Topic: SECURITY - on October 21, 2013 at 2:58:00 PM CEST
US spy agency 'taped millions of French calls'
France said on Monday it would "immediately" summon the US ambassador in Paris to respond to the "shocking" claims in Le Monde newspaper on Monday that the US NSA spy agency secretly recorded millions of phone calls made in France. Le Monde cited documents from whistleblower Edward Snowden.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: SECURITY - on October 19, 2013 at 3:21:00 PM CEST
New EU rules to curb transfer of data to US after Edward Snowden revelations
New European rules aimed at curbing questionable transfers of data from EU countries to the US are being finalised in Brussels in the first concrete reaction to the Edward Snowden disclosures on US and British mass surveillance of digital communications.
Regulations on European data protection standards are expected to pass the European parliament committee stage on Monday after the various political groupings agreed on a new compromise draft following two years of gridlock on the issue.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: SECURITY - on October 18, 2013 at 3:08:00 PM CEST
Snowden Says He Took No Secret Files to Russia
Edward J. Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor, said in an extensive interview this month that he did not take any secret N.S.A. documents with him to Russia when he fled there in June, assuring that Russian intelligence officials could not get access to them.
Mr. Snowden said he gave all of the classified documents he had obtained to journalists he met in Hong Kong, before flying to Moscow, and did not keep any copies for himself. He did not take the files to Russia “because it wouldn’t serve the public interest,” he said.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: SECURITY - on October 17, 2013 at 4:19:00 PM CEST
Documents reveal NSA’s extensive involvement in targeted killing program
It was an innocuous e-mail, one of millions sent every day by spouses with updates on the situation at home. But this one was of particular interest to the National Security Agency and contained clues that put the sender’s husband in the crosshairs of a CIA drone.
Days later, Hassan Ghul — an associate of Osama bin Laden who provided a critical piece of intelligence that helped the CIA find the al-Qaeda leader — was killed by a drone strike in Pakistan’s tribal belt.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: SECURITY - on October 16, 2013 at 3:30:00 PM CEST
How The Government Tracks You
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: SECURITY - on October 15, 2013 at 4:26:00 PM CEST
Facebook Security Simulator
The game Facebook Security Simulator from Usvsth3m is a satire on the ever-changing privacy and security settings on Facebook and other social networks. Honestly, their desire to sell your personal information sets up a cat-and-mouse game in which you must hustle to keep things the same.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: SECURITY - on October 15, 2013 at 2:46:00 PM CEST
Greenwald on Snowden Leaks: The Worst Is Yet to Come
Although four months have passed since Edward Snowden’s explosive NSA surveillance leaks, the most revealing details have not yet been published, and could be rolled out in the international media over the coming weeks and months, beginning with U.S. spying activities involving Spain and France. That’s according to Glenn Greenwald, the Guardian journalist who broke the Snowden story last June, and whose life has been drastically upturned since. “There are a lot more stories,” he said on Monday in Rio de Janeiro, where he lives. “The archives are so complex and so deep and so shocking, that I think the most shocking and significant stories are the ones we are still working on, and have yet to publish.”
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: SECURITY - on October 14, 2013 at 2:03:00 PM CEST
Briten wollten Geheimdokumente von der "New York Times"
Britische Beamte haben offenbar versucht, von der Chefredakteurin der "New York Times" Material im Zusammenhang mit den NSA-Enthüllungen zu bekommen. Das berichtet Jill Abramson im britischen "Guardian". Sie habe den Wunsch nach Herausgabe von Geheimdokumenten jedoch abgelehnt.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: SECURITY - on October 14, 2013 at 2:02:00 PM CEST
New York Times says UK tried to get it to hand over Snowden documents
The editor of the New York Times, Jill Abramson, has confirmed that senior British officials attempted to persuade her to hand over secret documents leaked by the former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden.
Giving the newspaper's first official comments on the incident, Abramson said that she was approached by the UK embassy in Washington after it was announced that the New York Times was collaborating with the Guardian to explore some of the files disclosed by Snowden. Among the files are several relating to the activities of GCHQ, the agency responsible for signals interception in the UK.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: SECURITY - on October 12, 2013 at 5:27:00 PM CEST
Snowden-Video aus Russland: Der Informant spricht
Es war stiller geworden um Edward Snowden - nun hat sich der Whistleblower erstmals seit seinem Untertauchen in Russland zu Wort gemeldet. Die Enthüllungsplattform WikiLeaks veröffentlichte Videos von einer Preisverleihung an ihn.
Der Sam Adams Award ist eine Auszeichnung, die ehemalige US-Geheimdienstler einmal im Jahr an einen der ihren vergeben. Geehrt wird traditionell jemand, der sich um Integrität in der Geheimdienstarbeit verdient gemacht hat. In diesem Jahr zeichneten die Sam Adams Associates for Integrity in Intelligence den Whistleblower Edward Snowden aus. Die Zeremonie fand an einem unbekannten Ort in Russland statt.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: SECURITY - on October 12, 2013 at 5:24:00 PM CEST
Edward Snowden says NSA surveillance programmes 'hurt our country'
The National Security Agency whistleblower, Edward Snowden, has said that the mass surveillance programmes used by the US to tap into phone and internet connections around the world is making people less safe.
In short video clips posted by the WikiLeaks website on Friday, Snowden said that the NSA's mass surveillance, which he disclosed before fleeing to Russia, "puts us at risk of coming into conflict with our own government".
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: SECURITY - on October 11, 2013 at 3:47:00 PM CEST
Editors on the NSA files: 'What the Guardian is doing is important for democracy'
On Thursday the Daily Mail described the Guardian as 'The paper that helps Britain's enemies'. We showed that article to many of the world's leading editors. This is what they said
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
