Browsing the "surveillance" Tag

Trump Administration Urges Permanent Reauthorization Of NSA Surveillance Program

August 18th, 2019 📆 | 2048 Views ⚑

“The NSA has been vacuuming up hundreds of millions of Americans’ call records as part of a program that is

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Trump administration reportedly wants to extend NSA phone surveillance program

August 17th, 2019 📆 | 6336 Views ⚑

A workstation inside the Threat Operations Center at the NSA in Fort Meade, Maryland. Getty Images The Trump administration has

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Trump administration reportedly wants to extend NSA phone surveillance program

August 16th, 2019 📆 | 2647 Views ⚑

A workstation inside the Threat Operations Center at the NSA in Fort Meade, Maryland. Getty Images The Trump administration has

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Trump administration urges Congress to reauthorize NSA surveillance program

August 16th, 2019 📆 | 3176 Views ⚑

The Trump administration is urging Congress to reauthorize the National Security Agency’s (NSA) authority to collect phone record information on

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This Tesla Mod Turns a Model S Into a Mobile ‘Surveillance Station’

August 10th, 2019 📆 | 4250 Views ⚑

Automatic license plate reader cameras are controversial enough when law enforcement deploys them, given that they can create a panopticon

Tagged with: mobile • model • station • surveillance • tesla • turns

Kazakhstan Ends Controversial Internet Surveillance System

August 8th, 2019 📆 | 8195 Views ⚑

Kazakhstan has ended a controversial internet surveillance system that was capable of intercepting all HTTPS internet traffic just three weeks

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Donald Trump’s Administration Is Reportedly Weaponizing The Surveillance State To Target Whistleblowers

August 6th, 2019 📆 | 5505 Views ⚑

A new report by computer security engineer Micah Lee for The Intercept claims that Donald Trump’s administration is targeting government

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A Multimillionaire Surveillance Dealer Steps Out Of The Shadows… And His $9 Million WhatsApp Hacking Van

August 5th, 2019 📆 | 3950 Views ⚑

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The Trump Administration Is Using the Full Power of the U.S. Surveillance State Against Whistleblowers

August 4th, 2019 📆 | 3093 Views ⚑

Government whistleblowers are increasingly being charged under laws such as the Espionage Act, but they aren’t spies. They’re ordinary Americans

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Military-Style Surveillance From the Air Is Often Legal

August 3rd, 2019 📆 | 4591 Views ⚑

Even the most secretive organizations in the U.S. government are not necessarily safe from aerial observation. In the spring of

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5G Is Here—and Still Vulnerable to Stingray Surveillance

August 3rd, 2019 📆 | 6444 Views ⚑

High-speed 5G mobile data networks may still very much be a work in progress, but they've already started rolling out

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National Security Agency halts surveillance program

August 3rd, 2019 📆 | 8579 Views ⚑

The program authorized under the USA Freedom Act, requires reauthorization at the end of the year and the Trump administration

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It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s two-dozen government surveillance balloons over America • DigitalMunition

August 3rd, 2019 📆 | 4334 Views ⚑

Uncle Sam is testing a system that uses high-altitude balloons to conduct surveillance over American soil. Government contractor Sierra Nevada

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How to replace the live feed of a surveillance camera just like in movies

August 2nd, 2019 📆 | 3747 Views ⚑

With the growth of the Internet of Things (IoT) technology also increased cybersecurity risks in environments where this technology is

Tagged with: camera • movies • replace • surveillance

Rights group loses mass surveillance appeal in High Court

July 29th, 2019 📆 | 4265 Views ⚑

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption A lawyer with Liberty called the ruling “disappointing” Human rights group Liberty has lost

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Researchers Discover Android Surveillance Malware Built by Sanctioned Russian Firm

July 26th, 2019 📆 | 6691 Views ⚑

Mobile security firm Lookout has discovered a new set of sophisticated custom Android surveillanceware tools developed and distributed by a

Tagged with: android • built • discover • malware • monokle • researchers • russia • sanctioned • sanctions • Special Technology Centre • surveillance

EU Court of Justice Grapples with U.S. Surveillance in Schrems II

July 26th, 2019 📆 | 2303 Views ⚑

Earlier this month, the Court of Justice of the European Union heard argument in Schrems II, a case that could

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Highly Targeted Android Mobile Surveillance Malware

July 26th, 2019 📆 | 7092 Views ⚑

Security researchers observed a highly targeted Android mobile surveillanceware malware dubbed Monokle that compromises users privacy by stealing user data

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Security, Surveillance And The Truth About Going Dark

July 25th, 2019 📆 | 2999 Views ⚑

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A new surveillance tool can monitor your activities in the cloud

July 23rd, 2019 📆 | 3597 Views ⚑

Cybersecurity services specialists have revealed a research into new activities of Pegasus, the spyware developed by Israel-based NSO, which now

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NSA Chief Hedges on Future of Phone Surveillance Dragnet

July 21st, 2019 📆 | 6647 Views ⚑

SAN FRANCISCO—The head of the National Security Agency is hedging on whether the surveillance giant will seek to retain a

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NSA’s top lawyer on surveillance and new challenges coming with 5G network

July 20th, 2019 📆 | 6856 Views ⚑

The legal, ethical and societal implications of the digital revolution underway in the United States and across the world are

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Lawmakers Call for Termination of NSA Domestic Surveillance Program

July 20th, 2019 📆 | 7489 Views ⚑

A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced legislation on Thursday to end the National Security Agency’s practice of collecting records of

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House Votes Down Amash’s Attempt To Stop Warrantless FISA Surveillance – Reason.com

July 18th, 2019 📆 | 2305 Views ⚑

Yesterday evening, an amendment to restrain domestic surveillance under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) crashed and

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