Tag: prism
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PLA has set up Chinese version of ‘PRISM’ monitoring in Hong Kong
from stratrisks.com: The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has established a large-scale signals and information monitoring facility in Hong Kong similar to the U.S. PRISM monitoring program, according to the Canada-based Kanwa Information Center. In a report obtained by CNA, Kanwa, which publishes a monthly magazine on Asian defense issues, said that intelligence experts have made…
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Google & Facebook Used Lobbying Groups to Oppose Internet Surveillance Restrictions
from vice.com: Revelations about the National Security Agency’s most controversial surveillance program, which centers on the bulk collection of hundreds of billions of records of Americans’ phone conversations, were quickly greeted with calls for reform by major internet powerhouses like Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo last year. But all four companies, along with dozens of…
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NSA accused of hacking into India’s nuclear systems
from thehindu.com: The public assertions made by Indian and American officials that no content was taken from India’s internet and telephone networks by U.S.’s National Security Agency (NSA) and that the American surveillance programs just looked at “patterns of communication” as a counter-terrorism measure are far from the truth, if not outright misleading. According to…
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Revealed: How #Microsoft handed the #NSA access to encrypted messages
from guardian.co.uk: Microsoft has collaborated closely with US intelligence services to allow users’ communications to be intercepted, including helping the National Security Agency to circumvent the company’s own encryption, according to top-secret documents obtained by the Guardian. The files provided by Edward Snowden illustrate the scale of co-operation between Silicon Valley and the intelligence agencies…
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#NSA spied on Latin America for energy and military intel
from RT.com: The NSA’s spy program encompasses most countries in Latin America, new cables released by Edward Snowden have confirmed. The data gathered on military affairs and “commercial secrets” has provoked a flurry of furious rhetoric from regional leaders. Brazilian daily, O Globo, which obtained the cables released by former CIA employee Edward Snowden, published…
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Snowden reveals Australia’s links to US spy web
from theage.com.au: Edward Snowden has provided his first disclosure of Australian involvement in US global surveillance, identifying four facilities in the country that contribute to a key American intelligence collection program. Classified US National Security Agency maps leaked by Mr Snowden and published by US journalist Glenn Greenwald in the Brazilian O Globo newspaper reveal…
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‘Insider Threat’ program forces federal employees to spy on co-workers
from PressTV.ir: Government documents have revealed that the Obama administration is implementing a program that requires millions of federal employees to spy on their co-workers as part of a sweeping crackdown on security leaks across the U.S. government. The program titled “Insider Threat” which has gone almost entirely unnoticed in the U.S. media also presses…
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#PRISM barely scratches the surface… 50 years of global surveillance
RINF Alternative News looks at the reality of the global surveillance network and explains how PRISM is just a small part in a decades-long agenda to monitor citizens. Sources: http://www.duncancampbell.org/content…http://www.duncancampbell.org/menu/jo…http://www.nickyhager.info/ebook-of-s…http://www.nickyhager.info/exposing-t…http://www.cyber-rights.org/intercept…http://retro.nrc.nl/W2/Lab/Echelon/st…http://whatreallyhappened.com/RANCHO/…http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_suyRP…http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pF5mrw…http://www.fas.org/irp/program/proces…http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/2/2889…http://www.zdnet.com/dutch-government…
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Janet Napolitano Denies Existence of ‘Orwellian State’
from Politicker.com: Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano weighed in on the NSA intelligence leaks on Friday, telling NY1 that fears over government surveillance were overblown. “I think people have gotten the idea that there’s an Orwellian state out there that somehow we’re operating in. That’s far from the case,” she told Errol Louis during an…
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NSA admits they listen to U.S. phone calls without a warrant, more than half the Senate skips briefing
from EndTheLie.com: In a secret briefing, the National Security Agency (NSA) admitted they can listen to U.S. phone calls and other communications without a warrant but over half of the Senate decided to fly out of Washington D.C. early and skip the briefing on the NSA’s surveillance programs. According to Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), in…
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New World Next Week: Episode157 – NSA Catch-22, Bankster Bail-Ins, Less Peace
NewWorldNextWeek.com: Episode157 – NSA Catch-22, Bankster Bail-Ins, Less Peace 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: Snowden, ‘Catch-22’ And The Dehumanization Of Our Nation NSA Snooping Was Only the…