PRISM Break
PRISM Break is a website by the interface designer Peng Zhong, which shows free software alternatives for bypassing the surveillance programs in the context of the global surveillance and espionage affair. PRISM Break was mentioned worldwide and across all media and takes up the name of the secret NSA program PRISM .
Content and aim of PRISM Break
The website presents free alternatives to proprietary web browsers , e-mail programs and operating systems , which should be more secure than their counterparts due to the open source code .
Free cryptography systems such as B. GNU Privacy Guard recommended, whose porting to Windows was supported by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) and the Federal Ministry of the Interior (BMI) as part of the “Internet Security” campaign and the “ GNU Privacy Project ”. Furthermore, recommendations are made for instant messengers , DNS providers and browser extensions that are intended to improve anonymity on the Internet. The data protection foundation calls PRISM Break in its practical tips.
On the GitHub page of PRISM Break, you can work on the project with suggestions or by producing translations.
Award
2015: SUMA Award (3rd place)
Trivia
The term PRISM Break is a reference to Prison Break , a popular television series whose title is pronounced almost identically. The series addresses, among other things, questionable secret service activities and unofficial power structures in the USA.
See also
Web links
- PRISM Break (German version)
- PRISM Break's GitLab directory
Individual evidence
- ↑ PC world: These programs lock eavesdroppers from the US secret service
- ↑ Gizmodo: PRISM Break helps you against Obama's surveillance offensive
- ↑ FM4 ORF.at: Today's Webtip: PRISM-Break
- ↑ Netzpolitik.org: PRISM-Break: Escape NSA espionage with this software
- ↑ WDR: Clicked: How do I move safely on the Internet?
- ^ Pirate Party Berlin: We demonstrate. Deal with it!
- ↑ a b stiftungdatenschutz.org: PRACTICAL TIPS