Snowden co-designs a surveillance-proof phone case - UPI.com
UPI reports: "Infamous whistleblower Edward Snowden has co-designed a smartphone case that can help people elude surveillance. [...] The case is called "the introspection engine," and it would alert the user whenever the smartphone's radio signals are being sent, something that can happen even if your phone is on 'airplane mode.'"

Comment: Missionaries and human rights workers operating in repressive countries might want to look into this tech when it becomes available. 

Consumer Tech Encryption

Facebook tests end-to-end encryption on Messenger | Reuters
Reuters reports: "Facebook Inc (FB.O) on Friday said it began testing end-to-end encryption on its popular Messenger application to prevent snooping on digital conversations. The limited testing on Messenger, which has more than 900 million users, comes three months after Facebook rolled out end-to-end encryption to its more popular WhatsApp, a messaging application with over 1 billion users that it acquired in October 2014. The move comes amid widespread global debate over the extent to which technology companies should help law enforcement snoop on digital communications."

Comment: Missionaries working in repressive countries, take note.