privacy
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ICH 4 December 2012: A Window Into The American Soul
4 December 2012 — Information Clearing House Washington Floats Chemical Weapons Charge as Pretext for Syria Buildup By Bill Van Auken The alleged threat from Syrian “weapons of mass destruction” is entirely concocted. Not a single piece of hard evidence is cited by any government official or any media source. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33223.htm Continue reading
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Video: NSA Whistleblower: Everyone in US Under Virtual Surveillance, All Info Stored
RT talks to William Binney, whistleblower and former NSA crypto-mathematician who served in the agency for decades. Virtual privacy in US, Petraeus affair and whistleblowers’ odds in fight against the authorities are among key topics of this exclusive interview. Continue reading
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Fighting ‘Terrorism’ or Repressing Democracy? Britain’s System of Mass Surveillance By Dr. Paul Anderson
The focus of critiques of authoritarianism today lies increasingly in the use by liberal governments of ‘exceptional’ powers. These are powers in which an imminent threat to national security is judged to be of such importance as to warrant the restriction of liberties and other socially repressive measures in order to protect national security. ‘Terrorism’… Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 8 October 2012: You look foreign: bring your passport, it’s what the UKBA would want
8 October 2012 — Statewatch e-mail: office@statewatch.org 1. EU: Western Balkan states held back by lawlessness2. EU: Council of the European Union: Common European Asylum System – State of play3. EU: EUROPEAN ARREST WARRANT: FINLAND, DENMARK & SWEDEN4. EU: Council of the European Union: Military Command and Control, JCOs and Auditors letter on Home Affairs funding Continue reading
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Anonymous calls for shut-down of TrapWire to start this Saturday
As details surface about a futuristic and frightening global surveillance network called TrapWire, members of the Anonymous collective are calling for citizens everywhere to voice their opposition and help end the system beginning this Saturday. Continue reading
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NO2ID Newsletter (Second series) No.4 – March 15th: GOVERNMENT FACES WRONG WAY ON PRIVACY, SURVEILLANCE
The Protection of Freedoms Bill is still in parliament, having had its first reading on 11th February 2011. It is in any case a disappointing piece of legislation, the Home Office seemingly doing the absolute minimum necessary to cover the narrowest reading of pre-election promises. In our briefing, we could give it no more than… Continue reading
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SOPA author strikes back with Internet surveillance bill; no one is safe By Sebastian Haley
SOPA author Lamar Smith is sponsoring a new bill named the ‘Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act of 2011″ (H.R. 1981). The bill is not brand new, mind you, but with so many other oppressive attempts by the government to invade privacy and control the Internet lately, it has managed to slip by relatively unnoticed… Continue reading
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Stephen Lendman: ORWELLIAN DRONES – “Eye in the Sky” Spying on Americans
Predator drones perform sanitized killing on the cheap compared to manned aircraft. Independent experts believe militants are hit about 2% of the time. All others are noncombatants, despite official disclaimers. Continue reading
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If you’re a Firefox user this plugin is a necessity
10 February 2012 If you’re Firefox user, this plugin is an absolute necessity! Called ‘Do Not Track’ it monitors what’s tracking your movements across the Web and blocks them. Click on the the little green icon on the toolbar and up pops a window detailing what’s tracking you. Simple! Do Not Track Continue reading
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Meet ACTA- PIPA and SOPA’s Big Brother
The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is an international treaty that threatens free speech and your privacy online. Imagine if your ISP could censor their networks, police what you did online, and with greater ease turn your information over to authorities. That’s the danger that ACTA poses, and it’s got to be stopped. Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks 27-28 November 2011
28 November 2011 — williambowles.info 28 November 2011 WikiLeaks wins Australian journalism award AFP SYDNEY — WikiLeaks has been recognised in Australia for its “outstanding contribution to journalism”, with founder Julian Assange lashing out at “cowardly” Prime Minister Julia Gillard in an acceptance speech. The anti-secrecy website was lauded at … http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gQRUCe6qxRkV8J7Q8Ix6HUPcD_Eg?docId=CNG.2fcb0cdc5742d63c5b84cb23c3483da7.271 Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks 22 November 2011
22 November 2011 — williambowles.info December court date for Manning in WikiLeaks case PhysOrg.com Supporters of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange display photographs of Assange (C) and US serviceman Bradley Manning (R) outside the High Court in central London, in July 2011. Manning, the US soldier alleged to have passed to WikiLeaks a trove of …… Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks 15 November 2011
15 November 2011 — williambowles.info Court Decision Forcing Twitter To Give Up Info On Wikileaks Associates … Techdirt You may recall that the US government has been seeking all sorts of info on some folks who were somehow connected to Wikileaks as a part of its grand jury investigation, using the obscure 2703(d) process, rather… Continue reading
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Rupert ‘Dirty Digger’ Murdoch Newslinks 22-23 July 2011
23 July 2011 — williambowles.info Hacking In Brief: 23/07/2011 The Independent – Media RSS Feed Today at Midnight News Corp executive ‘leaked Cable story’ Ian Burrell Kroll, the global corporate investigations company, has named a top News Corp executive as the strong suspect in ‘orchestrating’ the leak of a tape which led to the downfall… Continue reading
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ECHELON: The Global Eavesdropping Scheme Dwarfs Murdoch’s “News of the World” By Sherwood Ross
As eavesdroppers go, next to Uncle Sam and John Bull, Rupert Murdoch, the moral force behind Fox News, is an amateur. That’s because a global eavesdropping scheme being run today by the United States and Great Britain dwarfs anything that Rupert Murdoch’s editors at The News of The World (TNTW) ever dared attempt. Continue reading
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News Corp scandal just tip of privacy-breaching iceberg — RT
As the scandal over voicemail and phone-hacking by the Murdoch media empire rages, public and political fury has focused on ruthless tabloids out of control. But some say in this day and age, the whole concept of privacy is falling apart. Continue reading
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News Corp scandal just tip of privacy-breaching iceberg — RT
As the scandal over voicemail and phone-hacking by the Murdoch media empire rages, public and political fury has focused on ruthless tabloids out of control. But some say in this day and age, the whole concept of privacy is falling apart. Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, No 1 of 2: 13 June 2011 (15/11)
13 June 2011 — Statewatch – e-mail: office@statewatch.org STATEWATCHING EUROPE: Civil Liberties, the state and the European Union Saturday 25 June 2011 (10.00-17.30) Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL Programme and Registration form: http://www.statewatch.org/conference/conference.pdf Book Online:http://www.statewatch.org/ordering/order.html EU: Statewatch Analysis: Rethinking the EU Security Research Programme by Ben Hayes Council of Europe: NGO letter… Continue reading
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The “Hi Tech” Corporate Police State: “Reengineering” the Internet … for Persistent Surveillance By Tom Burghardt
The secret world of “cyber situational awareness” is a spymaster’s wet dream, made all the more alluring by the advent of ultra high speed computing and the near infinite storage capacity afforded by massive server farms and the ubiquitous “cloud.” Within that dusky haze, obscured by claims of national security or proprietary business information, take… Continue reading
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National Outcry Over TSA Body Scanners and Invasive Pat-Downs
As one of the busiest travel seasons of the year approaches there is a public outcry over new airport security measures that include full-body scanners and invasive police-style pat-downs. We speak with the Electronic Privacy Information Center and the American Civil Liberties Union, as well as New York City Councilman David Greenfield, who introduced a… Continue reading
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