 14, 2025 00:00

The official Monero website, getmonero.org, will soon offer WebSeed-enabled torrents for releases, improving download resilience.

getmonero.org Should Move Beyond Cloudflare

https://libroot.org/posts/getmoneroorg-should-move-beyond-cloudflare

Published: October 25, 2025 00:00

Cloudflare: The Irresistible Hub For Mass-Surveillance

https://libroot.org/posts/cloudflare-the-irresistible-hub-for-mass-surveillance

Published: September 28, 2025 00:00

Cloudflare's centralized architecture fundamentally compromises end-to-end encryption by acting as a MITM, creating a single, irresistible vulnerability that makes it a highly attractive target for mass dragnet surveillance by intelligence agencies.

Cloudflare Blocker, Firefox Extension

https://libroot.org/posts/cloudflare-blocker-firefox-extension

Published: September 28, 2025 00:00

Our Firefox extension which blocks websites using Cloudflare based on HTTP headers.

Trusted Execution Environments? More Like "Trust Us, Bro" Environments

https://libroot.org/posts/trusted-execution-environments

Published: August 7, 2025 00:00

Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs) are marketed as secure solutions for data protection, but in reality, they are opaque, vulnerable systems that centralize trust in unaccountable entities and should not be relied upon for real security.

Project NOJSCAP

https://libroot.org/posts/project-nojscap

Published: July 25, 2025 00:00

Ultra-minimalist PoW CAPTCHA for the web. The client is a CLI tool that lets you solve CAPTCHAs in your terminal, so you can browse with anything, from Lynx to Tor Browser, and still complete challenges.