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Cops scan social media to help assess your ‘threat level’
Cops scan social media to help assess your ‘threat level’. A national spotlight is now focused on aggressive law enforcement tactics and the justice system. Today’s professional police forces — where officers in even one-stoplight towns might have body armor and mine-resistant vehicles — already raise concerns. Yet new data-mining technologies can now provide police […]
Congress Just Passed Legislation Ramping Up Mass Surveillance to Super-Steroid Levels Washington’s Blog
Congress Just Passed Legislation Ramping Up Mass Surveillance to Super-Steroid Levels Washington’s Blog. Fascist Power Grab Wipes out 4th Amendment Remember how Americans are overwhelmingly opposed to mass surveillance, and how the government promised to rein in spying on Americans? Yeah, that never happened … Instead, Congress snuck a provision into the Intelligence Authorization Act which will […]
British Court Rules in Favor of Electronic Surveillance – NYTimes.com
British Court Rules in Favor of Electronic Surveillance – NYTimes.com. LONDON — The court that oversees Britain’s intelligence agencies ruled Friday that electronic mass surveillance of people’s cellphone and online communications, like the Prism program revealed by Edward J. Snowden, is legal. The ruling, on a complaint brought by privacy advocates and rights groups like Amnesty […]
Canadian Government Was Worried About Disclosure Of Telecom Surveillance Info: Memo
Canadian Government Was Worried About Disclosure Of Telecom Surveillance Info: Memo. OTTAWA – A move by telecommunications firms to be more forthcoming with the public about their role in police and spy surveillance could divulge “sensitive operational details,” a senior Public Safety official warned in a classified memo. Company efforts to reveal more about police […]
Britain’s GCHQ monitored Irish internet traffic — RT News
Britain’s GCHQ monitored Irish internet traffic — RT News. Britain’s surveillance body, Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), could be tapping underwater cables connecting Ireland to the global web, according to a new document leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden and released by German media. The document, titled ‘Partner Cables,’ identifies the cables that GCHQ has […]
The German BND and American NSA Cooperate More Closely than Thought – SPIEGEL ONLINE
The German BND and American NSA Cooperate More Closely than Thought – SPIEGEL ONLINE. Three months before Edward Snowden shocked the world with his revelations, members of NSA’s “Special Source Operations department” sat down for a weekly meeting at their headquarters in the US state of Maryland. The group, considered internally to be particularly efficient, […]
The Trouble With the Internet – The Epoch Times
The Trouble With the Internet – The Epoch Times. The Internet is at a crossroads and someone needs to figure out how to deal with it. That’s roughly the reality facing the Global Commission on Internet Governance that met in Ottawa this week. The Internet’s early days of promise have given way to rampant cyber […]
Hacked from ‘US servers’: Ecuador leader claims attacks on his private computer — RT News
Hacked from ‘US servers’: Ecuador leader claims attacks on his private computer — RT News. Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa has accused the US of “systematic, high-tech” cyber-attacks on his private internet accounts and computers, the last of which was traced back to American servers last Thursday. He outlines his accusations in a scathing Twitter post […]
Controlling the internet China style – Features – Al Jazeera English
Controlling the internet China style – Features – Al Jazeera English. Beijing, China – Two visions of China’s campaign to strengthen its influence over the global future of the World Wide Web are being staged in two Chinese cities this week. One vision offers digital riches to global tech leaders who join forces with the Beijing […]
