surveillance
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Crypto AG leaks: German and American spy agencies snooped on 120 countries
Germany’s Federal Intelligence Service (BND) together with the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) had monitored the encrypted government communications of almost half the countries on earth for decades. Continue reading
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Australian government moves to boost data-swapping with US spy network
The Australian government is helping spearhead moves by the Trump administration to force internet companies to hand over encryption-cracking capabilities, and to intensify data-swapping within the US-dominated “Five Eyes” global surveillance network. Continue reading
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China suppressed Covid-19 with AI and big data
China used locational and other data from hundreds of millions of smartphones to contain the spread of Covid-19, according to Chinese sources familiar with the program. Continue reading
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Telecom Jackboot: A 5G Kick to the Groin
The latest advances in networked technology hold the promise of lifting millions of people out of poverty. Take 5G. It is hyper-fast and, as everyone knows, time is money. Who doesn’t look to save both? Continue reading
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Prevent and Countering Violent Extremism usher in ‘whole society’ surveillance
In the aftermath of Sudesh Amman’s attacks in London on February 2, the Evening Standard London ran as its frontpage an appeal from Counter-terror police chiefs, calling for the public to take a more active role in stopping terror threats. Continue reading
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The CIA’s ‘Minerva’ Secret
OPERATION CONDOR COUNTRIES USED CRYPTO AG DEVICES WITHOUT REALIZING THE CIA OWNED THE COMPANY, NATIONAL SECURITY ARCHIVE DOCUMENTS REVEAL Encryption revelations raise questions about U.S. official knowledge of Argentina “dirty war” atrocities, Chile’s Letelier assassination, Southern Cone military dictatorships Continue reading
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Spycops update, February 2020
Here’s the monthly roundup of the campaign for truth and justice about the scandal of Britain’s political secret police. Continue reading
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UK home secretary defends naming Extinction Rebellion as extremist
The inclusion of climate activists Extinction Rebellion (XR) by police in a guide to “ideological extremism” marks a serious escalation of the assault on democratic rights. Continue reading
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Why a Shadowy Tech Firm With Ties to Israeli Intelligence Is Running Doomsday Election Simulations
A shadowy tech firm with deep ties to Israeli intelligence and newly inked contracts to protect Pentagon computers is partnering with Lockheed Martin to gain unprecedented access to the heart of America’s democracy. Continue reading
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How the hand of Israeli spy tech reaches deep into our lives
Digital age weapons developed by Israel to oppress Palestinians are rapidly being repurposed for much wider applications – against Western populations who have long taken their freedoms for granted. Continue reading
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UK police gain access to details of thousands of men, women and children through government’s Prevent database By Barry Mason
The UK’s police forces have full access to private information, including the political views, of thousands of men, women and children who have been referred to the government’s Prevent programme. Continue reading
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Police surveillance used to report disabled protesters to UK government for alleged benefit fraud By Dennis Moore
Philip Alston, the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty, spoke at a conference in Belfast last month to warn that innocent people are being caught up in a mass surveillance system enacted by the UK government to combat welfare “benefit fraud.” Continue reading
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Surveillance State: All school children now targeted by the state
This article is part of a series dedicated to a significant and wide-reaching BigBrotherWatch publication focusing on state surveillance that has been largely ignored by the mainstream media. Today, it is a very serious worry that our entire mechanism of democracy is being undermined by excessive and uncontrolled state surveillance. This disproportionate obsession by the… Continue reading
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ORG London: Exposing AdTech’s underbelly
Join us in London to hear a digital marketing expert blow the whistle on personal data abuse by digital advertisers and tell us how we can “opt out” of the corporate surveillance economy. Continue reading
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State Surveillance: Blacklisting and the secret habit employers can’t seem to kick
This article is part of a series we are publishing from the ‘State of Surveillance’ report written by BigBrotherWatch, the civil liberties organisation. Much of the mainstream media have completely ignored its findings. Regular readers of TruePublica know we have published many reports and articles over the last four years relating to state surveillance (database)… Continue reading
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US Defense Department prepares for mass internet censorship By Kevin Reed
The US military has issued a call for research proposals from technology partners for the development of an automated system capable of scanning the entire internet and locating and censoring content deemed as “false media assets” and “disinformation.” According to government documents, the requested solution would provide “innovative semantic technologies for analyzing media” that will… Continue reading
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The Future of the Spectacle …or How the West Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Reality Police
If you want a vision of the future, don’t imagine “a boot stamping on a human face — for ever,” as Orwell suggested in 1984. Instead, imagine that human face staring mesmerized into the screen of some kind of nifty futuristic device on which every word, sound, and image has been algorithmically approved for consumption… Continue reading
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Zephyr and the development of high-altitude military surveillance drones
The Guardian reported recently that the Pentagon’s Southern Command are testing stratospheric balloons over the US, to combat drug trafficking and support homeland security. The news has caused concern among US civil liberties advocates angry that American citizens will be being monitored in these tests. However, these balloons are just one of a new type… Continue reading
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Australian spy and police chiefs say raids on journalists must continue By Mike Head
Despite public outrage over recent federal police raids on journalists, the Australian government and the country’s intelligence and police commanders have declared that such raids and criminal prosecutions are essential. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 