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Inside the Spyware Campaign Against Argentine Troublemakers
Inside the Spyware Campaign Against Argentine Troublemakers Alberto Nisman, the Argentine prosecutor known for doggedly investigating a 1994 Buenos Aires bombing, was targeted by invasive spy software downloaded onto his cellular phone shortly before his mysterious death. The software masqueraded as a confidential document and was intended to infect a Windows computer. An investigation by The Intercept indicates […]
You’ve Been Warned – Spotify Wants to Spy on You in Every Way Imaginable
You’ve Been Warned – Spotify Wants to Spy on You in Every Way Imaginable I clearly remember the moment several years ago when my closest friend from NYC was at my place pleading with me to download and use Spotify. The pitch was compelling and I was open minded about the concept, until I learned that […]
FBI says that citizens should have no secrets that the government can’t access: the Orwellian cyber police state has arrived
FBI says that citizens should have no secrets that the government can’t access: the Orwellian cyber police state has arrived The police and surveillance state predicted in the forward-looking 1940s classic “1984” by George Orwell, has slowly, but steadily, come to fruition. However, like a frog sitting idly in a pan of steadily-warming water, too […]
GCHQ and me: My Life Unmasking British Eavesdroppers
GCHQ and me: My Life Unmasking British Eavesdroppers I stepped from the warmth of our source’s London flat. That February night in 1977, the air was damp and cool, the buzz of traffic muted in this leafy North London suburb, in the shadow of the iconic Alexandra Palace. A fellow journalist and I had just spent three […]
The Surveillance State Goes Mainstream: Windows 10 Is Watching (& Logging) Everything
The Surveillance State Goes Mainstream: Windows 10 Is Watching (& Logging) Everything If Edward Snowden’s patriotic exposure of all things ‘super secret surveillance state’ in America were not enough, Newsweek reports that, as 10s of millions of hungry PC users download the free upgrade, Windows 10 is watching – and logging and sharing – everything users do… and […]
EXCLUSIVE: Edward Snowden Explains Why Apple Should Continue To Fight the Government on Encryption
EXCLUSIVE: Edward Snowden Explains Why Apple Should Continue To Fight the Government on Encryption As the Obama administration campaign to stop the commercialization of strong encryption heats up, National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden is firing back on behalf of the companies like Apple and Google that are finding themselves under attack. “Technologists and companies working to protect […]
German Journalists Investigated For Treason After Publishing Surveillance Leaks
German Journalists Investigated For Treason After Publishing Surveillance Leaks Two journalists at the prominent German news website Netzpolitik are under investigation for treason after publishing details about the planned expansion of the German Secret Service’s Internet surveillance program. On Wednesday, the organization received a letter from the Federal Attorney General of Germany confirming ongoing investigations against reporters Markus Beckedahl, […]
Local Governments Increasingly Poking Through Your Garbage
Local Governments Increasingly Poking Through Your Garbage Civil libertarians are worried about an increasingly common form of domestic surveillance that has nothing to do with listening to your phone calls or reading your emails; it has to do with looking through your garbage. Municipalities across the United States are implementing intrusive methods of monitoring the stuff […]
Former High Ranking U.S. Senator Wants to “Hang Edward Snowden on the Courthouse Square”
Former High Ranking U.S. Senator Wants to “Hang Edward Snowden on the Courthouse Square” Michael Krieger | Posted Monday Jul 20, 2015 at 2:04 pm We need to hang him on the courthouse square as soon as we get a hold of him. – Former vice chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Saxby Chambliss, on Edward Snowden […]
The Terrorism Pretext: Mass Surveillance is About Money and Power
The Terrorism Pretext: Mass Surveillance is About Money and Power “We are under pressure from the Treasury to justify our budget, and commercial espionage is one way of making a direct contribution to the nation’s balance of payments” -Sir Colin McColl, former MI6 Chief For years public figures have condemned cyber espionage committed against the […]
Hacking Team and Boeing Subsidiuary Envisioned Drones Deploying Spyware
Hacking Team and Boeing Subsidiuary Envisioned Drones Deploying Spyware There are lots of ways that government spies can attack your computer, but a U.S. drone company is scheming to offer them one more. Boeing subsidiary Insitu would like to be able to deliver spyware via drone. The plan is described in internal emails from the Italian company Hacking Team, which makes off-the-shelf […]
