We might live in an age of persistent and pervasive surveillance. The recent revelations about the secret National Security Agency programs aimed at collecting vast amounts of data on Americans and foreigners seemingly confirm what tinfoil-wearing netizens have feared for years: They’re watching us; technology has turned against its users. Amidst prying eyes, a small but growing group of hackers and programmers is working on applications that use cryptography — the science of creating techniques to hide data and render it readable only to intended recipients — to fight surveillance and give regular citizens access to what was once only reserved to computer experts. It’s a battle of geek-made encryption apps against their uniformed snooping foes. SEE ALSO: 10 Better Alternatives to Your iPhone's Native Apps And the spying agencies of the world are getting more adversaries every day. In fact, there are so many apps it’s almost impossible to list them all: Silent Circle , Cryptocat , Redphone , Text Secure , Wickr (which Mashable has previously reported on ), Ostel , Gibberbot . The list goes on and on. “These encryption apps could well be the first wave in an entirely new revolution — one that makes truly… Read full this story
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