Surveillance & Counter Surveillance
The Latest On FBI Warrantless Searches of Americans’ Communications #GotBitcoin
Congress weighs changes to foreign-spying program that yielded the searches of Americans’ data. The Latest On FBI Warrantless Searches of Americans’ Communications #GotBitcoin WASHINGTON—The number of warrantless searches of Americans’ telephone calls, emails and text messages conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation plummeted last year, dropping from millions of…
America’s Spies Are Losing Their Edge
New technologies and a lack of patriotism in Silicon Valley are leveling the playing field for Russia and China. America’s Spies Are Losing Their Edge What a month this has been for secrets! Or rather, for no-longer-secrets. Ukraine is not winning its war, thinks the US military. Egypt planned to…
NSA (Loveint Scandal) Channels Agency’s Enormous Eavesdropping Power To Spy On Love Interests (#NSAlovepoems, #NSAromcom)
National Security Agency officers on several occasions have channeled their agency’s enormous eavesdropping power to spy on love interests, U.S. officials said. NSA (Loveint Scandal) Channels Agency’s Enormous Eavesdropping Power To Spy On Love Interests (#NSAlovepoems, #NSAromcom) The story created a stir on Twitter, with two related hashtags gaining traction.…
Britain’s Knitters Recruit Spies And Surveillance As Mailbox ‘Toppers’ Go Missing
Updated: 3-27-2023: A craze for decorating the nation’s postboxes hits a snag, prompting spies and surveillance. Britain’s Knitters Recruit Spies And Surveillance As Mailbox ‘Toppers’ Go Missing LONDON—Vivienne Fagan spent weeks knitting creations to adorn her local mailbox in southern England. A knitted caterpillar, a woolen teddy bears’ picnic, a…
Pentagon Sees Giant Cargo Cranes As Possible Chinese Spying Tools
Equipment at U.S. ports could pose risk of surveillance or sabotage, officials say; China says concerns are ‘paranoia-driven’. Pentagon Sees Giant Cargo Cranes As Possible Chinese Spying Tools WASHINGTON—U.S. officials are growing concerned that giant Chinese-made cranes operating at American ports across the country, including at several used by the…
Simple Tips To Ensure Your Digital Surveillance Works As It Should
Being able to safeguard against risk and keep both your treasured people and possessions as safe as possible is a concern for us all. Simple Tips To Ensure Your Digital Surveillance Works As It Should One way to do this is to use the best digital surveillance and security systems…
IRS Uses Cellphone Location Data To Find Suspects
The new program shows how anonymized information sold by marketers is increasingly being used by law enforcement to identify suspects. IRS Uses Cellphone Location Data To Find Suspects The Internal Revenue Service attempted to identify and track potential criminal suspects by purchasing access to a commercial database…
Spyware Finally Got Scary Enough To Freak Lawmakers Out—After It Spied On Them
NSO Group’s Pegasus software was used routinely to listen in on conversations with US, UK and EU officials, prompting investigations into abuses of its shockingly affordable military-grade surveillance. Spyware Finally Got Scary Enough To Freak Lawmakers Out—After It Spied On Them Carine Kanimba used to dismiss her dad’s warnings to…
Darkmail Pushes Privacy Into The Hands Of NSA-Weary Customers
Darkmail Pushes Privacy Into The Hands Of NSA-Weary Customers And Dark Wallet Hides Transactions Made With Bitcoin. Darkmail Pushes Privacy Into The Hands Of NSA-Weary Customers The Dallas man who battled the Federal Bureau of Investigation over access to Edward Snowden's emails has figured out his next act. Ladar…
Vast Troves of Classified Info Undermine National Security, Spy Chief Says
Avril Haines, the director of national intelligence, says current classification system strains intelligence agencies and erodes public trust. Vast Troves of Classified Info Undermine National Security, Spy Chief Says The U.S. intelligence community’s approach to classifying vast amounts of information is so flawed that it harms national security and diminishes…
San Francisco’s Historic Surveillance Law May Get Watered Down
The measure paved the way for regulating privacy in other cities. Now Mayor London Breed wants to carve out broad exceptions for police as part of a crime crackdown. San Francisco’s Historic Surveillance Law May Get Watered Down In 2019, San Francisco passed a landmark ordinance regulating government surveillance and…
The Pandemic Turbocharged Online Privacy Concerns
In recent years, concerns about digital threats to individual privacy have been growing more acute. The Pandemic Turbocharged Online Privacy Concerns From high-profile data breaches to hijacked doorbell cameras, we’ve seen a steady increase in the scale and volume of privacy-related incidents. But 2020, driven by a global pandemic and…