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Edward Snowden’s Libertarian Moment: We “will remove from governments the ability to interfere with [our] rights”

February 25, 2015

Edward Snowden’s Libertarian Moment: We “will remove from governments the ability to interfere with [our] rights” Via Mark Sletten comes this thread from yesterday’s Ask Me Anything session at Reddit that featured Edward Snowden, Oscar-winning documentarian Laura Poitras, and journalist Glenn Greenwald. The question posed to Snowden: What’s the best way to make NSA spying an issue in the 2016 […]

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Moscow-Based Security Firm Reveals What May Be The Biggest NSA “Backdoor Exploit” Ever

February 17, 2015

Moscow-Based Security Firm Reveals What May Be The Biggest NSA “Backdoor Exploit” Ever Since 2001, a group of hackers – dubbed the “Equation Group” by researchers from Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab – have infected computers in at least 42 countries (with Iran, Russia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, and Syria most infected) with what Ars Technica calls“superhuman technical feats” […]

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IN HISTORIC RULING, UK SURVEILLANCE SECRECY DECLARED UNLAWFUL

February 7, 2015

IN HISTORIC RULING, UK SURVEILLANCE SECRECY DECLARED UNLAWFUL The United Kingdom’s top surveillance agency has acted unlawfully by keeping details about the scope of its Internet spying operations secret, a British court ruled in an unprecedented judgment issued on Friday. Government Communications Headquarters, or GCHQ, was found to have breached human rights laws by concealing […]

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64 Percent Of News Reporters Believe That Obama Is Spying On Them

February 7, 2015

64 Percent Of News Reporters Believe That Obama Is Spying On Them Is it okay for Barack Obama to spy on reporters? Is it okay for government spooks to record their calls, monitor their online activity and collect their emails whenever they want? Well, according to a shocking new pollconducted by Pew Research, 64 percent […]

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WESTERN SPY AGENCIES SECRETLY RELY ON HACKERS FOR INTEL AND EXPERTISE

February 5, 2015

WESTERN SPY AGENCIES SECRETLY RELY ON HACKERS FOR INTEL AND EXPERTISE The U.S., U.K. and Canadian governments characterize hackers as a criminal menace, warn of the threats they allegedly pose to critical infrastructure, and aggressively prosecute them, but they are also secretly exploiting their information and expertise, according to top secret documents. In some cases, the surveillance agencies are obtaining the content […]

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Why Did the Liberals Vote For Bill C-13 After Fiercely Opposing It?

January 25, 2015

Why Did the Liberals Vote For Bill C-13 After Fiercely Opposing It? When I was 16, I was goofing off in math class with a friend. I was probably wearing my At the Drive In t-shirt, my most prized possession and potent signifier of my burgeoning avant-garde taste in art. Wasting time in math class seemed a […]

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Security Apparatus and Politicians React to Paris Attacks

January 12, 2015

Security Apparatus and Politicians React to Paris Attacks Memo from the Deep State: Surveillance Still not Ubiquitous Enough No sooner had the blood in Paris dried so to speak, as representatives of Western security services and police reminded us that they have still not enough funding and power. Say what? As far as we are aware, their […]

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Activist Post: How Many of These Secret Surveillance Programs Do You Know About?

January 4, 2015

Activist Post: How Many of These Secret Surveillance Programs Do You Know About?. According to various publications in the American and foreign media, the United States has created a global system of cyber espionage that allows the interception and processing of personal data around the globe in violation of fundamental human rights. Tapped phones, intercepted short messages, […]

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Inside the NSA’s War on Internet Security – SPIEGEL ONLINE

December 29, 2014

Inside the NSA’s War on Internet Security – SPIEGEL ONLINE. When Christmas approaches, the spies of the Five Eyes intelligence services can look forward to a break from the arduous daily work of spying. In addition to their usual job — attempting to crack encryption all around the world — they play a game called […]

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Merkel staffer’s laptop infected by US/UK spy malware – report — RT News

December 29, 2014

Merkel staffer’s laptop infected by US/UK spy malware – report — RT News. An aide to the German chancellor has become the victim of a cyber-attack, according to media. The highly-sophisticated Regin virus that was found on her infected USB stick is reported to be a product of British and US spy agencies. Having written […]

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Operation Socialist: How GCHQ Spies Hacked Belgium’s Largest Telco

December 16, 2014

Operation Socialist: How GCHQ Spies Hacked Belgium’s Largest Telco. When the incoming emails stopped arriving, it seemed innocuous at first. But it would eventually become clear that this was no routine technical problem. Inside a row of gray office buildings in Brussels, a major hacking attack was in progress. And the perpetrators were British government […]

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‘You’re the bomb!’ Are you at risk from the anti-terrorism algorithms? | UK news | The Guardian

December 3, 2014

‘You’re the bomb!’ Are you at risk from the anti-terrorism algorithms? | UK news | The Guardian. Should our future robot overlords decide to write a history of how they overcame their human masters, late 2014 will be a key date in the timeline. Last week, an official report from the parliamentary intelligence and security […]

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France Desperate to “Erase US Internet Companies From Existence” |

November 26, 2014

France Desperate to “Erase US Internet Companies From Existence” |. If You Can’t Beat Them, Outlaw Them … We have previously reported on the French obsession with stifling competition to the vast detriment of the consumer, so as to protect established businesses with all sorts of legal restrictions. A prime example of this nonsense is […]

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Secret Malware in European Union Attack Linked to U.S. and British Intelligence – The Intercept

November 25, 2014

Secret Malware in European Union Attack Linked to U.S. and British Intelligence – The Intercept. Complex malware known as Regin is the suspected technology behind sophisticated cyberattacks conducted by U.S. and British intelligence agencies on the European Union and a Belgian telecommunications company, according to security industry sources and technical analysis conducted by The Intercept. Regin […]

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Tory Bill To Boost CSIS Spying Powers Abroad Is Constitutional, Official Says

November 25, 2014

Tory Bill To Boost CSIS Spying Powers Abroad Is Constitutional, Official Says. (Reuters) – Scuffles erupted after Hong Kong authorities cleared part of a pro-democracy protest camp in the bustling district of Mong Kok on Tuesday following a court order to reopen a road, with several demonstrators taken away in police vans. The gritty, working-class […]

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