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Edward Snowden Joins Twitter – Only Follows NSA
“Can you hear me now?” The stark words of Edward Snowdens first tweet as he joins social media platform Twitter. The account went live recently, gaining 160,000 followers in less than an hour, a number that has skyrocketed to almost 900,000 in less than a day and continues to grow exponentially.…
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Amnesty International Tracked By UK Goverment
Amnesty International is an organisation dedicated to promoting human rights and defends victims who have been abused. They have recently forayed into the world of digital rights, with the release of an Anti-spyware programme designed to track down and alert you to common signs that your computer may be observed…
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Public Record Request Reveals Stingray Used 303 Times Without Legal Reason
Digital privacy is a concept that is being contested with government monitoring. With section 215 of the Patriot act set for renewal in America, with reviews and discussions pushing the talks to the last possible minute, the concept of acquiring data illegally is almost considered taboo, or at least admitting…
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UK Government Changes Law Covering Digital Surveillance
Edward Snowden exposed a world which some speculated, but few publically acknowledged. A world where every piece of information we send, be it through phone or computer, is monitored and recorded among thousands of others all searching for that one thing. The public has since been in an up cry…
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Metadata Spying Not Covered by the Patriot Act
Edward Snowden. A name that is known in most households, the guy that blew the whistle on the giant listening and surveillance operations being run out of America. However one of these operations, observing and collecting metadata, has been ruled by a federal appeal as having not been authorised by the…
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UK Solicitor Will Defend You Free Against Copyright Trolls
More and more customers of UK ISPs have received letters from copyright trolls in recent weeks, demanding settlement fees for alleged illegal downloads and threatening with lawsuits if not paid. Both Sky Broadband and Virgin Media customers are affected, but not exclusively. The companies behind it all, GoldenEye International also…
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EU Developing Remote Shutdown Tech For All Cars
Recent reports show that European Union officials have been meeting to develop a system to help law enforcement remotely kill any cars engine. The tech would rely on a central control facility which would effectively send a kill code to the car’s engine, shutting it down entirely. This technology is…
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What Happens When The Government Wants To Monitor Via ISP
What happens when internet service providers (ISP) work with the Government? All of your incoming and outgoing traffic is monitored, and snatched up, that is what happens. Who really knows what criteria needs to be met for the Government to take an interest in one person. I am sure that…
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