privacy
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DRIPping into Fascism, one ‘law’ at a time
DRIP (Data Retention and Investigatory Powers) ignores the Court and recreates blanket surveillance powers that’ll affect all of us – allowing the Government to command retention of the entire population’s communications data for 12 months. Continue reading
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‘It defies belief’: Snowden condemns UK’s new surveillance bill
Snowden found the duress with which the UK government processed the Data Retention and Investigation Powers Bill to be remarkable, comparing it to the Bush administration’s introduction of the Protect America Act in 2007. The Protect America Act was issued after the New York Times exposed a “warrantless wire-tapping programme” that was both illegal and… Continue reading
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The CIA spying scandal and the disintegration of American democracy By Tom Carter
Last Thursday, the US Department of Justice quietly announced that it would not launch a criminal investigation following the revelation in March that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) had spied on the staff of the Senate Intelligence Committee. News of this decision—which concerns one of the most significant constitutional breaches in modern American history—was barely… Continue reading
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The National Security State: UK gov rushes through emergency law on data retention By Kelly Fiveash
Emergency law is expected within days to be pushed through Parliament that will force ISPs to retain customer data to allow spooks to continue to spy on Brits’ internet and telephone activity, after existing powers were recently ruled invalid by the European Union’s highest court. Continue reading
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UK to force telecom firms to spy on British citizens
The UK government is set to pass emergency laws requiring phone companies to hold detailed records of all phone calls, texts and internet usage for up to 12 months. Under the new legislation, companies would be allowed to access more data than ever before, including records of every website their customers visit, as well as… Continue reading
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NSA Targets As “Extremists” Americans Who Simply Wish to Protect Themselves from Oppression
In the wake of revelations about the extent of mass surveillance by the NSA and other agencies, people are trying to protect themselves by adopting encryption and other privacy tools. Continue reading
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NSA targets anyone interested in online privacy By Joseph Santolan
An article published on July 3 by German public broadcaster Das Erste reveals that the National Security Agency (NSA) is using its surveillance program XKeyScore to target users of the traffic anonymizing software Tor and the Tails operating system, for deep packet inspection, data retention, and heightened surveillance. Continue reading
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ISPs haul GCHQ into COURT over dragnet interwebs snooping By Kelly Fiveash
Britain’s eavesdropping nerve centre GCHQ has been accused of unlawfully accessing the private communications of potentially millions of people – and angry internet service providers are dragging the snooping agency to court. Continue reading
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Every Internet user in the UK can be spied on without a warrant By Robert Stevens
The UK government has acknowledged that every UK citizen who uses Google and accesses web site services Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, can be monitored, under existing legislation, by the security services. Continue reading
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Is the Dept. of Homeland Security Becoming America’s SS? By John W Whitehead
If the United States is a police state, then the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is its national police force, with all the brutality, ineptitude and corruption such a role implies. In fact, although the DHS’ governmental bureaucracy may at times appear to be inept and bungling, it is ruthlessly efficient when it comes to… Continue reading
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Tom Watson tables motion on mass surveillance
I’ve just tabled a motion on mass surveillance. Please ask your MP to support. Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 10 June 2014: EU: When the state is complicit in hate
10 June 2014 — Statewatch • e-mail: office@statewatch.org NEWShttp://www.statewatch.org/news/ 1. EU: Council of the European Union: Foreign fighter and returnees from a counter-terrorism perspective2. COE: Parliamentary Assembly (PACE): ‘Crucial gaps’ in the legal framework on search and rescue in the Mediterranean 3. EU-INTERPOL-WEST AFRICA: Creating the West African Police Information System (WAPIS) Continue reading
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Here’s how we Reset the Net
Yesterday was unbelievable. Together, we as everyday Internet users harnessed the power of the largest websites on earth and launched the biggest effort in human history to shut down mass surveillance on the web. Continue reading
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Vodafone Reveals Existence of Secret Wires That Allow State Surveillance By Juliette Garside
Vodafone, one of the world’s largest mobile phone groups, has revealed the existence of secret wires that allow government agencies to listen to all conversations on its networks, saying they are widely used in some of the 29 countries in which it operates in Europe and beyond. Continue reading
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Reset the Net! Update 5 June 2014
Just today, we received a very special message from Edward Snowden himself. All of us at Fight for the Future are humbled, knowing that our huge victories this year mobilizing against government surveillance would not have been possible without him risking everything to expose the abuses of the worlds’ most powerful governments. Continue reading
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Reset the Net!
In just two days, we will Reset the Net and take the first steps toward blocking illegitimate government surveillance from the web. Momentum is growing — just today Google, Mozilla, CloudFlare, and dozens of other major sites announced they’ll be joining our effort to secure the web. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 