Tag: nsa
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“The Day We Fight Back”: #StopTheNSA Protest Declared for Feb 11
from slashgear.com: In honor of the late programmer and activist Aaron Swartz and in light of information contained in documents leaked by Edward Snowden, the EFF, Free Press, Demand Progress, and other entities will be holding a day of anti-NSA mass spying protests on February 11. The day is being called “The Day We Fight…
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German TV Does First Snowden Interview, Uploads to LiveLeak
from reason.com: German TV interviewed NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden and the video of the 30 minute interview is now available at LiveLeak. Not surprisingly, a good bit of the interview focused on NSA spying alliances, activities and capabilities in Europe. The German reporter did, however, ask if Snowden was worried about threats to his life.…
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New World Next Week: Episode180 – #SOTU? STFU!, 3D Printer Patent, Drone Rustlers Update
NewWorldNextWeek.com: Episode180 – #SOTU? STFU!, 3D Printer Patent, Drone Rustlers Update Welcome to New World Next Week – the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news. This week: Story #1: Obama Misleads Nation on Iran Deal Obama Brought 60,000 Troops Home…
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Spy Agencies Scour Phone Apps for Personal Data
from ndtv.com: When a smartphone user opens Angry Birds, the popular game application, and starts slinging birds at chortling green pigs, spies could be lurking in the background to snatch data revealing the player’s location, age, sex and other personal information, according to secret British intelligence documents.
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#NewWorldNextWeek: Episode179 – Ukraine Unrest, IP Address Wins, Google Glass Eye
Welcome to New World Next Week – the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news. This week: Story #1: Ukraine Opposition Sets 24-hour Deadline As Protests Rage Putin Scores a New Victory: What Really Happened In Ukraine Ukraine Texts Citizens: Hey,…
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Obama Says NSA’s Mass Collection of U.S. Phone Data Will End
from online.wsj.com: President Barack Obama outlined a plan to sharply curtail the government’s collection and use of American phone data, part of the most significant revision of U.S. spying practices in a decade and an outgrowth of the world-wide backlash over revelations about U.S. surveillance programs. The most immediate changes to spy operations affect a…
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US physically hacks 100,000 foreign computers
NSA spies have inserted circuitry into computers in China, Russia, EU, India, Saudi and Pakistan to gain intelligence. from aljazeera.com: The United States has implanted devices in nearly 100,000 computers to spy on institutions such as the Chinese and Russian military, EU trade groups and agencies within Saudi Arabia, India and Pakistan. The New York Times on Tuesday cited documents…
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New World Next Week: Episode177 – GMO-free Cheerios, NSA Catalog, Celeb Shilling
NewWorldNextWeek.com: Episode177 – GMO-free Cheerios, NSA Catalog, Celeb Shilling Welcome to New World Next Week – the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news. This week: Story #1: Original Cheerios to Go GMO-Free Non-GMO Cheerios More Marketing Boon Than Health Boost?…
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#NSA Fallout Hits American Defense Contractors To The Tune Of $4b
from falkvinge.net: Brazil ditches Boeing’s F/A-18 in favor of SAAB’s JAS 39 Gripen over the NSA’s rogue behavior. In a press conference tonight, Brazil’s defense department announces that Brazil will buy the Swedish fighter jet, according to multiple Brazilian sources. The direct reason for rejecting Boeing’s F/A-18 was the United States’ hostile and unacceptable spying…
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NSA Phone Spying ‘Almost Certainly’ Unconstitutional
from online.wsj.com: A federal judge on Monday ruled against the National Security Agency’s collection of phone records, saying the program “almost certainly does violate” the Constitution. However, the ruling will have little immediate effect and faces a lengthy future of court proceedings. U.S. District Judge Richard Leon, who was nominated to the Washington, D.C., bench…
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Even Your Avatar Can’t Escape NSA Surveillance
from aclu.org: It seems that literally no one is safe from the NSA. Even digital alter egos living in fantasy realms in the online gaming world are being caught up in the NSA’s surveillance dragnet. A newly leaked internal document reveals that the NSA and British intelligence agency GCHQ have developed mass collection capabilities enabling…
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Recent Interview of Cathy O’Brien and Mark Phillips
A German TV station interviewed Cathy O’Brien and Mark Phillips, recently. The interview seems irresistible, when reported content compromised by hackers. There’s still audio for deleted portions of the interview, since recorded previously for translation into German. Doesn’t it make you curious? O’Brien and Phillips are authors of “Trance Formation of America,” the story of…
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#Twitter, #Facebook Demand Sweeping Changes to US #Surveillance
from theguardian.com: The world’s leading technology companies have united to demand sweeping changes to US surveillance laws, urging an international ban on bulk collection of data to help preserve the public’s “trust in the internet”. In their most concerted response yet to disclosures by the National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Facebook,…
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New World Next Week: Episode173 – Afghan Opium Record, GCHQ Spoofs LinkedIn, GMO Apples
NewWorldNextWeek.com: Episode173 – Afghan Opium Record, GCHQ spoofs LinkedIn, GMO Apples Welcome to New World Next Week – the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news. This week: Story #1: Afghan Opium Output Soars To Record Level…Again An Introduction To Gladio…