Bezos complains about nude pics privacy invasion while building surveillance state
Amazon boss Jeff Bezos, who led the tech giant as it cozied up with US authorities to develop surveillance tools, is now complaining that his...
Category Archives: Big Brother
Trump is expected to ban Chinese telecommunication equipment from US networks
President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order next week that would ban Chinese telecommunication equipment from U.S. wireless networks, Politico reported late...
Smart meters to track dementia patients
The NHS is to use energy smart meters to monitor dementia patients in their homes. The devices will track patients’...
Denying govt agencies facial recognition tech would be ‘cruel’, claims Microsoft president
Microsoft's chief shot down calls to stop selling facial recognition tech to governments, saying it would be “cruel” to deprive state agencies of the ability...
Amazon’s facial recognition software found to be racist, sexist
When covering advancements in technology including artificial intelligence and facial recognition software I’ve run across all manner of...
Candidates poised for classified briefings despite spy agency worries over Trump
U.S. spy agencies are preparing to deliver a classified briefing to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, the nation’s...
Facebook snoops on people just like NSA – Belgian watchdog to court
Facebook is spying on people in “the very same way” that the US’s National Security Agency (NSA) does, said the Belgian data protection watchdog at...
Warrant now required for federal ‘Stingray’ surveillance use – DoJ
US Department of Justice agents now have to acquire a search warrant before utilizing a cell-site simulator, the...
Federal court rules in favor of NSA bulk snooping, White House happy
Despite the opposition of the US public and lawmakers to NSA surveillance, the courts keep handing the Obama...
Police secretly track cellphones to solve routine crimes
The crime itself was ordinary: Someone smashed the back window of a parked car one evening and ran...
MI5 spied on suspected communists & anti-colonial leaders, secret files reveal
Bitish intelligence spied on ordinary citizens with left-wing and anti-colonial sympathies during the post-war years, according to newly declassified files in the National Archives. Security...
US spied on Japanese govt, companies, passed intelligence to Australia, New Zealand
Washington spied on its key ally, Japan, and passed intelligence on to Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the...
UN criticizes ‘excessive’ French spy law as it goes into effect
[caption id="attachment_67459" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Security cameras are seen on a corner across the street from France's Interior Ministry...
Hollande says US spying ‘unacceptable’ after WikiLeaks report, ambassador summoned
French President Francois Hollande has described reports from WikiLeaks that Washington spied on three French presidents as “unacceptable.” The French Foreign Ministry is summoning the...
NSA surveillance reforms: Are telecom companies ready?
The USA Freedom Act, signed this week, has curbed the NSA's mass surveillance powers. Now the phone companies...
DEA surveillance has tripled during last decade – report
Federal drug cops in the United States are conducting electronic eavesdropping three times as often as they were...
NSA spy powers enshrined in Patriot Act to expire at midnight EST
Controversial provisions of the Patriot Act authorizing government surveillance programs have expired after the Senate failed to vote for extension. Lawmakers have debated the possibility...
NSA says it will keep phone records even if surveillance program ends
The National Security Agency has said it will lock down and mothball its archive of US citizens’ phone...
Fleet of Government Aircraft Flying Secret Missions over U.S. Cities
The United States Department of Justice appears to be operating a fleet of at least 100 small aircraft...
‘We Are Always Listening’: Pranksters plant recording devices across NYC
A group of anti-NSA pranksters have planted recording devices in public places across New York, saying that they...
‘German intelligence dependent on NSA’ – Berlin’s spy chief
The German Intelligence Agency chief says Berlin is dependent on the NSA, not vice versa, as US presence is vital to protect the country. Gerhard...
Apple and Google just attended a confidential spy summit in a remote English mansion
At an 18th-century mansion in England’s countryside last week, current and former spy chiefs from seven countries faced...
CIA reshuffle features ‘mission centers’, cyber-warfare to ‘cover the entire universe’
The Central Intelligence Agency has announced a sweeping reorganization, introducing a new Directorate dedicated to cyber-espionage and establishing...
White House reveals ‘weak’ NSA reform nearly 2 years after Snowden scoops
The Obama administration has announced changes to the surveillance operations conducted by the United States intelligence community, but critics are already using words like “weak”...